Badminton | Athlete Profile: Michelle LI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  03 Nov 1991
Place of Birth:  HONG KONG
Country of birth:  HKG
Age:  26
Gender:   Female

Height (cm): 175
Weight (Kg): 55

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Badminton	Women's Singles	4
	Mixed Doubles CAN YANG Brian/LI Michelle	17
	Mixed Team Event CAN Canada	5

Michelle LI - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Thu, 5 Apr 14:01	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 4	Mixed Team Event Group Play Stage - Group D CAN Canada 5 SEY Seychelles 0	Finished
Fri, 6 Apr 9:01	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 3	Mixed Team Event Group Play Stage - Group D CAN Canada 5 GHA Ghana 0	Finished
Fri, 6 Apr 19:01	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 2	Mixed Team Event Group Play Stage - Group D MAS Malaysia 4 CAN Canada 1	Finished
Sat, 7 Apr 17:31	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 2	Mixed Team Event Quarterfinal 3 CAN Canada 0 ENG England 3	Finished
Tue, 10 Apr 12:30	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 2	Mixed Doubles Round of 64 CAN YANG Brian/LI Michelle 2 GGY TREBERT Jordan/JOHNSON Elena 0	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 13:40	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 2	Women's Singles Round of 32 CAN Michelle LI 2 IOM Kimberley CLAGUE 0	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 20:00	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 1	Mixed Doubles Round of 32 CAN YANG Brian/LI Michelle 0 ENG ADCOCK Gabrielle/ADCOCK Chris 2	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 13:00	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 3	Women's Singles Round of 16 CAN Michelle LI 2 JAM Katherine WYNTER 0	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 19:30	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 2	Women's Singles Quarterfinal CAN Michelle LI 2 MAS Soniia CHEAH 0	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 13:30	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 2	Women's Singles Semifinal IND Venkata PUSARLA 2 CAN Michelle LI 0	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 18:50	-	Carrara Sports Arena 2 - Crt 1	Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match CAN Michelle LI 0 SCO Kirsty GILMOUR 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Commonwealth Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Women's Singles	1
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Mixed Doubles	R32
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Mixed Team	QF
2010	Delhi, IND	Women's Singles	QF
2010	Delhi, IND	Women's Doubles	R16
2010	Delhi, IND	Mixed Doubles	R32
2010	Delhi, IND	Mixed Team	QF

Olympic Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Women's Singles	Group
2012	London, GBR	Women's Singles	Group
2012	London, GBR	Women's Doubles	4

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2017	Glasgow, SCO	Women's Singles	R32
2015	Jakarta, INA	Women's Singles	R16
2014	Copenhagen, DEN	Women's Singles	R16
2013	Guangzhou, CHN	Women's Singles	R64
2011	London, ENG	Women's Singles	R32
2011	London, ENG	Women's Doubles	R64

Sudirman Cup
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2017	Gold Coast, AUS	Mixed Team	16
2015	Dongguan, CHN	Mixed Team	19
2013	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	Mixed Team	18
2011	Qingdao, CHN	Mixed Team	16

Hobbies:

Football, volleyball, shopping, watching movies, reading. (guadalajara.olympic.ca, 9 May 2012; badminton.ca, 9 May 2012; olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Physiology at University of Toronto, ON, Canada

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

PERSONAL: Jennifer LEE (HKG) (badminton.ca, 18 Apr 2017)
NATIONAL: Mike BUTLER (CAN) (badminton.ca, 18 Apr 2017)

Position style:

Right-handed

Injuries:

In early 2016 she found that she had two laberal tears in her hip, a tear to her patellar tendon and a stress fracture in her foot. She played through the pain to be able to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where - hindered by her injuries - she failed to progress past the group stage. She had surgery in October, was on crutches for six weeks and returned to training in April 2017. (cbc.ca, 01 Mar 2017)

National league:

North Eastern Warriors, IND (Premier Badminton League)

Ambition:

Win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (Twitter, 12 May 2017)

Hero:

Swiss tennis player Roger FEDERER. (guadalajara.olympic.ca, 9 May 2012)

Influence:

Her coach Jennifer LEE (HKG) and her parents. (tofumag.com, 30 Apr 2013)

Ritual:

Always eats a peanut butter sandwich and ties her left shoe before her right before a match. (Sarah Miller YouTube, 19 Jan 2016; guadalajara.olympic.ca, 9 May 2012)

Additional information:

HISTORY
First Canadian woman to win a badminton singles title at the Commonwealth Games, having achieved the feat at Glasgow in 2014. (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2015)

RELOCATION
Moved from Hong Kong to Canada at age six. (scmp.com, 18 Nov 2013)

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