Johanne Falardeau

Johanne Falardeau (born 1961) is a Canadian retired badminton player. Falardeau is the first ever women's doubles player from her country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Additionally, she won a silver and bronze in the same discipline, too. She is also a 6-time former Pan American champion and became the national champion for seven times between 1982 and 1990.^[1]

Introduced to badminton at the age of ten by Jean-Claude Laprise, Falardeau has experienced a meteoric progression. She became provincial junior champion in the under-nineteen category three years later and made it to the national team at the age of fifteen. The following year, she won the triple crown (singles, doubles, mixed) at the Canadian Junior Championships. Her first international success came at the 1978 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medal in mixed team event. 1979, she became Pan American champion in both singles and mixed team events. Reaching finals multiple times in international tournaments, she became champion in French Open, U. S. Open, Canada Open and Victor Cup and had some second best performances in Bells Open, Scottish Open and Carlton Cup as well.^[2]