Howard Shu

Howard Shu (born November 28, 1990) is an American badminton player. Shu began playing badminton at age 8. His father, who played in Taiwan, encouraged Shu to join him at local badminton clubs, and entered him into the Junior Nationals.^[1] Shu competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[2]

Howard Shu 舒之颢
Personal information
Birth name	Howard Shu
Country	United States
Born	(1990-11-28) November 28, 1990 (age 34) Los Alamitos, California, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	53 (MS June 25, 2015) 229 (XD October 14, 2010) 37 (XD March 12, 2015)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Men's singles 2019 Lima Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 2012 Lima Men's singles 2013 Santo Domingo Men's singles 2014 Markham Men's singles Pan Am Men's Team Championships 2018 Tacarigua Men's team 2020 Salvador Men's team Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Kevin Cordón	21–19, 14–21, 18–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Paula Lynn Obañana	Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai	15–21, 15–21	Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru	Kevin Cordón	15–21, 21–18, 13–21	Bronze
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Osleni Guerrero	15–21, 17–21	Bronze
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Osleni Guerrero	14–21, 14–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Eva Lee	Toby Ng Alex Bruce	21–9, 14–21, 21–8	Silver

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Open Grand Prix	Eva Lee	Peter Käsbauer Isabel Herttrich	12–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Carebaco International	Rodolfo Ramírez	14–21, 21–17, 22–20	Winner
2013	Santo Domingo Open	Osleni Guerrero	12–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2014	Puerto Rico International	Ygor Coelho	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Giraldilla International	Osleni Guerrero	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Nigeria International	Luka Wraber	17–21, 21–14, 21–13	Winner
2015	New Caledonia International	Yang Chih-hsun	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2015	Puerto Rico International	Kevin Cordón	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Suriname International	Osleni Guerrero	11–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	South Africa International	Emre Vural	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2015	Botswana International	Rosario Maddaloni	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2019	El Salvador International	Uriel Canjura	11–21, 21–11, 13–21	Runner-up
2020	Internacional Mexicano	Job Castillo	7–21, 21–15, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	French Guiana International	Camilo Borst	21–12, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Guatemala International	Eva Lee	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	10–11, 11–5, 11–10, 8–11, 11–5	Winner
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Jamie Subandhi	Evgenij Dremin Evgenia Dimova	6–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Uganda International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Vinson Chiu Breanna Chi	21–9, 21–12	Winner
2019	Mauritius International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Vinson Chiu Breanna Chi	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Peru International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2019	Benin International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Pit Seng Low Louisa Ma	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2019	Côte d'Ivoire International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Ahmed Salah Hadia Hosny	21–16, 21–14	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament