Josephine Wu


Josephine Yuenling Wu is a Canadian badminton player. Josephine is currently a business student at the University of Alberta and has been competing in badminton since she was seven years old. As a junior, she has 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. In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships. In the individual event, she won the gold medal in the women's doubles and silver medal in the mixed doubles event. Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru		 Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Nyl Yakura
Kristen Tsai		18–21, 21–12, 21–15 Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico		 Catherine Choi Rachel Honderich
Kristen Tsai		15–21, 25–27 Silver
2018Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Michelle Tong Rachel Honderich
Kristen Tsai		21–17, 17–21, 14–21 Silver
2017Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba		 Michelle Tong Daniela Macias
Danica Nishimura		21–11, 21–12 Gold
2016Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil		 Michelle Tong Paula La Torre Regal
Luz Maria Zornoza		21–17, 21–17 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico		 Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Fabricio Farias
Jaqueline Lima		21–14, 21–19 Gold
2018Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Ty Alexander Lindeman Nyl Yakura
Kristen Tsai		21–14, 26–24 Gold
2016Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil		 Nathan Osborne Nyl Yakura
Brittney Tam		17–21, 17–21 Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2013Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Lohaynny Vicente13–21, 19–21 Bronze
2012Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada Cherie Chow13–21, 20–22 Bronze

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Takeisha Wang Cherie Chow
Christine Yang		17–21, 15–21 Silver
2012Millennium Place,
Edmonton, Canada		 Takeisha Wang Cherie Chow
Christine Yang		21–18, 18–21, 21–23 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Nathan Osborne Kevin Chan
Christine Yang		21–16, 15–21, 21–18 Gold
2012Millennium Place,
Edmonton, Canada		 Nathan Osborne Phillip Chew
Iris Wang		19–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Bulgarian Open Catherine Choi Bengisu Erçetin
Nazlıcan İnci		8–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2018Guatemala International Talia Ng Eliana Zhang
Wendy Zhang		14–21, 21–17, 21–10 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Yonex / K&D Graphics International Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Lu Chia-pin
Lin Wan-ching		21–18, 21–18 Winner
2019South Australia International Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Dejan Ferdinansyah
Serena Kani		21–19, 25–27, 21–16 Winner
2019Bulgarian Open Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Matthew Clare
Lizzie Tolman		21–16, 21–16 Winner
2018Santo Domingo Open Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Fabricio Farias
Jaqueline Lima		21–17, 16–21, 22–20 Winner
2018Guatemala International Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Leodannis Martínez
Tahimara Oropeza		21–12, 21–18 Winner
2018Yonex / K&D Graphics International Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Sattawat Pongnairat
Kerry Xu		21–16, 21–13 Winner
2017Yonex / K&D Graphics International Toby Ng Sattawat Pongnairat
Kuei-Ya Chen		21–19, 21–15 Winner