ANNA RICE BADMINTON

Anna Rice is North America's top female badminton player.  Although from North Vancouver, Canada, Anna currently trains in Copenhagen, Denmark at the International Badminton Academy (IBA).

At number 29 in the world, Anna is the highest ranked North American singles player and is the reigning Canadian National Champion.  She has represented Canada on the Pro Circuit for 8 years and has competed at such major events as the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as several World Championships. 

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Anna became the first female singles player from a Pan American country to achieve a top-16 finish.  While continuing with her professional badminton career, Anna strives to use her success on the court to help promote the sport of badminton in North America.

As well as being an athlete, Anna is also active in other areas of her sporting community.  As an Athlete Ambassador for the non-profit organization called Right To Play, Anna will travel to Uganda in April to work with this humanitarian organization.   For more information about Right To Play go to the Right To Play section of this website or follow this link to the Right To Play  website.