Nyl Yakura

Nyl Yakura
Nyl Yakura
	Yakura at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura
Country	Canada
Born	14 February 1993 (age 31); Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Kevin Cao
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	181 (MS, 13 December 2012); 29 (MD with Jason Ho-Shue, 28 June 2018); 59 (XD with Kristen Tsai, 24 September 2019)
Current ranking	30 (MD with Adam Dong, 17 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Canada
Pan American Games
Pan Am Championships
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Pan Am Male Cup
Pan Am Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (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]

Career

Yakura competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[7]

In June 2021, Yakura was named to Canada's Olympic team.^[8] Competing in the men's doubles event with Jason Ho-Shue, his pace was stopped in the group stage.^[9]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–11, 19–21, 21–18	Gold
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Adam Dong	Fabrício Farias Davi Silva	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Kristen Tsai	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu	21–18, 12–21, 15–21	Silver

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Kevin Li	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	21–17, 6–21, 16–21	Silver
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillipe Gaumond Maxime Marin	21–13, 21–13	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Jason Ho-Shue	Austin Bauer Ty Alexander Lindeman	21–18, 21–6	Gold
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Jason Ho-Shue	Osleni Guerrero Leodannis Martínez	21–11, 20–22, 21–10	Gold
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Jason Ho-Shue	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	Walkover	Silver
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Adam Dong	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	21–17, 19–21, 13–21	Bronze
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Adam Dong	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	21–10, 16–21, 22–20	Gold
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Adam Dong	Chen Zhi-yi Presley Smith	14–21, 11–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Brittney Tam	Nathan Osborne Josephine Wu	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Brittney Tam	Toby Ng Rachel Honderich	13–21, 14–21	Silver
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Kristen Tsai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	14–21, 24–26	Silver
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Kristen Tsai	Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima	22–24, 19–21	Bronze
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Crystal Lai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	14–21, 15–21	Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Luiz Enrique Dias Dos Santos Junior	18–21, 21–18, 21–11	Gold

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Henry Wiebe	Neil Tai-Pow Andrew Wilkinson	21–8, 21–18	Gold
2011	National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston, Jamaica	Clinton Wong	Andrew Lau Andrew Wilkinson	16–21, 21–17, 21–8	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Adrianna Giuffre	Michael Diamond Surabhi Kadam	19–21, 21–16, 21–16	Gold
2011	National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston, Jamaica	Adrianna Giuffre	Andrew Wilkinson Jody Chan	21–18, 17–21, 21–16	Gold

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	B. R. Sankeerth	Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg	8–21, 21–18, 6–21	Runner-up
2017	Internacional Mexicano	Jason Ho-Shue	Job Castillo Lino Muñoz	18–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner
2018	Brazil International	Jason Ho-Shue	Tarun Kona Saurabh Sharma	21–7 retired	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Jason Ho-Shue	Chen Xin-yuan Lin Yu-chieh	21–23, 20–22	Runner-up
2021	Internacional Mexicano	Adam Dong	Fabio Caponio Giovanni Toti	21–10, 21–10	Winner
2022	Sydney International	Adam Dong	Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen	12–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Challenge	Adam Dong	Jason Ho-Shue Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	15–21, 21–18, 12–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Challenge	Adam Dong	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Canadian International	Adam Dong	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Jonathan Lai	21–13, 17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2024	Hungarian International	Jonathan Lai	Oliver Butler Samuel Jones	9–21, 21–11, 21–11	Winner