Senior Technical Consultant Owen Ouyang

Coach Ouyang is a former Chinese National Team Player and is currently Yonex Canada’s highest sponsored coach. Ouyang was the first male qualifying player selected to represent China’s National Badminton Team from Guangxi provincial team. In his 20s, he represented his country for over seven years while developing his skills under the guidance of the first generation of veteran coaches: Wang Wenjiao, Chen Fushou, Hou Jiachang, Lin Shiquan, and others.

Coach Ouyang is a certified senior coach in China, Singapore and Canada who has been engaged in badminton teaching and professional club management for more than 30 years. He has taught senior level badminton at the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles levels and has written badminton teaching and competition articles as well as papers that have been published in China and many other countries. Ouyang’s backhand techniques and instructional methods are a part of his unique teaching philosophy.

Ouyang was invited to coach badminton in many countries, including China, Singapore, Australia, Finland, UK, Holland, Germany, etc. Furthermore, he has trained many national and international professional badminton players, such as World Champion Lu Lu, Canada Elite Single champions Huang Guoxing, Top Canadian Junior Players Kevin Yang, Jasmine Zhang, Shauyal, Lance, Alisha, Hugo, Simone and top Chinese professional players like He Wenjun, Zhong Feiyu, Li Junxiu, Huang Zhangqi, Wei Yi, Zhou Zi Wen, Deng Weiyi, Lu Ye, Li Haofu, and others. Of note, one of Coach Ouyang’s most recent representative students is

Ouyang Qingzi: She won consecutive U19 Women’s Singles and Mixed Doubles championships in the 2016-2017 Pan American Badminton Championships. She achieved a clean sweep in U19 Women’s Singles for three consecutive years in Canada. She is the only Canadian player granted special expedited citizenship by the Badminton Association of Canada. She is also the founder of IMSAH Badminton Club in Beijing, China.

Other notable players who have mainly learned under Coach Ouyang include:

– 2008-2009 Mixed World Champions, Former China National Team Player Lu Lu,

– 2015-2017 Canada Elite Single Champions, Calgary GX Badminton head coach Huang Guoxing,

– 2019-2020 Singapore Junior national team players Benjamin Lee Yihui & Megan Lee Xinyi,

– 2018-2019 National U19 Boys Doubles Top Athlete of BC Wenjun Ouyang

– 2020 Canadian National U15 GS Champions Simone Huang

• 2021 Canadian Junior U15 Medalists Fulgencia Zhang & Ferdinand Zhang
• 2021-2022 U19 GS & GS Champions Alisha Naik, Medalist Yan Kit(Hugo) Wong

– 2022 Pan-Am U15 BS Silver Medalist Shauyal Gullaiya, U15 BD Silver Medalist Lance Li

– 2023-2024 Canadian National U17 GS & GD & MX Champions, Quebec Junior U17&U19 Champions, 2024 PAN Canadian Junior National Team Jasmine Zhang

– 2019, 2022, 2023 Pan-Am Silver Medalist, 2022-2023 unbeatable Canadian U15 BS & BD Champions, 2024 U17 Canadian Triple Crowns, 2023 Second runner up of Malaysia Global Junior Championship U14, top 8 at U16, 2023 Runner up of USA San Diego Open B Tournaments. The only U16 BS player represent Canada for 2024 Japan Shonai Tournament and 2024 Pan-Am Canadian Junior National Team Kevin Yang

We are confident that a new batch of future champions will emerge from Canada Elite Badminton & CAN-AM Elite badminton and we look forward to helping you achieve that goal in the near future!

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