{{Short description|Canadian badminton player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Brittney Tam<br />谭碧贤 | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Brittney Shannon Tam | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|8|23}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], Canada | height = 1.70 m | weight = 60 kg | country = Canada | years_active = 2014 | handedness = Right | coach = Kevin Cao | event = Women's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 43 (WS 24 December 2019)<br /> 326 (WD 14 April 2016)<br /> 74 (XD 18 June 2015) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = 79 | date_of_current_ranking = WS 9 August 2022 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Am Badminton Championships|Pan Am Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2014 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2014 Markham]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2016 Campinas]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | 2016 Campinas | Women's singles }} {{MedalGold | 2016 Campinas | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalGold | [[2017 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2017 Santo Domingo]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2019 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2019 Lima]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalSilver | 2017 Havana | Women's singles }} {{MedalSilver | 2017 Havana | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2019 Aguascalientes | Women's singles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2018 Guatemala City]] | Women's singles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Am Badminton Championships#Men's and women's team|Pan Am Women's Team Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | 2018 Tacarigua | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2020 Salvador]] | Women's team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships|Pan Am Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | 2013 Puerto Vallarta | Mixed team }} {{MedalSilver | 2012 Edmonton | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2012 Edmonton | Mixed team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 97087 | bwf_id = F41CDF13-0591-46D5-B9C4-F7A6F3A50F6B }}
'''Brittney Shannon Tam''' (born 23 August 1997) is a Canadian [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Brittney Tam |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/97087/brittney-tam |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="can">{{cite web |title=Britney Tam |url=http://www.badminton.ca/page/28236/Britney-Tam |publisher=Badminton Canada |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230161502/http://www.badminton.ca/page/28236/Britney-Tam |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, she won a silver medal at the [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships]] in the mixed doubles event.<ref name="can"/> In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.<ref>{{cite news|title=Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships |url=http://www.badminton.ca/news/103333/Team-Canada-wins-the-20th-Pan-American-Badminton-Championships |publisher=Badminton Canada|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> In the individual event, she won the gold medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/03/golden-sweep-for-canada-finals-pan-am-individual-championships/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007031749/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/03/golden-sweep-for-canada-finals-pan-am-individual-championships/ |archive-date=7 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/2016/05/gold-s-go-to-canada-in-campinhas/ |publisher=[[Badminton Pan Am]] |access-date=30 December 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She competed at the [[badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Team Canada Arrives in Gold Coast, Australia |url=https://www.badminton.ca/news/119224/Team-Canada-Arrives-in-Gold-Coast-Australia |publisher=Badminton Canada|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== Pan Am Championships === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2016]] | align="left" | Clube Fonte São Paulo, [[Campinas]], Brazil | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Stephanie Pakenham]] | align="left" | 21–11, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2017 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2017]] | align="left" | [[Sports City Coliseum]], [[Havana]], Cuba | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Rachel Honderich]] | align="left" | 8–21, 21–12, 7–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships#Finals 2|2018]] | align="left" | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Michelle Li]] | align="left" | 10–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2019 Pan Am Badminton Championships#Finals 2|2019]] | align="left" | Gimnasio Olímpico, [[Aguascalientes]], Mexico | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Michelle Li | align="left" | 15–21, 22–24 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2016]] | align="left" | Clube Fonte São Paulo,<br />[[Campinas]], Brazil | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Nyl Yakura]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Nathan Osborne]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Josephine Wu]] | align="left" | 21–17, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2017 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2017]] | align="left" | [[Sports City Coliseum]],<br/>[[Havana]], Cuba | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Nyl Yakura | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toby Ng]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Rachel Honderich]] | align="left" | 13–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
=== Pan Am Junior Championships === ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | Millennium Place,<br />[[Edmonton]], Canada | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Joshua Hurlburt-Yu]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phillip Chew]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Iris Wang]] | align="left" | 24–22, 17–21, 22–24 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up) === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Waikato International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Huang Yin-hsuan]] | align="left" | 17–21, 25–23, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[U.S. International|Yonex / K&D Graphics International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|VIE}} [[Vũ Thị Trang]] | align="left" | 14–21, 22–20, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWFB|97087}} * {{BWFT|F41CDF13-0591-46D5-B9C4-F7A6F3A50F6B|member_id=97087}} * [https://varsityblues.ca/sports/womens-badminton/roster/brittany-tam/8696 Brittany Tam - Women's Badminton] at [[University of Toronto Athletics]] * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|badminton/athlete-profile-n6026843-brittney-tam}}
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