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1991 Pan Am Badminton Championships

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1991 Pan Am Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates17–23 June
Nations10
VenueConvention Hall
LocationKingston, Jamaica
Champions
Men's singlesCanada Jaimie Dawson
Women's singlesCanada Denyse Julien
Men's doublesCanada Mike Bitten
Canada Bryan Blanshard
Women's doublesCanada Denyse Julien
Canada Doris Piché
Mixed doublesCanada Mike Bitten
Canada Doris Piché
1989 1993

The 1991 Pan Am Badminton Championships was the seventh edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships. The tournament was held from 17 to 23 June at the Convention Hall in Kingston, Jamaica.[1] Ten countries competed in the championships. Eight out of the ten competing countries competed in the mixed team event. Peru and the Cayman Islands only sent players to compete in the individual events.

Canada performed a clean sweep, winning gold in all six events.[2] The United States won three silver medals and two bronze medals.[3] Hosts Jamaica won a silver medal and four bronze medals. Debra O'Connor won Trinidad and Tobago's first medal in the Pan American championships when she achieved bronze in the women's doubles event with Maria Leyow.

Medal summary

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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Canada Jaimie Dawson Canada Bryan Blanshard United States Chris Jogis
Women's singles Canada Denyse Julien Canada Doris Piché United States Joy Kitzmiller
Men's doubles Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Bryan Blanshard
United States Benny Lee
United States Thomas Reidy
Jamaica George Hugh
Jamaica Paul Leyow
Women's doubles Canada Denyse Julien
Canada Doris Piché
United States Linda French
United States Joy Kitzmiller
Jamaica Maria Leyow
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
Mixed doubles Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Doris Piché
Jamaica Robert Richards
Jamaica Maria Leyow
Jamaica George Hugh
Jamaica Camille Lue
Mixed team  Canada
Bryan Blanshard
Mike Bitten
Jaimie Dawson
Doris Piché
Denyse Julien
 United States
Peter Baum
John Britton
Mike Edstrom
Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
Thomas Reidy
Dean Schoppe
Traci Britton
Ann French
Linda French
Joy Kitzmiller
Meiling Okuno
Erika von Heiland
 Jamaica
Kingsley Ford
Noel Foster
Veron Griffiths
George Hugh
Garth King
Tommy Lee
Paul Leyow
Steven Mayne
Karl McHayle
Roy Paul Jr.
Robert Richards
Marcus Wickham
Christine Leyow
Maria Leyow
Terry Walker
Camille Lue
Nigella Saunders

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada6309
2 United States0224
3 Jamaica*013.54.5
4 Trinidad and Tobago000.50.5
Totals (4 entries)66618

Individual results

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Men's singles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Canada Jaimie Dawson 15 15
United States Thomas Reidy 7 5
Canada Jaimie Dawson 18 15
Canada Bryan Blanshard 15 8
Canada Bryan Blanshard 15 15
United States Chris Jogis 7 1 Third place
United States Thomas Reidy
United States Chris Jogis w / o

Women's singles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Canada Denyse Julien 11 11
Mexico María de la Paz 2 4
Canada Denyse Julien 3 11 11
Canada Doris Piché 11 2 6
United States Joy Kitzmiller 4 2
Canada Doris Piché 11 11 Third place
Mexico María de la Paz 11 9 8
United States Joy Kitzmiller 3 11 11

Men's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Bryan Blanshard
15 15
Jamaica George Hugh
Jamaica Paul Leyow
1 4
Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Bryan Blanshard
15 15
United States Benny Lee
United States Thomas Reidy
12 5
Jamaica Tommy Lee
Jamaica Robert Richards
6 4
United States Benny Lee
United States Thomas Reidy
15 15 Third place
Jamaica George Hugh
Jamaica Paul Leyow
15 15
Jamaica Tommy Lee
Jamaica Robert Richards
5 6

Women's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Canada Denyse Julien
Canada Doris Piché
15 15
Jamaica Maria Leyow
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
13 1
Canada Denyse Julien
Canada Doris Piché
15 15
United States Linda French
United States Joy Kitzmiller
7 4
United States Ann French
United States Erika von Heiland
10 7
United States Linda French
United States Joy Kitzmiller
15 15 Third place
Jamaica Maria Leyow
Trinidad and Tobago Debra O'Connor
15 15
United States Ann French
United States Erika von Heiland
5 8

Mixed doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Canada Jaimie Dawson
Canada Denyse Julien
15 15
Jamaica Paul Leyow
Jamaica Christine Leyow
6 8
Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Doris Piché
13 18 15
Jamaica Robert Richards
Jamaica Maria Leyow
15 14 4
Jamaica Robert Richards
Jamaica Maria Leyow
w / o
Jamaica George Hugh
Jamaica Camille Lue
Third place
Jamaica Paul Leyow
Jamaica Christine Leyow
15 12 11
Jamaica George Hugh
Jamaica Camille Lue
9 15 15

Team event

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Group stage

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Eight teams were divided into two groups of four, Group A and Group B. In Group A, Canada topped the group with 5–0 victories over Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica placed second in the group, defeating both Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago 5–0. Suriname defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 to finish third in the group.

In Group B, the United States beat Guatemala and Barbados 5–0. The team despite losing a match in the tie against Mexico advanced to the knockout stages after finishing the tie 4–1. Mexico had a major upset when they lost 3–2 to their Guatemalan opponents but managed to win 5–0 to secure their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage. Guatemala also had a major upset when the team lost 3–2 to Barbados. With Mexico, Guatemala and Barbados all tied with one point in the group, Mexico advanced to the knockout stages by match difference.

Knockout stage

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In the semi-finals of the mixed team event, both Canada and the United States defeated Mexico and Jamaica respectively with a score of 4–1. The bronze medal match saw Jamaica defeat Mexico 3–2 to claim their first medal in the Pan Am Mixed Team Championships. Canada defeated the United States 5–0 in the final to retain their title as Pan American mixed team champions.

Semi-finals Final
      
 Canada 4
 Mexico 1
 Canada 5
 United States 0
 Jamaica 1
 United States 4 Third place
 Mexico 2
 Jamaica 3

References

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  1. ^ World Badminton No. 3. Vol. 19. International Badminton Federation. 1991. p. 27.
  2. ^ "BWF - Pan American Champs 1991 Ind - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  3. ^ "Pan Am Mixed Team Championships – Badminton Pan America". Retrieved 2024-07-31.
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