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Eva Lee (badminton)

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Eva Lee
李意恒
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (1986-08-07) August 7, 1986 (age 38)
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 (Chinese: 李意恒, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player.[1][2]

Eva Lee at the U.S. Open International Badminton tournament in 2009 with her partner Howard Bach.

Career

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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

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Pan American Games

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Canada Charmaine Reid 21–14, 21–18 Gold Gold

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
United States Howard Bach Canada Mike Beres
Canada Valerie Loker
21–19, 21–16 Gold Gold
2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium,
Guadalajara, Mexico
United States Halim Haryanto Canada Toby Ng
Canada Grace Gao
13–21, 21–9, 17–21 Silver Silver

Pan Am Championships

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Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix

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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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Grand Prix United States Paula Lynn Obañana Chinese Taipei Hsieh Pei-chen
Chinese Taipei Wu Ti-jung
16–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 U.S. Open United States Howard Bach Canada Alvin Lau
Canada Jiang Xuelian
21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 U.S. Grand Prix United States Howard Shu Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Isabel Herttrich
12–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2006 Canadian International Canada Denyse Julien 21–12, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Canadian International United States Mesinee Mangkalakiri Germany Caren Hueckstaedt
Switzerland Razi Huwaina
21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Irish International United States Mesinee Mangkalakiri Republic of Ireland Huang Bing
Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee
15–21, 21–9, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Banuinvest International United States Mesinee Mangkalakiri Russia Olga Golovanova
Russia Anastasia Prokopenko
18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Brazil International United States Paula Lynn Obañana United States Iris Wang
United States Rena Wang
14–21, 21–11, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Guatemala International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Canada Grace Gao
Canada Joycelyn Ko
19–21, 21–18, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Brazil International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Canada Alex Bruce
Canada Michelle Li
21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Norwegian International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Netherlands Lotte Jonathans
Netherlands Paulien van Dooremalen
17–21, 21–6, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Swedish Masters United States Paula Lynn Obañana England Mariana Agathangelou
England Heather Olver
15–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Austrian International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Malaysia Ng Hui Ern
Malaysia Ng Hui Lin
16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Polish Open United States Paula Lynn Obañana England Mariana Agathangelou
England Heather Olver
12–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Tahiti International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Canada Alex Bruce
Canada Michelle Li
21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Canadian International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Canada Alex Bruce
Canada Phyllis Chan
15–21, 14–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bulgarian International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Peru International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Canada Nicole Grether
Canada Charmaine Reid
21–14, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Guatemala International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Brazil Paula B Pereira
Brazil Fabiana Silva
11–3, 11–3, 11–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 USA International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Japan Naoko Fukuman
Japan Kurumi Yonao
10–21, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Guatemala International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Germany Johanna Goliszewski
Germany Carla Nelte
18–21, 22–24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bulgarian International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Chile International Challenge United States Paula Lynn Obañana Brazil Lohaynny Vicente
Brazil Luana Vicente
21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Austrian Open United States Paula Lynn Obañana Russia Ekaterina Bolotova
Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya
11–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Tahiti International United States Paula Lynn Obañana Japan Akane Araki
Japan Ayaka Kawasaki
13–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International United States Paula Lynn Obañana United States Jing Yu Hong
United States Beiwen Zhang
17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Canadian International United States Howard Bach Canada William Milroy
Canada Tammy Sun
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Miami Pan Am International United States Howard Bach Canada Mike Beres
Canada Valerie Loker
21–17, 23–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Irish International United States Howard Bach Belgium Wouter Claes
Belgium Nathalie Descamps
21–10, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Brazil International United States Halim Haryanto United States Hock Lai Lee
United States Priscilla Lun
21–11, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Peru International United States Halim Haryanto Canada Toby Ng
Canada Grace Gao
11–21, 21–14, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Brazil International United States Halim Haryanto Australia Glenn Warfe
Australia Leanne Choo
21–11, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Italian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Selena Piek
23–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Peru International United States Christian Yahya Christianto Canada Derrick Ng
Canada Michelle Li
21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Guatemala International United States Howard Shu United States Phillip Chew
United States Jamie Subandhi
10–11, 11–5, 11–10, 8–11, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes: Eva Lee Badminton". Badminton USA. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton - Athlete Profile: Lee Eva". results.toronto2015.org. Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Canadian International 2006". SportsTG. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Eva Lee Wins Two More Gold Archived 2008-01-07 at archive.today
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