Grace Gao (Chinese: 高博; pinyin: Gāo Bó, born October 17, 1989[1]) is a Chinese-born Canadian female badminton player from Calgary, Alberta. She began playing the sport in her hometown Beijing, and became a naturalized citizen of Canada in 2009, after immigrating with her parents at age 14.[2][3] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Mixed doubles event with partner Toby Ng.
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Full name | Grace Gao Bo | |||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Beijing, China | October 17, 1989|||||||||||||||||
Residence | Calgary, Alberta | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "tournamentsoftware.com". bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Canadian Olympic shuttlers of Chinese descent". China Daily. 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Grace Gao Profile". Badminton World Federation.
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