{{Short description|Canadian badminton player}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Catherine Choi<br />蔡卓如 | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | country = Canada | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|5|1}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada<ref name="biococ">{{cite web|title=Catherine Choi personal details |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/catherine-choi/ |publisher=[[Canadian Olympic Committee]] |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> | height = 1.67 m<ref name="biocg19">{{cite web|title=Participant biography: Catherine Choi |url=https://cg2019.gems.pro/Result/ShowPerson.aspx?Person_GUID=21e274b5-1bda-4d5f-9750-b9d9cea6f9a2&SetLanguage=en-CA&Gems_ScreenWidth=1366&Gems_ScreenHeight=768&Gems_ScreenAvailWidth=1366&Gems_ScreenAvailHeight=728 |publisher=Canada Games 2019 |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> | weight = 54.5 kg<ref name="biocg19"/> | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = Efendi Wijaya<ref name="biocg19"/> | event = Women's doubles | highest_ranking = 27 | date_of_highest_ranking = with [[Josephine Wu]], 31 October 2023 | current_ranking = 48 | date_of_current_ranking = with [[Jacqueline Cheung]], 15 April 2025 | bwfbadminton_id = 57791 | bwf_id = EF129216-A610-41DC-8BA4-208F807DEC15 | played = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023 Santiago]] | [[Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Badminton Championships|Pan Am Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2023 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2023 Kingston]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalSilver | [[2019 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2019 Aguascalientes]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalSilver | [[2022 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2022 San Salvador]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2024 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2024 Guatemala City]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Badminton Championships#Mixed team|Pan Am Mixed Team Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2019 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2019 Lima]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2025 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2025 Aguascalientes]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Badminton Championships#Male and Female team|Pan Am Female Cup]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2018 Tacarigua]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2020 Salvador]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2024 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup|2024 São Paulo]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2026 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup|2026 Guatemala City]] | Women's team}} {{MedalSilver | [[2022 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup|2022 Acapulco]] | Women's team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships|Pan Am Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | 2019 Moncton | Mixed doubles }} }}
'''Catherine Choi''' (born 1 May 2001) is a Canadian [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Catherine Choi |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/57791/catherine-choi |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> She affiliates with E badminton club and represents Ontario in the national events.<ref name="biocg19"/> Choi was the women's doubles gold medalist at the [[2023 Pan Am Badminton Championships|2023 Pan Am Championships]] and [[Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's doubles|2023 Pan American Games]].<ref name="panamc23">{{cite web |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |title=Canada sweep gold medals at Pan Am Individual Badminton Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136535/canada-golds-pan-am-badminton-champs |publisher=Inside the Games |date=30 April 2023 |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="pag23">{{cite web |title=Pan Am Games: Double for Josephine Wu |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2023/10/26/pan-am-games-double-for-josephine-wu/ |publisher=BWF |date=26 October 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== Pan American Games === ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFB069" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's doubles|2023]] | align="left" | Olympic Training Center, [[Santiago]], Chile | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Josephine Wu]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Annie Xu]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kerry Xu]] | align="left" | 21–18, 10–21, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |}
=== Pan Am Championships === ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2019 Pan Am Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2019]] | align="left" | Gimnasio Olímpico,<br />[[Aguascalientes]], Mexico | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Josephine Wu]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Rachel Honderich]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kristen Tsai]] | align="left" | 15–21, 25–27 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2022 Pan Am Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2022]] | align="left" | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,<br />[[San Salvador]], El Salvador | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Rachel Honderich<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} Kristen Tsai | align="left" | 17–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2023 Pan Am Badminton Championships#Finals 5|2023]] | align="left" | G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,<br />[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Francesca Corbett]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Allison Lee (badminton)|Allison Lee]] | align="left" | 21–14, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2024 Pan Am Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2024]] | align="left" | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,<br />Guatemala City, Guatemala | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Francesca Corbett<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Allison Lee | align="left" | 18–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |}
=== Pan Am Junior Championships === ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,<br />[[Moncton]], Canada | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brian Yang (badminton)|Brian Yang]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jonathan Chien]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Crystal Lai]] | align="left" | 21–18, 19–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up) === ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[Bulgarian International|Bulgarian Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Josephine Wu]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Bengisu Erçetin]]<br />{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Nazlıcan İnci]] | align="left" | 8–21, 8–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6 | align="center" | 2022 | align="left" | [[Mexican Open (badminton)|Mexican International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paula Lynn Cao Hok]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Lam | align="left" | 21–19, 21–10 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Polish Open (badminton)|Polish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Jin Yujia]]<br />{{flagicon|SGP}} [[Crystal Wong]] | align="left" | 17–21, 21–17, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Guatemala International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Annie Xu]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kerry Xu]] | align="left" | 21–18, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Azerbaijan International (badminton)|Azerbaijan International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Josephine Wu | align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Gabriela Stoeva]]<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stefani Stoeva]] | align="left" | 14–21, 7–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Canadian International (badminton)|Canadian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jacqueline Cheung]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lin Wan-ching]]<br />{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Liu Chiao-yun]] | align="left" | 18–21, 8–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | [[El Salvador International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brian Yang (badminton)|Brian Yang]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Aníbal Marroquín]] <br /> {{flagicon|PER}} [[Dánica Nishimura]] | align="left" | 21–6, 21–7 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
=== BWF Junior International (2 titles) === ''Girls' doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#EBE7E0" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Canadian Junior International | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Talia Ng]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Crystal Lai]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Wendy Zhang]] | align="left" | 21–19, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#EBE7E0" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Canadian Junior International | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brian Yang (badminton)|Brian Yang]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jonathan Chien]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Talia Ng]] | align="left" | 21–12, 15–21, 21–10 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
: {{Color box|#AE9C45|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : {{Color box|#C6D4E1|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : {{Color box|#BDB8AD|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Series tournament : {{Color box|#EBE7E0|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior Future Series tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWF|EF129216-A610-41DC-8BA4-208F807DEC15|member_id=57791}} * {{BWF2|57791}}
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