Brian Yang (born November 25, 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.
He 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.
He also competed for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event.
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 21–18, 21–6 Gold
Pan Am Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 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 2025 Videna Poli 2, Lima, Peru Joshua Nguyen 21–15, 13–21, 13–21 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 Ref 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 (2 runners-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 2025 U.S. Open Super 300 Ayush Shetty 18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 5 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 Luis 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 2025 Canadian International Victor Lai 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up
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
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