Josephine Yuenling Wu (born 20 January 1995) is a Canadian badminton player.[2][3] She clinched three Pan American Games gold medals by winning the mixed doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and in the women's doubles title in 2023.[4][5] At the Pan Am Championships, she has won seven gold and five silver medals since her debut at the tournament in 2016.[6]

Josephine Wu
吴宛菱
Personal information
Birth nameJosephine Wu Yuenling
CountryCanada
Born (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[1]
ResidenceEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking27 (WD with Catherine Choi, 31 October 2023)
28 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman, 2 April 2024)
Current ranking33 (WD with Catherine Choi)
30 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Salvador Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kingston Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Female Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tacarigua Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 São Paulo Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Acapulco Women's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Puerto Vallarta Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Puerto Vallarta Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Edmonton Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Puerto Vallarta Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Edmonton Girls' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Edmonton Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Edmonton Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Puerto Vallarta Girls' singles
BWF profile

Early and personal life

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Wu is currently a business student at the University of Alberta and has been competing in badminton since she was seven years old.

Career

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As a junior, she won 29 provincial titles and was a member of Team Canada at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships from 2008 to 2013. Despite having a full course load in university, Josephine's passion for the sport has motivated her to continue balancing her school work and training. She was the mixed doubles winner at the 2014 College-University National Championships and went on to represent Canada at the 2014 World University Badminton Championships in Cordoba, Spain. Outside of training, Josephine also enjoys coaching her high school's badminton team.[7] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.[8] In the individual event, she won the Pan Am Championships gold medals in the women's doubles in 2016, and 2017, and also in the mixed doubles in 2018, 2019 and 2021.[9][10][11] Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.[4]

In 2021, Wu defend her mixed doubles title at the Pan Am Championships with partner Joshua Hurlburt-Yu, when the duo beating Christopher Martínez and Marian Paiz of Guatemala in the final in straight games.[12] In June, Wu was named to Canada's Olympic team,[13] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event with Hurlburt-Yu, but they were eliminated in the group stage.[14] After the Olympics, Wu reunited with Ty Alexander Lindeman and managed to win the Guatemala International, became their first in the international tournament since their last pairing in 2018.[15]

In 2023, Wu took the gold medal in the women's doubles with Catherine Choi and the silver medal with Ty Alexander Lindeman at the Pan Am Championships. This was the seven gold medals won by Wu since her debut at the Championships in 2016.[6] She then made her second appearance at the Pan American Games and captured two gold medals by winning the women's doubles with Choi and the mixed doubles with Lindeman.[5] She also won double title in the Guatemala International, and the mixed doubles title in the Peru Challenge.

In 2024, Wu joined the Canada winning team at the Pan Am Female Cup.[16] She won the mixed doubles title at the Polish Open partnered with Lindeman.[17] As the first seeded at the Pan Am Championships both in the mixed and women's doubles,[18] she had to settle for the bronze medals in both events after being defeated by the American pairs.

Achievements

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Pan American Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile   Catherine Choi   Annie Xu
  Kerry Xu
21–18, 10–21, 21–17   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
  Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Nyl Yakura
  Kristen Tsai
18–21, 21–12, 21–15   Gold
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
17–21, 21–17, 21–19   Gold

Pan Am Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil
  Michelle Tong   Paula la Torre
  Luz María Zornoza
21–17, 21–17   Gold
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba
  Michelle Tong   Daniela Macías
  Dánica Nishimura
21–11, 21–12   Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Michelle Tong   Rachel Honderich
  Kristen Tsai
21–17, 17–21, 14–21   Silver
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
  Catherine Choi   Rachel Honderich
  Kristen Tsai
15–21, 25–27   Silver
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Catherine Choi   Rachel Honderich
  Kristen Tsai
17–21, 18–21   Silver
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
  Catherine Choi   Francesca Corbett
  Allison Lee
21–14, 21–18   Gold
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Catherine Choi   Francesca Corbett
  Allison Lee
18–21, 15–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil
  Nathan Osborne   Nyl Yakura
  Brittney Tam
17–21, 17–21   Silver
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Ty Alexander Lindeman   Nyl Yakura
  Kristen Tsai
21–14, 26–24   Gold
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
  Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Fabricio Farias
  Jaqueline Lima
21–14, 21–19   Gold
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Christopher Martínez
  Mariana Paiz
21–18, 21–18   Gold
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Ty Alexander Lindeman   Jonathan Solís
  Diana Corleto
21–12, 21–11   Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
  Ty Alexander Lindeman   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
  Rachel Honderich
20–22, 21–18, 17–21   Silver
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Ty Alexander Lindeman   Presley Smith
  Allison Lee
11–21, 16–21   Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada   Cherie Chow 13–21, 20–22   Bronze
2013 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico   Lohaynny Vicente 13–21, 19–21   Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Millennium Place,
Edmonton, Canada
  Takeisha Wang   Cherie Chow
  Christine Yang
21–18, 18–21, 21–23   Bronze
2013 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico   Takeisha Wang   Cherie Chow
  Christine Yang
17–21, 15–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Millennium Place,
Edmonton, Canada
  Nathan Osborne   Phillip Chew
  Iris Wang
19–21, 16–21   Bronze
2013 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico   Nathan Osborne   Kevin Chan
  Christine Yang
21–16, 15–21, 21–18   Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 5 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Guatemala International   Talia Ng   Eliana Zhang
  Wendy Zhang
14–21, 21–17, 21–10   Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open   Catherine Choi   Bengisu Erçetin
  Nazlıcan İnci
8–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2022 Mexican International   Catherine Choi   Paula Lynn Cao Hok
  Lauren Lam
21–19, 21–10   Winner
2023 Polish Open   Catherine Choi   Jin Yujia
  Crystal Wong
17–21, 21–17, 15–21   Runner-up
2023 Guatemala International   Catherine Choi   Annie Xu
  Kerry Xu
21–18, 21–18   Winner
2024 Azerbaijan International   Catherine Choi   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
14–21, 7–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Toby Ng   Sattawat Pongnairat
  Kuei-Ya Chen
21–19, 21–15   Winner
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Sattawat Pongnairat
  Kerry Xu
21–16, 21–13   Winner
2018 Guatemala International   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Leodannis Martínez
  Tahimara Oropeza
21–12, 21–18   Winner
2018 Santo Domingo Open   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Fabricio Farias
  Jaqueline Lima
21–17, 16–21, 22–20   Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Matthew Clare
  Lizzie Tolman
21–16, 21–16   Winner
2019 South Australia International   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Dejan Ferdinansyah
  Serena Kani
21–19, 25–27, 21–16   Winner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Lu Chia-pin
  Lin Wan-ching
21–18, 21–18   Winner
2021 Guatemala International   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Joshua Yuan
  Allison Lee
21–17, 21–8   Winner
2022 Peru Challenge   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
20–22, 21–13, 21–23   Runner-up
2023 Mexican International   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
20–22, 16–21   Runner-up
2023 Guatemala International   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Kevin Lee
  Eliana Zhang
21–9, 21–11   Winner
2023 Peru Challenge   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
21–18, 21–15   Winner
2024 Polish Open   Ty Alexander Lindeman   Callum Hemming
  Estelle van Leeuwen
21–16, 22–20   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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