Iris Wang

Iris Wang

Personal information

Country

United States

Born

September 2, 1994 (age 29)
Pasadena, California, U.S.

Residence

Arcadia, California, U.S.

Height

5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Handedness

Right

Women's singles & doubles

Highest ranking

19 (WS January 3, 2023)
24 (XD April 21, 2011)

Current ranking

44 (WS January 2, 2024)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	2011 Guadalajara	Women's doubles
	2015 Toronto	Women's singles
	2019 Lima	Women's singles
Pan American Championships
	2009 Guadalajara	Women's doubles
	2010 Curitiba	Women's doubles
	2021 Guatemala City	Women's singles
	2022 San Salvador	Women's singles
	2023 Kingston	Women's singles
Pan American Mixed Team Championships
	2010 Curitiba	Mixed team
	2013 Santo Domingo	Mixed team
	2014 Markham	Mixed team

BWF profile

Iris Wang (born September 2, 1994) is an American badminton player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Personal life

Wang was born in Pasadena, California, on September 2, 1994, to Chinese parents.^[1] Her older sister, Rena Wang, is also an international badminton player.^[2]

Career

Wang won a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the 2010 Pan Am Badminton Championships playing alongside her sister Rena.^[1] In 2011, she was eliminated at the quarterfinal stage of the women's singles at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, after losing to Canadian player Michelle Li.^[3] Competing alongside her sister Rena, Wang won a silver medal in the women's doubles.^[2]

At the 2013 Pan Am Badminton Championships she won a silver medal in the team event as part of the United States squad.^[1] Wang won the gold medal at the 2014 Brazil International tournament, defeating Lohaynny Vicente in the final.^[4] She also won gold medals at the Mercosul International and Argentina International events.^[1] She was part of the United States squad that won a team silver medal at the 2014 Pan Am Badminton Championships.^[1]

At the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Wang won a bronze medal in the women's singles.^[1] She defeated Damaris Ortiz Prada of Venezuela, Luana Vicente of Brazil and Daniela Macias of Peru, before losing her semifinal to Rachel Honderich of Canada.^[5]

In February 2016, Wang was part of the United States squad that won the women's team gold medal at the Pan American Team Continental Championships. Wang defeated Canada's Kyleigh O'Donoghue 21–12, 21–4, as the US won the final 3–2.^[6]

As of May 2016, Wang was ranked 33rd in the world for women's singles.^[7] The 34 highest ranked athletes, with a maximum of two per nation, earned qualification for the women's singles event in at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[8] The United States Olympic Committee confirmed Wang's place in the United States team on May 10, 2016.^[9]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Rachel Honderich	15–21, 11–21	Bronze
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Michelle Li	10–21, 5–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Rena Wang	Alex Bruce Michelle Li	15–21, 15–21	Silver

Pan American Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Rachel Chan	21–19, 19–21, 9–21	Bronze
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Michelle Li	14–21, 18–21	Bronze
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Beiwen Zhang	11–21, 12–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Coliseo Olímpico de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico	Rena Wang	Grace Gao Fiona McKee	17–21, 21–18, 18–21	Bronze
2010	Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, Brazil	Rena Wang	Grace Gao Joycelyn Ko	16–21, 21–19, 18–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on March 19, 2017, and implemented in 2018,^[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[11]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Putri Kusuma Wardani	21–7, 19–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Santo Domingo Open	Lohaynny Vicente	21–18, 21–6	Winner
2013	USA International	Beiwen Zhang	10–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2014	Mercosul International	Bo Rong	18–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner
2014	Argentina International	Bo Rong	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2014	Brazil International	Lohaynny Vicente	11–5, 11–9, 11–7	Winner
2015	Spanish International	Beatriz Corrales	13–21, 21–14, 21–15	Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	21–23, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Peru International	Karin Schnaase	6–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Maldives International	Vũ Thị Trang	21–15, 21–14	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Brazil International	Rena Wang	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	21–14, 11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2011	Peru International	Rena Wang	Alex Bruce Michelle Li	21–11, 15–21, 8–21	Runner-up