Jennie Gai (; born February 25, 2001) is an American badminton player who competes in international level events. She was a gold medalist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and silver medalists in the 2023 Pan American Games.

Personal life Gai graduated with a bachelor's degree in Nutritional Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2022.

Career In the junior event, Gai won six titles in the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships (U11 girls' doubles in 2011; U13 girls' singles, doubles and mixed doubles in 2013; and also U15 girls' singles, and mixed doubles in 2015). She represented her country at the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title in the 2017 Internacional Mexicano.

In 2018, Gai became the first and only American badminton player since 2010 to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games. She finished the tournament as a quarter-finalist in the girls' singles and won the gold medal in the team event together with Team Alpha.

In 2022, she helped the American women's team win the Pan Am Female Cup, and qualified for the Uber Cup.

In 2023, Gai made her debut at the Pan American Games, clinching two silver medals in the mixed doubles and women's singles.

In 2024, Gai represented her country competing in the Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles with Vinson Chiu.

Achievements

Pan American Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile Beiwen Zhang 8–21, 12–21 Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Olympic Training Center,Santiago, Chile Vinson Chiu Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 21–17, 17–21, 19–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Brittney Tam 8–21, 21–14, 18–21 Bronze

Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Jamie Hsu Michelle Tong Josephine Wu 17–21, 15–21 Bronze 2026 High Performance Center VIDENA, Lima, Peru Francesca Corbett Lauren Lam Allison Lee 18–21, 18–21 Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Vinson Chiu Presley Smith Allison Lee 21–15, 15–21, 14–21 Silver 2025 Videna Poli 2, Lima, Peru Presley Smith Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 22–20, 17–21, 18–21 Bronze 2026 High Performance Center VIDENA, Lima, Peru Presley Smith Davi Silva Sânia Lima 21–16, 21–15 Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2016 CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru Qingzi Ouyang 6–21, 9–21 Silver 2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Lauren Lam 12–21, 21–19, 20–22 Silver

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Canada Open Super 300 Presley Smith Ruttanapak Oupthong Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 7 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Internacional Mexicano Isabel Zhong 21–11, 18–21, 21–16 Winner 2018 Internacional Mexicano Tahimara Oropeza 21–13, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2021 Guatemala International Samayara Panwar 21–6, 21–9 Winner 2021 Internacional Mexicano Lauren Lam 9–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Brazil International Jamie Hsu Rachel Honderich Jamie Subandhi 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2019 Jamaica International Breanna Chi Inés Castillo Dánica Nishimura 21–11, 21–6 Winner 2019 Silicon Valley International Breanna Chi Annie Xu Kerry Xu 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2019 Internacional Mexicano Breanna Chi Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos 21–10, 21–10 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos 21–17, 21–18 Winner 2021 Internacional Mexicano Vinson Chiu Nicolas Nguyen Alexandra Mocanu 21–13, 21–11 Winner 2022 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Naoki Yamada Moe Ikeuchi 15–21, 21–18, 10–21 Runner-up 2022 Peru Challenge Vinson Chiu Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 22–20, 13–21, 23–21 Winner 2022 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Joshua Yuan Allison Lee 21–14, 22–24, 23–21 Winner 2023 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 22–20, 21–16 Winner 2023 Maldives International Vinson Chiu Hoo Pang Ron Teoh Mei Xing 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Peru Challenge Vinson Chiu Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title) Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Mexican Junior International Fernanda Saponara 22–20, 21–6 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament

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