Eva Lee (badminton)

Eva Lee (Chinese: 李意恒, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player.[1][2]

Eva Lee
李意恒
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (1986-08-07) August 7, 1986 (age 37)
British Hong Kong
ResidenceDiamond Bar, California, U.S.
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachJohanna Lee
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking61 (WS 22 October 2008)
17 (WD 2 April 2015)
21 (XD 12 March 2008)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Women's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Calgary Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Santo Domingo Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Calgary Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Calgary Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Markham Mixed team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2002 California Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2002 California Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2002 California Girls' singles
BWF profile
Eva Lee at the U.S. Open International Badminton tournament in 2009 with her partner Howard Bach.

Career

1997

She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member).

1998

She took her first three crown titles in US Junior National Championships.

1999

She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open (under 17 Singles).

2005 World Championships

She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round.

2006 Intercollegiate Championships

She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships.

2006 Canadian International

In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open.[3]

2006 Boston Badminton Open

At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with Mesinee Mangkalakiri.

2007 Pan American Games

Lee also competed in badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won three gold medals, one in women's singles, one in women's doubles with Mesinee Mangkalakiri, and another in mixed doubles with Howard Bach.[4]

2008 Beijing Olympics

Lee lost in the first round to Canadian Anna Rice. While losing the first game, she made a quick comeback in the second and won. In the third, she maintained lead until halfway through where Anna Rice took command and finished through.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Charmaine Reid21–14, 21–18 Gold

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mesinee Mangkalakiri Charmaine Reid
Fiona McKee
21–14, 21–15 Gold
2011Multipurpose Gymnasium,
Guadalajara, Mexico
Paula Lynn Obañana Alex Bruce
Michelle Li
21–12, 16–21, 19–21 Bronze
2015Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Canada
Paula Lynn Obañana Lohaynny Vicente
Luana Vicente
21–14, 21–6 Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Howard Bach Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
21–19, 21–16 Gold
2011Multipurpose Gymnasium,
Guadalajara, Mexico
Halim Haryanto Toby Ng
Grace Gao
13–21, 21–9, 17–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Mesinee Mangkalakiri Fiona McKee
Charmaine Reid
20–22, 21–17, 18–21 Silver
2013Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Paula Lynn Obañana Alex Bruce
Phyllis Chan
21–15, 21–13 Gold
2014Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada
Paula Lynn Obañana Lohaynny Vicente
Luana Vicente
23–21, 21–14 Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Howard Bach Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
21–18, 21–17 Gold
2013Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Howard Shu Toby Ng
Alex Bruce
12–21, 21–23 Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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 doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014U.S. Grand Prix Paula Lynn Obañana Hsieh Pei-chen
Wu Ti-jung
16–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009U.S. Open Howard Bach Alvin Lau
Jiang Xuelian
21–13, 21–12 Winner
2014U.S. Grand Prix Howard Shu Peter Käsbauer
Isabel Herttrich
12–21, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2006Canadian International Denyse Julien21–12, 21–12 Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Canadian International Mesinee Mangkalakiri Caren Hueckstaedt
Razi Huwaina
21–13, 21–14 Winner
2007Irish International Mesinee Mangkalakiri Huang Bing
Chloe Magee
15–21, 21–9, 11–21 Runner-up
2008Banuinvest International Mesinee Mangkalakiri Olga Golovanova
Anastasia Prokopenko
18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2010Brazil International Paula Lynn Obañana Iris Wang
Rena Wang
14–21, 21–11, 21–12 Winner
2011Guatemala International Paula Lynn Obañana Grace Gao
Joycelyn Ko
19–21, 21–18, 21–13 Winner
2011Brazil International Paula Lynn Obañana Alex Bruce
Michelle Li
21–14, 21–17 Winner
2011Norwegian International Paula Lynn Obañana Lotte Jonathans
Paulien van Dooremalen
17–21, 21–6, 21–13 Winner
2012Swedish Masters Paula Lynn Obañana Mariana Agathangelou
Heather Olver
15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2012Austrian International Paula Lynn Obañana Ng Hui Ern
Ng Hui Lin
16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Polish Open Paula Lynn Obañana Mariana Agathangelou
Heather Olver
12–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2012Tahiti International Paula Lynn Obañana Alex Bruce
Michelle Li
21–13, 21–12 Winner
2013Canadian International Paula Lynn Obañana Alex Bruce
Phyllis Chan
15–21, 14–21 Winner
2013Bulgarian International Paula Lynn Obañana Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2014Peru International Paula Lynn Obañana Nicole Grether
Charmaine Reid
21–14, 21–15 Winner
2014Guatemala International Paula Lynn Obañana Paula B Pereira
Fabiana Silva
11–3, 11–3, 11–10 Winner
2014USA International Paula Lynn Obañana Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao
10–21, 23–25 Runner-up
2015Guatemala International Paula Lynn Obañana Johanna Goliszewski
Carla Nelte
18–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2015Bulgarian International Paula Lynn Obañana Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
14–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2015Chile International Challenge Paula Lynn Obañana Lohaynny Vicente
Luana Vicente
21–17, 21–16 Winner
2016Austrian Open Paula Lynn Obañana Ekaterina Bolotova
Evgeniya Kosetskaya
11–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2016Tahiti International Paula Lynn Obañana Akane Araki
Ayaka Kawasaki
13–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016Yonex / K&D Graphics International Paula Lynn Obañana Jing Yu Hong
Beiwen Zhang
17–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Canadian International Howard Bach William Milroy
Tammy Sun
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2007Miami Pan Am International Howard Bach Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
21–17, 23–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2007Irish International Howard Bach Wouter Claes
Nathalie Descamps
21–10, 21–13 Winner
2010Brazil International Halim Haryanto Hock Lai Lee
Priscilla Lun
21–11, 22–20 Winner
2011Peru International Halim Haryanto Toby Ng
Grace Gao
11–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up
2011Brazil International Halim Haryanto Glenn Warfe
Leanne Choo
21–11, 21–15 Winner
2013Italian International Zvonimir Đurkinjak Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
23–21, 21–18 Winner
2014Peru International Christian Yahya Christianto Derrick Ng
Michelle Li
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2014Guatemala International Howard Shu Phillip Chew
Jamie Subandhi
10–11, 11–5, 11–10, 8–11, 11–5 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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