LI Michelle

Canada
Badminton
3 Nov 1991
29
Female
 
Hong Kong, China
TORONTO, ON
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BDM Badminton Women's Singles 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3
Women's Singles Group Play Stage - Group F
#311
CAN
LI MLI Michelle
2
GUA
SOTOMAYOR NASOTOMAYOR Nikte Alejandra
0
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3
Women's Singles Group Play Stage - Group F
#343
CAN
LI MLI Michelle
2
SVK
REPISKA MREPISKA Martina
0
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 1
Women's Singles Round of 16
#348
JPN
OKUHARA NOKUHARA Nozomi
2
CAN
LI MLI Michelle
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
4Women's Doubles2012London, GBR
Group StageWomen's Singles2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Group StageWomen's Singles2012London, GBR

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
Last 16Women's Singles2019Basel, SUI
Last 16Women's Singles2015Jakarta, INA
Last 16Women's Singles2014Copenhagen, DEN
Last 32Women's Singles2018Nanjing, CHN
Last 32Women's Singles2017Glasgow, GBR
Last 32Women's Singles2011London, GBR
Last 64Women's Singles2013Guangzhou, CHN
Last 64Women's Doubles2011London, GBR

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Women's Singles2019Lima, PER

Pan American Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Women's Singles2019Santo Domingo, DOM
1Women's Singles2018Guatemala City, GUA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2017Bogota, COL

Pan American Championships Team
RankEventYearLocation
1Women's Team2020Salvador, BRA
1Women's Team2018Tacarigua, TTO

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals
RankEventYearLocation
1st RoundWomen's Singles2018Guangzhou, CHN
1st RoundWomen's Singles2020Bangkok, THA

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017
YearEventWRUSFQFL16L32L64Group
2020Singles--1x3x-1x--
2019Singles1x1x4x3x3x6x--
2018Singles1x-1x1x9x8x--
2017Singles-2x--2x2x--
2017Doubles W----1x1x--

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017
YearEventWRUSFQFL16L32
2017Singles---1x4x2x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12019Women's SinglesBWF World TourMacau, CHN
12018Women's SinglesBWF World TourMacau, CHN
22019Women's SinglesBWF World TourTaipei, TPE
22017Women's SinglesBWF World TourAlmere, NED
22017Women's SinglesBWF World TourAnaheim, CA, USA
32020Women's SinglesBWF World TourOdense, DEN
32019Women's SinglesBWF World TourFuzhou, CHN
32019Women's SinglesBWF World TourIncheon, KOR
32019Women's SinglesBWF World TourTokyo, JPN
32019Women's SinglesBWF World TourFullerton, CA, USA
32018Women's SinglesBWF World TourFullerton, CA, USA

Thomas & Uber Cup
RankEventYearLocation
QuarterfinalWomen's Team2018Bangkok, THA

TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup
RankEventYearLocation
Final 13-14Mixed Team2019Nanning, CHN
Final 15-16Mixed Team2017Gold Coast, QLD, AUS


Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed
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Athlete
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Physiology - University of Toronto, Canada
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Cantonese, English, Mandarin
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Lee's Badminton Training Centre [Markham, ON, CAN]
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Jennifer Lee [club], HKG; Mike Butler [national], CAN; Kan Chao Yu [personal], TPE
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Right (bwfbadminton.com, 12 Nov 2019)
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Her training was disrupted by Achilles tendon, ankle and shoulder injuries in early 2019. The tear in her right Achilles tendon continued to trouble her throughout 2019. (bwfbadminton.com, 19 Jan 2019; olympics.bwfbadminton.com, 11 Jun 2019)

Her preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was disrupted by two labral tears in her hip, a tear in the patella tendon of her knee and a stress fracture in her foot. She went on to compete at the Games and place 14th in the singles competition. In October 2016 she underwent surgery to repair the tears in her hip and knee. (vernonmorningstar.com, 01 Mar 2017)
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2009 (michelleli.net, 27 Mar 2020)
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She began playing badminton recreationally at age 11 at a local community centre. (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2015; cic.gc.ca, 05 Nov 2014)
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She went to her first lessons with her mother before a friend introduced her to Lee's Badminton Training Centre in Markham, ON, Canada, where she began training and competing. (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2015; cbc.ca, 21 Oct 2014)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (badminton.ca, 13 Aug 2019; badmintonpanam.org, 11 Jun 2019)
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Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (varsityblues.ca, 01 Aug 2012; guadalajara.olympic.ca, 09 May 2012)
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"It doesn't matter who you were yesterday, it's who you choose to be today." (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2015)
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She was named 2011 Badminton Canada Female Athlete Of The Year. (guadalajara.olympic.ca, 09 May 2012)

General Interest

General
NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY
She says her motivation for badminton is not financial and comes only from her enjoyment of the sport. She says much of her earnings is spent on expenses when competing. "No way that I will ever make as much money as someone like PV Sindhu or someone from Asia. We can have the same results but that's it. It's because of my passion that I keep going and somehow I make it work. It's for this reason that Canadians are discouraged to take up professional badminton because they don't make money. I have to manage everything on my own, flight tickets, hotels, salaries of my coach and physio and their travel. I guess it's like tennis players. It's just that they make 100 times more than what we do. For me everything is out of my pocket, prize money. There is a lot of worry and stress that comes with it." (hindustantimes.co, 10 Feb 2020)

PLAYING WITH PAIN
Despite struggling with a tear to her right Achilles tendon in 2019, she continued competing in a bid to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I've been injured for almost a year now [June 2019], I slipped and kind of sprained my ankle a little bit. But that led to an Achilles tendon tear. I've seen doctors and specialists and they all say that if I take surgery I need to take four months off, and I don't have time to do that. They said that it's not too dangerous but the pain is going to be there. Right now it's just about learning to play with the pain. It will be hard because I have to balance training and try to not get it too swollen and inflamed. But I think it's about trying to keep the pain level down so I can still push and maintain my speed during matches." (olympics.bwfbadminton.com, 11 Jun 2019)

FROM HONG KONG TO CANADA
Born in Hong Kong, China, she moved to Canada with her parents at age six. (scmp.com, 18 Nov 2013)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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