Michelle Li (badminton)
| Michelle Li | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Born |
November 3, 1991 Hong Kong |
| Residence | Markham, Ontario |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 11 (November 13, 2014) |
| Current ranking | 20 (June 9, 2016) |
| BWF profile | |
Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian female badminton player from Markham, Ontario. She graduated from Richmond Hill High School. Li is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in both singles and doubles at the Pan American Games, and won the singles and team event titles from the Pan Am Badminton Championships. As a competitor for Ontario, Li also won singles, doubles, and mixed team titles at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.
One of Li's early notable performances came at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There she won gold in the women's singles event and followed that performance with a gold in the doubles event with Alexandra Bruce. Due to this success she was then named the flag bearer for Team Ontario at the closing ceremonies for the games.
Later that year Li was the gold medal winner in the women's doubles event alongside Bruce at the 2011 Pan American Games. Li would then go on the next day to win the women's singles competition, completing a second games double gold appearance that year, this time in Guadalajara.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Bruce and Li finished last in the round-robin portion of the women's doubles tournament, losing all three of their matches. However, the top two teams in the group were disqualified for attempting to intentionally lose matches so they would have an easier match-up in the quarterfinals. The duo was advanced to their quarterfinals, where they defeated Australia's Leanne Choo and Renuga Veeran. Bruce and Li finished in fourth place, the best Canadian finish in badminton at the Olympic Games.
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