Nyl Yakura

Nyl Yakura
Yakura at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameNyl Kiyoshi Yakura
CountryCanada
Born (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 31)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceScarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
HandednessRight
CoachKevin Cao
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking181 (MS, 13 December 2012)
29 (MD with Jason Ho-Shue, 28 June 2018)
59 (XD with Kristen Tsai, 24 September 2019)
Current ranking30 (MD with Adam Dong, 17 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kingston Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Santo Domingo Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Havana Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Guatemala City Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Guatemala City Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 San Salvador Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 San Salvador Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Male Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tacarigua Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Acapulco Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 São Paulo Men's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Santo Domingo Boys' singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Santo Domingo Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kingston Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kingston Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kingston Mixed team
BWF profile

Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura OLY (born 14 February 1993) is a Canadian badminton player.[1][2] He captured two gold medals at the Pan American Games, winning the men's doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and also a silver in the mixed doubles in 2019.[3][4] Yakura, who grew up in Pickering, Ontario, currently lives in Toronto and trains at the KC Badminton Club in Markham.[5] He has Japanese and Indonesian heritage.[6]

  1. ^ "Nyl Yakura biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Nyl Yakura". Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ^ Fenton, Caela (25 October 2023). "Day 5 at Santiago 2023: Mac Neil makes history, badminton gold rush". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Pickering's Nyl Yakura follows mother's advice in pursuit of Olympics". Durham Region News. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Road to the Olympics: Badminton champ Nyl Yakura wins second consecutive Pan Am gold". Nikkei Voice | The Japanese Canadian National Newspaper. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.