Vinson Chiu ( ; born August 8, 1998) is an American badminton player. He won a silver medal with his partner Joshua Yuan in the men's doubles at the 2022 Pan Am Championships. Chiu also won a silver and a bronze at the 2016 Pan Am Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and mixed doubles. Chiu currently plays mixed doubles with Jennie Gai. They won their first title together at the Mexican International Challenge in 2021. The duo won the silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Chiu also once partnered with Indonesian legend Tony Gunawan, and they went on to win the U.S. International in 2017.

Achievements

Pan American Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Olympic Training Center,Santiago, Chile Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 21–17, 17–21, 19–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,San Salvador, El Salvador Joshua Yuan Job Castillo Luis Montoya 20–22, 8–11 Silver 2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,Kingston, Jamaica Joshua Yuan Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman 17–21, 21–23 Bronze 2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,Guatemala City, Guatemala Joshua Yuan Adam Dong Nyl Yakura 15–21, 21–19, 17–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,Guatemala City, Guatemala Jennie Gai Presley Smith Allison Lee 21–15, 15–21, 14–21 Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento,Tijuana, Mexico Raymond Hsia Austin Bauer Ty Alexander Lindeman 24–22, 10–21, 15–21 Bronze 2016 CAR la Videna,Lima, Peru Brian Duong Ricky Liuzhou Cadmus Yeo 13–21, 21–14, 17–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento,Tijuana, Mexico Crystal Pan Jason Ho-Shue Qingzi Ouyang 15–21, 5–21 Bronze 2016 CAR la Videna,Lima, Peru Jamie Hsu Brian Yang Katie Ho-Shue 14–21, 14–21 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 9 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2017U.S. International Tony Gunawan Daniel Benz Andreas Heinz16–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner2021Mexican International Enrico Asuncion Job Castillo Luis Montoya16–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2022 Mexican International Joshua Yuan Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 El Salvador International Joshua Yuan Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 Uganda International Joshua Yuan Arjun M. R. Dhruv Kapila 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Uganda International Breanna Chi Howard Shu Paula Lynn Obañana 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2019 Jamaica International Breanna Chi Artur Pomoceno Lohaynny Vicente 17–21, 21–14, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Peru International Breanna Chi Osleni Guerrero Tahimara Oropeza 22–20, 21–9 Winner 2019 Mauritius International Breanna Chi Howard Shu Paula Lynn Obañana 21–17, 21–16 Winner 2021 Mexican International Jennie Gai Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos 21–17, 21–18 Winner 2021 Mexican International Jennie Gai Nicolas Nguyen Alexandra Mocanu 21–13, 21–11 Winner 2022 Mexican International Jennie Gai Naoki Yamada Moe Ikeuchi 15–21, 21–18, 10–21 Runner-up 2022 Peru Challenge Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 22–20, 13–21, 23–21 Winner 2022 Mexican International Jennie Gai Joshua Yuan Allison Lee 21–14, 22–24, 23–21 Winner 2023 Mexican International Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 22–20, 21–16 Winner 2023 Maldives International Jennie Gai Hoo Pang Ron Teoh Mei Xing 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Peru Challenge Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

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