Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (born 14 February 1993) is a Canadian badminton player. 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. Yakura, who grew up in Pickering, Ontario, currently lives in Toronto and trains at the KC Badminton Club in Markham. He has Japanese and Indonesian heritage.
Career
Yakura competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
In June 2021, Yakura was named to Canada's Olympic team. Competing in the men's doubles event with Jason Ho-Shue, his pace was stopped in the group stage.
Achievements
Pan American Games
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Pan Am Junior Championships
Boys' singles
Boys' doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 6 runners-up)
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
- Nyl Yakura at BWFBadminton.com
- Nyl Yakura at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
- Nyl Yakura at Olympedia
- Nyl Yakura at Olympics.com
- Nyl Yakura at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Nyl Yakura on Facebook
