Jennie Gai

Jennie Gai (born February 25, 2001) is an American badminton player who competes in international level events. She was a gold medalist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won six titles in the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships (U11 girls' doubles in 2011; U13 girls' singles, doubles and mixed doubles in 2013; and also U15 girls' singles, and mixed doubles in 2015). She represented her country at the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships.[1][2][3]

Jennie Gai
Gai at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (2001-02-25) February 25, 2001
Lowell, Massachusetts,
United States
ResidenceFremont, California,
United States
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking91 (WS 19 April 2022)
114 (WD with Breanna Chi 24 December 2019)
98 (XD with Vinson Chiu 19 April 2022)
Current ranking91 (WS),
204 (WD with Breanna Chi)
98 (XD with Vinson Chiu) (19 April 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  United States
Pan American Championships
2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
2019 Aguascalientes Women's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
2019 Lima Mixed team
2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Pan Am Female Cup
2022 Acapulco Women's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
2017 Markham Mixed team
2016 Lima Girls' singles
2017 Markham Girls' singles
2016 Lima Mixed team
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Brittney Tam 8–21, 21–14, 18–21 Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Jamie Hsu Michelle Tong
Josephine Wu		 17–21, 15–21 Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru Qingzi Ouyang 6–21, 9–21 Silver
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Lauren Lam 12–21, 21–19, 20–22 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Internacional Mexicano Isabel Zhong 21–11, 18–21, 21–16 Winner
2018 Internacional Mexicano Tahimara Oropeza 21–13, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2021 Guatemala International Samayara Panwar 21–6, 21–9 Winner
2021 Internacional Mexicano Lauren Lam 9–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Brazil International Jamie Hsu Rachel Honderich
Jamie Subandhi		 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2019 Jamaica International Breanna Chi Inés Castillo
Dánica Nishimura		 21–11, 21–6 Winner
2019 Silicon Valley International Breanna Chi Annie Xu
Kerry Xu		 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2019 Internacional Mexicano Breanna Chi Jessica Bautista
Vanessa Villalobos		 21–10, 21–10 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Luis Montoya
Vanessa Villalobos		 21–17, 21–18 Winner
2021 Internacional Mexicano Vinson Chiu Nicolas Nguyen
Alexandra Mocanu		 21–13, 21–11 Winner
2022 Mexican International Vinson Chiu Naoki Yamada
Moe Ikeuchi		 15–21, 21–18, 10–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Mexican Junior International[note 1] Fernanda Saponara Rivva 22–20, 21–6 Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes
  1. This tournament points equivalent to Continental Junior Championships.[4]

References
  1. "Jennie Gai - Team USA". Team USA. July 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Jennie Gai - BWF Badminton". BWF Badminton. July 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Senior Jennie Gai Wins Team Gold at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games". The Voice. November 15, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "IV Yonex Mexican International U19 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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