Josephine Wu

Wu 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 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.^[7] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.^[8] In the individual event, she won the Pan Am Championships gold medals in the women's doubles in 2016, and 2017, and also in the mixed doubles in 2018, 2019 and 2021.^[9][10][11] Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.^[4]

In 2021, Wu defend her mixed doubles title at the Pan Am Championships with partner Joshua Hurlburt-Yu, when the duo beating Christopher Martínez and Marian Paiz of Guatemala in the final in straight games.^[12] In June, Wu was named to Canada's Olympic team,^[13] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event with Hurlburt-Yu, but they were eliminated in the group stage.^[14] After the Olympics, Wu reunited with Ty Alexander Lindeman and managed to win the Guatemala International, became their first in the international tournament since their last pairing in 2018.^[15]

In 2023, Wu took the gold medal in the women's doubles with Catherine Choi and the silver medal with Ty Alexander Lindeman at the Pan Am Championships. This was the seven gold medals won by Wu since her debut at the Championships in 2016.^[6] She then made her second appearance at the Pan American Games and captured two gold medals by winning the women's doubles with Choi and the mixed doubles with Lindeman.^[5] She also won double title in the Guatemala International, and the mixed doubles title in the Peru Challenge.

In 2024, Wu joined the Canada winning team at the Pan Am Female Cup.^[16] She won the mixed doubles title at the Polish Open partnered with Lindeman.^[17] As the first seeded at the Pan Am Championships both in the mixed and women's doubles,^[18] she had to settle for the bronze medals in both events after being defeated by the American pairs.

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Catherine Choi	Annie Xu   Kerry Xu	21–18, 10–21, 21–17	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Nyl Yakura   Kristen Tsai	18–21, 21–12, 21–15	Gold
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu   Jennie Gai	17–21, 21–17, 21–19	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Michelle Tong	Paula la Torre   Luz María Zornoza	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Michelle Tong	Daniela Macías   Dánica Nishimura	21–11, 21–12	Gold
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Michelle Tong	Rachel Honderich   Kristen Tsai	21–17, 17–21, 14–21	Silver
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Catherine Choi	Rachel Honderich   Kristen Tsai	15–21, 25–27	Silver
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Catherine Choi	Rachel Honderich   Kristen Tsai	17–21, 18–21	Silver
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Catherine Choi	Francesca Corbett   Allison Lee	21–14, 21–18	Gold
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Catherine Choi	Francesca Corbett   Allison Lee	18–21, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Nathan Osborne	Nyl Yakura   Brittney Tam	17–21, 17–21	Silver
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Nyl Yakura   Kristen Tsai	21–14, 26–24	Gold
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Fabricio Farias   Jaqueline Lima	21–14, 21–19	Gold
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Christopher Martínez   Mariana Paiz	21–18, 21–18	Gold
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Jonathan Solís   Diana Corleto	21–12, 21–11	Gold
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu   Rachel Honderich	20–22, 21–18, 17–21	Silver
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Presley Smith   Allison Lee	11–21, 16–21	Bronze

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Cherie Chow	13–21, 20–22	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Lohaynny Vicente	13–21, 19–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Takeisha Wang	Cherie Chow   Christine Yang	21–18, 18–21, 21–23	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Takeisha Wang	Cherie Chow   Christine Yang	17–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Nathan Osborne	Phillip Chew   Iris Wang	19–21, 16–21	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Nathan Osborne	Kevin Chan   Christine Yang	21–16, 15–21, 21–18	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Guatemala International	Talia Ng	Eliana Zhang   Wendy Zhang	14–21, 21–17, 21–10	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Catherine Choi	Bengisu Erçetin   Nazlıcan İnci	8–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2022	Mexican International	Catherine Choi	Paula Lynn Cao Hok   Lauren Lam	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2023	Polish Open	Catherine Choi	Jin Yujia   Crystal Wong	17–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Guatemala International	Catherine Choi	Annie Xu   Kerry Xu	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2024	Azerbaijan International	Catherine Choi	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 7–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Toby Ng	Sattawat Pongnairat   Kuei-Ya Chen	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Sattawat Pongnairat   Kerry Xu	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2018	Guatemala International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Leodannis Martínez   Tahimara Oropeza	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2018	Santo Domingo Open	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Fabricio Farias   Jaqueline Lima	21–17, 16–21, 22–20	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Matthew Clare   Lizzie Tolman	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	South Australia International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Dejan Ferdinansyah   Serena Kani	21–19, 25–27, 21–16	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Lu Chia-pin   Lin Wan-ching	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2021	Guatemala International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Joshua Yuan   Allison Lee	21–17, 21–8	Winner
2022	Peru Challenge	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu   Jennie Gai	20–22, 21–13, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	Mexican International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu   Jennie Gai	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2023	Guatemala International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Kevin Lee   Eliana Zhang	21–9, 21–11	Winner
2023	Peru Challenge	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu   Jennie Gai	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2024	Polish Open	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Callum Hemming   Estelle van Leeuwen	21–16, 22–20	Winner

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• Josephine Wu at BWFBadminton.com
• Josephine Wu at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Josephine Wu at Team Canada  
• Josephine Wu at Olympics.com  
• Josephine Wu at Olympedia (archive)  
• Josephine Wu at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Josephine Wu at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games