Jennie Gai

Jennie Gai
Jennie Gai
	Gai at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	February 25, 2001 (age 23); Lowell, Massachusetts,; United States
Residence	Fremont, California,; United States
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Naoko Fukuman; Tony Gunawan
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	66 (WS, 24 January 2023); 114 (WD with Breanna Chi, 24 December 2019); 29 (XD with Vinson Chiu, 18 July 2023)
Current ranking	250 (WS); 32 (XD with Vinson Chiu) (30 July 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Pan Am Female Cup
Pan Am Junior Championships
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
	BWF profile

Jennie Gai (/ɡaɪ/; born February 25, 2001)^[2] is an American badminton player who competes in international level events.^[3] She was a gold medalist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics,^[4] and silver medalists in the 2023 Pan American Games.^[5]

Personal life

Gai graduated with a bachelor's degree in Nutritional Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2022.^[1]

Career

In the junior event, Gai won six titles in the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships (U11 girls' doubles in 2011; U13 girls' singles, doubles and mixed doubles in 2013; and also U15 girls' singles, and mixed doubles in 2015). She represented her country at the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships.^[6] She won her first senior international title in the 2017 Internacional Mexicano.^[7]

In 2018, Gai became the first and only American badminton player since 2010 to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games. She finished the tournament as a quarter-finalist in the girls' singles and won the gold medal in the team event together with Team Alpha.^[4]

In 2022, she helped the American women's team win the Pan Am Female Cup, and qualified for the Uber Cup.^[8]

In 2023, Gai made her debut at the Pan American Games, clinching two silver medals in the mixed doubles and women's singles.^[5]

In 2024, Gai represented her country competing in the Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles with Vinson Chiu.^[1]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Beiwen Zhang	8–21, 12–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Vinson Chiu	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	21–17, 17–21, 19–21	Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Brittney Tam	8–21, 21–14, 18–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Jamie Hsu	Michelle Tong Josephine Wu	17–21, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Vinson Chiu	Presley Smith Allison Lee	21–15, 15–21, 14–21	Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru	Qingzi Ouyang	6–21, 9–21	Silver
2017	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Lauren Lam	12–21, 21–19, 20–22	Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Internacional Mexicano	Isabel Zhong	21–11, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
2018	Internacional Mexicano	Tahimara Oropeza	21–13, 18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	Guatemala International	Samayara Panwar	21–6, 21–9	Winner
2021	Internacional Mexicano	Lauren Lam	9–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Brazil International	Jamie Hsu	Rachel Honderich Jamie Subandhi	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Jamaica International	Breanna Chi	Inés Castillo Dánica Nishimura	21–11, 21–6	Winner
2019	Silicon Valley International	Breanna Chi	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Internacional Mexicano	Breanna Chi	Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos	21–10, 21–10	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Mexican International	Vinson Chiu	Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2021	Internacional Mexicano	Vinson Chiu	Nicolas Nguyen Alexandra Mocanu	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2022	Mexican International	Vinson Chiu	Naoki Yamada Moe Ikeuchi	15–21, 21–18, 10–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Challenge	Vinson Chiu	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	22–20, 13–21, 23–21	Winner
2022	Mexican International	Vinson Chiu	Joshua Yuan Allison Lee	21–14, 22–24, 23–21	Winner
2023	Mexican International	Vinson Chiu	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2023	Maldives International	Vinson Chiu	Hoo Pang Ron Teoh Mei Xing	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Challenge	Vinson Chiu	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Mexican Junior International^{[note 1]}	Fernanda Saponara Rivva	22–20, 21–6	Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes

^ This tournament points equivalent to Continental Junior Championships.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gai Jennie". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
^ "GAI Jennie". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
^ "Jennie Gai". Badminton World Federation. July 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Chan, Elaine (November 15, 2018). "Senior Jennie Gai Wins Team Gold at the 2018 Youth Olympic". The Voice. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Wins Four Medals at Santiago 2023 Pan American Games". USA Badminton. October 25, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ "Jennie Gai - Team USA". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. July 13, 2020. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.
^ Ricardo, Lisset Isabel (September 24, 2017). "Plata y bronce para Cuba" (in Spanish). JIT. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ Sankar, Vimal (February 20, 2022). "Canada, United States win titles at Pan Am Male and Female Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ "IV Yonex Mexican International U19 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

External links

Jennie Gai at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com

[10] This tournament points equivalent to Continental Junior Championships.^[9]

[og24-1] "Gai Jennie". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.

[2] "GAI Jennie". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[3] "Jennie Gai". Badminton World Federation. July 13, 2020.

[yog18-4] Chan, Elaine (November 15, 2018). "Senior Jennie Gai Wins Team Gold at the 2018 Youth Olympic". The Voice. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[pag23-5] "U.S. Wins Four Medals at Santiago 2023 Pan American Games". USA Badminton. October 25, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[6] "Jennie Gai - Team USA". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. July 13, 2020. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.

[mex17-7] Ricardo, Lisset Isabel (September 24, 2017). "Plata y bronce para Cuba" (in Spanish). JIT. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[pafc22-8] Sankar, Vimal (February 20, 2022). "Canada, United States win titles at Pan Am Male and Female Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[CanceledTour-9] "IV Yonex Mexican International U19 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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