# Brian Yang (badminton)

Brian Yang (born 25 November 2001) is a Canadian badminton player. He was a part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

## Career

In 2016, he won three gold medals at the U–19 Pan Am Junior Championships, winning the boys' doubles, mixed doubles, and team events.
Yang won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men's singles. In July, he won the boys' singles and mixed doubles titles at the Pan Am Junior Championships, while the Canada team captured the silver medal.
Yang represented Canada in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Thomas Cup. At the El Salvador International, he won two titles in the men's singles and mixed doubles.
Yang clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. He competed at the Sudirman Cup. Yang was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team, ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition. He was crowned as the men's singles champion at the 2021 Pan Am Championships. He also won the gold medals in the boys' singles, doubles and mixed team at the Pan Am Junior Championships.
In June 2021, Yang was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the first edition of the Junior Pan Am Games, clinching the gold medals in the boys' singles and mixed doubles.
In 2022, he won a silver medal at the Pan Am Championships, losing to Kevin Cordón in the final.
In his second appearance at the Pan American Games, Yang captured the gold medal in the men's singles after beating the defending champion Kevin Cordón in the final.

## Achievements
### Pan American Games

Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru | Ygor Coelho | 19–21, 10–21 | Silver | |
| 2023 | Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile | Kevin Cordón (EAI) | 21–18, 21–6 | Gold | |

### Pan Am Championships

Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Jason Ho-Shue | 21–13, 18–10 retired | Gold |
| 2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador | Kevin Cordón | 17–21, 14–21 | Silver |
| 2023 | G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica | Uriel Canjura | 21–10, 21–5 | Gold |
| 2024 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Uriel Canjura | 16–21, 15–21 | Bronze |

### Junior Pan American Games

Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2021 | Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia | Uriel Canjura | 21–8, 21–6 | Gold | |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2021 | Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia | Rachel Chan | Uriel Canjura Fátima Centeno | 21–13, 21–14 | Gold | |

### Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Jonathan Matias | 21–14, 21–13 | Gold | |
| 2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada | Kevin Wang | 21–15, 21–8 | Gold | |
Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2016 | CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru | Desmond Wang | Ricky Liuzhou Cadmus Yeo | 17–21, 21–15, 21–13 | Gold | |
| 2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada | Jonathan Chien | Clayton Cayen Ryan Zheng | 21–10, 23–21 | Gold | |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2016 | CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru | Katie Ho-Shue | Vinson Chiu Jamie Hsu | 21–14, 21–14 | Gold |
| 2017 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Katie Ho-Shue | Fabricio Farias Sâmia Lima | 21–14, 21–11 | Gold |
| 2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada | Catherine Choi | Jonathan Chien Crystal Lai | 21–18, 19–21, 18–21 | Silver |

### BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Anders Antonsen | 21–18, 13–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | Suriname International | Osleni Guerrero | 12–21, 21–17, 21–14 | Winner |
| 2018 | El Salvador International | Heymard Humblers | 21–11, 18–21, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2019 | Brazil International | Misha Zilberman | 17–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Peru Future Series | B. R. Sankeerth | 21–12, 11–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Peru International | Kevin Cordón | 15–21, 21–13, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2019 | Santo Domingo Open | Kevin Cordón | 21–8, 21–4 | Winner |
| 2019 | Suriname International | Kevin Cordón | Walkover | Winner |
| 2019 | Turkey Open | Luís Enrique Peñalver | 19–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Peru International | Ygor Coelho | 21–16, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2021 | Denmark Masters | Victor Svendsen | 16–21, 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2022 | Canadian International | Takuma Obayashi | 11–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Canadian International | Victor Lai | 21–15, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2024 | Canadian International | Victor Lai | 21–14, 21–8 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | El Salvador International | Catherine Choi | Aníbal Marroquín Dánica Nishimura | 21–6, 21–7 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament