Paula Lynn Obanana

Career Highlights

• 2016: Peru International Silver (Women’s Singles)...Tahiti International Silver (Men’s Doubles)
• 2015: XVII Pan Am Games Toronto Gold (Women’s Doubles)…YONEX Brazil Open Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Bahrain International Challenge Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Chile International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)…Babolat Bulgarian International Silver (Women’s Doubles)…Sydney International Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Guatemala International Challenge Silver (Women’s Doubles)
• 2014: XIX Pan American Badminton Championships Silver (Team Event)…Huawei Guatemala International Gold (Women’s Doubles)…Ireland International Challenge Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Brazil Grand Prix Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Spanish International Challenge Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Peru International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)…YONEX USA International Challenge Silver (Women’s Doubles)…K&D Graphics & YONEX Grand Prix Badminton Championships Silver (Women’s Doubles)
• 2013: Ottawa Canadian International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)… Bulgarian International Silver (Women’s Doubles)…Pan American Badminton Championships Gold (Women’s Doubles)…Carlton Irish Open Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Bulgaria International Challenge Silver (Women’s Doubles)…Ottawa Canada International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)…U.S. Adult National Championships Gold (Women’s Doubles)
• 2012: Swedish International Stockholm Silver (Women’s Doubles)…Austrian International Challenge Silver (Women’s Doubles)…36th Yonex Polish International Silver (Women’s Doubles)…Air Tahiti Nui International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)…Finland International Challenge Bronze (Women’s Doubles)…Poland International Challenge Silver (Women’s Doubles)…Sweden International Challenge Silver (Women’s Doubles)
• 2011: Pan American Games Bronze (Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)…Brazil International Badminton Cup Gold (Women’s Doubles)...Guatemala International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)…Norway International Challenge Gold (Women’s Doubles)…Scotland International Challenge Bronze (Women’s Doubles)… Bay Badminton Championships Gold (Women’s Doubles A Division)… U.S. Adult National Badminton Championships Silver (Women’s Doubles)
• 2010: Brazil International Badminton Cup Gold (Women’s Doubles), Bronze (Mixed Doubles)…Boston Open Badminton Championships Silver (Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
• 2009: Miami Pan Am Badminton Championships Gold (Women’s Doubles), Bronze (Mixed Doubles)…Summer Smash Badminton Championships Silver (Women’s Doubles), Gold (Mixed Doubles B)
• 2006: Yonex Sunrise National Open Badminton Championships Silver (Women’s Singles and Mixed Doubles), Gold (Women’s Doubles).

Olympic Experience

• 1-time Olympian
• Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 13th (Doubles - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2017 – 33th (Doubles - Women)
• Years of participation: Doubles - Women 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
• Top finish: 17th – 2013 (Doubles - Women)