Rachel Honderich (born 21 April 1996) is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a vice-national champion in women's singles and has won several international titles since 2010.[1]

Rachel Honderich
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Years active2013–present
HandednessRight
CoachJennifer Lee
Mike Butler
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking36 (WS 22 November 2018)
18 (WD with Kristen Tsai 18 November 2022)
41 (XD with Toby Ng 29 June 2017)
Current ranking24 (WD with Kristen Tsai 21 February 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Markham Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guatemala City Women's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Female Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Acapulco Women's team
BWF profile

Career

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Honderich won her first senior international title at the 2014 Czech International tournament in the women's doubles partnered with Michelle Li.[2] Honderich clinched the silver and bronze medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's singles and doubles respectively.[3] At the 2017 Pan American Championships, she crowned double titles, won the women's singles and mixed doubles event.[4][5] She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6][7] Honderich won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Kristen Tsai in 2019 Lima.[8]

In June 2021, Honderich was named to Canada's Olympic team.[9]

Achievements

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Pan American Games

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada   Michelle Li 15–21, 9–21   Silver
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru   Michelle Li 11–21, 19–21   Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada   Michelle Li   Eva Lee
  Paula Lynn Obañana
11–21, 8–21   Bronze
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru   Kristen Tsai   Keui-Ya Chen
  Jamie Hsu
21–10, 21–9   Gold

Pan Am Championships

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada   Michelle Li 13–21, 16–21   Silver
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba   Brittney Tam 21–8, 12–21, 21–7   Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala   Michelle Li 15–21, 16–21   Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala   Kristen Tsai   Michelle Tong
  Josephine Wu
17–21, 21–17, 21–14   Gold
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico   Kristen Tsai   Catherine Choi
  Josephine Wu
21–15, 27–25   Gold
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala   Kristen Tsai   Francesca Corbett
  Alison Lee
21–12, 21–7   Gold
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Kristen Tsai   Catherine Choi
  Josephine Wu
21–17, 21–18   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba   Toby Ng   Nyl Yakura
  Brittney Tam
21–13, 21–14   Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
  Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Ty Alexander Lindeman
  Josephine Wu
22–20, 18–21, 21–17   Gold

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Grand Prix   Beiwen Zhang 11–21, 13–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Brasil Open   Toby Ng   Pranaav Jerry Chopra
  N. Sikki Reddy
15–21, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Beiwen Zhang 13–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2017 Jamaica International   Martina Repiská 15–21, 21–19, 21–15   Winner
2018 Brazil International   Sabrina Jaquet 21–15, 15–21, 21–14   Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Czech International   Michelle Li   Irina Khlebko
  Elena Komendrovskaja
21–12, 21–17   Winner
2017 Jamaica International   Leanne Choo   Mikaylia Haldane
  Katherine Wynter
21–2, 21–8   Winner
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Kristen Tsai   Leanne Choo
  Renuga Veeran
21–12, 21–15   Winner
2018 Brazil International   Jamie Subandhi   Jennie Gai
  Jamie Hsu
21–15, 21–10   Winner
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Kristen Tsai   Hung Shih-han
  Yu Chien-hui
21–19, 21–15   Winner
2019 Brazil International   Kristen Tsai   Émilie Lefel
  Anne Tran
21–18, 17–21, 21–19   Winner
2019 Kharkiv International   Kristen Tsai   Chloe Birch
  Lauren Smith
14–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Belgian International   Kristen Tsai   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
16–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International   Kristen Tsai   Emma Karlsson
  Johanna Magnusson
21–16, 21–16   Winner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Kristen Tsai   Setyana Mapasa
  Gronya Somerville
21–14, 9–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open   Kristen Tsai   Anna Cheong
  Teoh Mei Xing
21–14, 21–12   Winner
2023 Canadian International   Jacqueline Cheung   Jackie Dent
  Crystal Lai
21–16, 21–17   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Mercosul International   Kevin Li   Phillip Chew
  Jamie Subandhi
11–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2017 Jamaica International   Toby Ng   Dennis Coke
  Katherine Wynter
21–9, 21–8   Winner
2023 Portugal International   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Andreas Søndergaard
  Iben Bergstein
19–21, 20–22   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Rachel Honderich". Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Zwiebler ends title drought with Czech victory". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Michelle Li defeats fellow Canadian Rachel Honderich in Pan Am badminton final". Toronto Star. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Badminton - Athlete Profile: Honderich Rachel". Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Pan Am Champs – 1st for Ygor, 2 for Honderich, 4 for Canada". Badzine. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Rachel Honderich Biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Participants: Rachel Honderich". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Honderich and Tsai Won the Crown – Pan Am Games". Badminton Pan America. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. ^ Awad, Brandi (16 June 2021). "Team Canada to have its largest Olympic badminton team ever at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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