Charmaine Reid
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Charmaine Reid is a female badminton
player from Canada
. Her home is in Calgary, Alberta.
Her coaching has been by Bryan Moody (a Canadian champion), Ardy Wiranata
(Indonesia
n working in Canada
and former World Champion), and Ken Poole (Past-President of the Canadian Badminton Coaches' Association).
Reid has won 5 Canadian National Championships
between 2005 and 2007, two of them in women's singles, and three in women's doubles.
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Her home is in Calgary, Alberta.
Her coaching has been by Bryan Moody (a Canadian champion), Ardy Wiranata
Ardy Wiranata
Ardy Bernardus Wiranata was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world during most of the 1990s...
(Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n working in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and former World Champion), and Ken Poole (Past-President of the Canadian Badminton Coaches' Association).
Reid has won 5 Canadian National Championships
Canadian National Badminton Championships
The Canadian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Canada.The tournament started in 1922. In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the championships and they were combined with the Canadian Open until 1961...
between 2005 and 2007, two of them in women's singles, and three in women's doubles.
2004
- Summer OlympicsBadminton at the 2004 Summer OlympicsBadminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....
- In women's singles, Reid lost to Jun Jae-younJun Jae-younJun Jae-youn is a female badminton player from South Korea.Jun played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Korea, defeating Charmaine Reid of Canada in the first round but losing to Cheng Shao-chieh of Chinese Taipei in the round of 16.-External links:*...
of KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
in the round of 32. In women's doubles, Reid and her partner Helen NicholHelen NicholHelen Nichol is a female badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the 2003 Pan American Games, partnering Charmaine Reid....
were defeated by Cheng Wen-HsingCheng Wen-HsingCheng Wen-Hsing is a female badminton player from Taiwan.Cheng competed for the Republic of China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chien Yu Chin...
and Chien Yu ChinChien Yu ChinChien Yu-Chin is a female badminton player from Republic of China.Chien competed for Republic of China as Chinese Taipei in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Cheng Wen-Hsing...
of TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
in the round of 32. - Pan American Team Championships - Gold Medallist
- Uber Cup Continental Stage (Pan America) - Gold
2003
- Uber Cup Continental Stage (Pan America) - Gold Medallist
- Brazil International - Doubles - Gold Medallist