Valérie "Val" Loker (born May 1, 1980) is a Canadian badminton player.[1] She won a silver medal, along with her partner Mike Beres in the mixed doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, against the winning U.S. pair Howard Bach and Eva Lee, with a score of 18–21 and 17–21.[2][3] Loker is also a member of Club Excellence Yonex Laval in Montreal, Quebec, and is coached and trained by Jean-Paul Girard.[4]
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| Nickname(s) | Val | ||||||||||||||
| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1980 Brantford, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jean-Paul Girard | ||||||||||||||
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Loker qualified for the mixed doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving an allocated spot from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list.[5] Playing with three-time Olympian Beres, Loker lost the preliminary round match to Thai pair Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam, with a score of 9–21 each in two straight periods.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Val Loker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
Full name: Valérie "Val" Loker
- ^ "Bach's busy day: Gold and silver in badminton". USA Today. May 18, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Canada adds 13 medals to Pan Am Games haul". Canwest News Service. Canada.com. July 19, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Une longue route vers les Olympiques pour Valérie Loker" [A long road to the Olympics for Valerie Loker] (in French). Courrier Laval. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ O'Leary, Ed (August 7, 2008). "Big year pays off with Beijing berth". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Mixed Doubles Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Canadians out of badminton mixed doubles". CBC Sports. August 12, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
External links
edit- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived November 29, 2014)
- Valerie Loker at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Valerie Loker at BWFBadminton.com
- Valerie Loker at Team Canada
- Valerie Loker at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Val Loker at Olympics.com
- Val Loker at Olympic.org (archived)
- Val Loker at Olympedia
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived August 27, 2012)
