Adam Dong

Adam Dong (; born 14 February 1994) is a Chinese-born Canadian badminton player. He captured the men's doubles gold medals at the 2023 Pan American Games and at the 2023 Pan Am Championships.

Early life Dong was born in Suzhou, China. Before moving to Canada, he competed in the 2011 National Intercity Games of the People's Republic of China and won a gold in the badminton men's team event representing Nanjing.

Career Dong entered the Canadian national team in 2016. On that same year, he partnered with Nyl Yakura. After the duo split up, he formed partnerships with Guoxing Huang and David Wu.

He later partnered with Yakura again in 2021 and they won their first international title together at the Mexican International Series. In 2022, Dong and Yakura won bronze at the 2022 Pan Am Championships. Dong also represented Canada at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup. Dong was also selected to be part of the Canadian contingent competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Dong and Yakura were also runners-up at the Sydney International in October.

In 2023, Dong won the gold medal at the Pan Am Championships partnering Yakura. and together with Yakura, he captured the gold medal in the men's doubles.

Achievements Pan American Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Olympic Training Center,Santiago, Chile Nyl Yakura Fabrício Farias Davi Silva 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 Gold Gold

Pan Am Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,San Salvador, El Salvador Nyl Yakura Job Castillo Luis Montoya 21–17, 19–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,Kingston, Jamaica Nyl Yakura Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman 21–10, 16–21, 22–20 Gold Gold 2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,Guatemala City, Guatemala Nyl Yakura Chen Zhi-yi Presley Smith 14–21, 11–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Internacional Mexicano Nyl Yakura Fabio Caponio Giovanni Toti 21–10, 21–10 Winner 2022 Sydney International Nyl Yakura Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen 12–21, 21–16, 16–21 Runner-up 2022 Peru Challenge Nyl Yakura Jason Ho-Shue Joshua Hurlburt-Yu 15–21, 21–18, 12–21 Runner-up 2023 Peru Challenge Nyl Yakura Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Canadian International Nyl Yakura Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Jonathan Lai 21–13, 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament