Joshua Yuan (born July 25, 2003) is an American badminton player. He won a silver medal with his partner Vinson Chiu in the men's doubles at the 2022 Pan Am Championships. Joshua was also a gold medalist in mixed doubles at the 2019 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships.
Career
Together with his partner Vinson Chiu, Yuan qualified for the men's doubles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The duo were placed in Group D but did not get past the group stages.
Achievements
Pan Am Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,San Salvador, El Salvador Vinson Chiu Job Castillo Luis Montoya 20–22, 8–11 Silver 2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,Kingston, Jamaica Vinson Chiu Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman 21–17, 23–21 Bronze 2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,Guatemala City, Guatemala Vinson Chiu Adam Dong Nyl Yakura 15–21, 21–19, 17–21 Bronze
Pan Am Junior Championships
Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,Moncton, Canada William Hu Jonathan Chien Brian Yang 13–21, 12–21 Bronze
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Hotel Mundo Imperial,Acapulco, Mexico Allison Lee Ryan Ma Chloe Ho 21–14, 21–16 Gold
BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 9 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 El Salvador International Vinson Chiu Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 Uganda International Vinson Chiu Arjun M. R. Dhruv Kapila 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Guatemala International Allison Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 17–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2022 Mexican International Allison Lee Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai 14–21, 24–22, 21–23 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
Joshua Yuan at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)