Eva Lee
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Born | August 7, 1986 | |||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||
Event | Women's singles | |||||||||||||||
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Eva Lee (Chinese: 李意恒, born August 7, 1986) is a Chinese American badminton player.
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Career
1997
She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member).
1998
She took her first three crown titles in US Junior National Championships.
1999
She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open(under 17 Singles).
2005 World Championships
She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round.
2006 Intercollegiate Championships
She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships.
2006 Canadian International
In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open.[1]
2006 Boston Badminton Open
At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with Mesinee Mangkalakiri.
2007 Pan American Games
Lee also competed in badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won three gold medals, one in women's singles, one in women's doubles with Mesinee Mangkalakiri, and another in mixed doubles with Howard Bach.[2]
2008 Beijing Olympics
Lee lost in the first round to Canadian Anna Rice. While losing the first game, she made a quick comeback in the second and won. In the third, she maintained lead until halfway through where Anna Rice took command and finished through.