Rachel Honderich


Rachel Honderich is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a vice-national champion in women's singles and has won several international titles since 2010.

Career

Honderich won her first senior international title at the 2014 Czech International tournament in the women's doubles partnered with Michelle Li. Honderich clinched the silver and bronze medals at the 2015 [Pan American">Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's singles">2015 [Pan American Games|2015 Pan American Games] in the women's singles and doubles respectively. At the 2017 [Pan Am Badminton Championships|2017 Pan American Championships], she crowned double titles, won the women's singles and mixed doubles event. She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Honderich won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Kristen Tsai in 2019 Lima.
In June 2021, Honderich was named to Canada's Olympic team.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015 Pan American Games – Women's singles|2015][Markham Pan Am Centre|Atos Markham Pan Am Centre], Toronto, Canada

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014U.S. Grand Prixsilver2

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Yonex / K&D Graphics Internationalsilver2