Howard Shu

Howard Shu
Personal information
Birth name Howard Shu
Country  United States
Born (1990-11-28) November 28, 1990
Los Alamitos, California
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking 53 (MS), 55 (XD) (June 25, 2015 (MS), March 12, 2015 (XD))
Current ranking 67 (MS), 732 (XD) (July 28, 2016)
BWF profile

Howard Shu (born November 28, 1990) is an American badminton player. Shu began playing badminton at age 10. His father, who played in Taiwan, encouraged Shu to join him at local badminton clubs, and entered him into the Junior Nationals.[1] Shu is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Career achievements

Pan Am Badminton Championships

Men's Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Markham, Canada Canada Cuba Osleni Guerrero 14-21, 14-21 Bronze
2013 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Cuba Osleni Guerrero 15-21, 17-21 Bronze
2012 Lima, Peru Peru Guatemala Kevin Cordon 15-21, 21-18, 13-21 Bronze

Mixed Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic United States Eva Lee Canada Toby Ng
Canada Alex Bruce
21–9, 14–21, 21–8 Silver

Pan American Games

Men's Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Toronto, Canada Canada Guatemala Kevin Cordon 21-19, 14-21, 18-21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix United States Eva Lee Germany Peter Kaesbauer
Germany Isabel Herttrich
12-21, 14-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runer-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 South Africa International Turkey Emre Vural 21–11, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Suriname International Cuba Osleni Guerrero 11-21, 16-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Puerto Rico International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 17-21, 15-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 New Caledonia International Chinese Taipei Yang Chih-hsun 21–9, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Nigeria International Austria Luka Wraber 17–21, 21–14, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Giraldilla International Cuba Osleni Guerrero 16-21, 16-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Puerto Rico International Brazil Ygor Coelho De Oliveira 16-21, 19-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Santo Domingo Open Cuba Osleni Guerrero 12-21, 21-23 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Carebaco International Guatemala Rodolfo Ramirez 14-21, 21-17, 22-20 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Guatemala International United States Eva Lee United States Phillip Chew
United States Jamie Subandhi
10-11, 11-5, 11-10, 8-11, 11-5 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

2016

He participated in the Jamaica International Bronze.[2]

References

  1. "Howard SHU Player Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. "US Badminton team members". www.teamusa.org. Retrieved October 8, 2016.

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