Francesca Corbett: Difference between revisions

Corbett has been competing in badminton since she was six. She is ranked as USA U19 number 5 in girls' singles and number 1 in girls' doubles with her partner Allison Lee. She won the girls' singles and doubles gold medals at the U11 Pan Am Junior Championships in 2015, U13 Pan Am Junior Championships in 2017, and U15 Pan Am Junior Championships in 2019.<ref>[{{cite web |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/corbett-a-badminton-gold-standard/article_fb64fc18-b341-11e9-b4c0-df0243e39366.html/ |website=smdailyjournal.com]|title=Corbett: A badminton gold standard|date=July 31, 2019|access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>

In late 2019, she qualified to represent the USA in February 2020 for the [[2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships|Pan Am Male & Female Cup]] in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, by winning her first adult national title in the women's doubles. Team USA took second place with Corbett besting one of Brazil's women's singles players.<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Badminton/Features/2020/February/17/US-teams-earn-spots-on-the-podium-at-Pan-Am-Team-Continental-Championships-2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226223517/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Badminton/Features/2020/February/17/US-teams-earn-spots-on-the-podium-at-Pan-Am-Team-Continental-Championships-2020|archivedate=2020-02-26|title=U.S. teams earn spots on the podium at Pan Am Team Continental Championships 2020|date=February 17, 2020|website=teamusa.org]}}</ref> USA Badminton reported on a tournament in late 2019 concerning Corbett and Lee on winning a national adult tournament: "With this victory, the young duo became the youngest pair to ever be crowned National Adult Champions in USA Badminton history."<ref name=underdog>{{cite web |url=https://usabadminton.org/underdog-junior-womens-doubles-pair-crowned-national-champions/|title=Underdog Junior Women’s Doubles Pair Crowned National Champions|date=June 9, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>

In late June 2021, Corbett competed in the USA Badminton Junior National Championships. She won gold in girl's doubles with Lee (U19), gold in the mixed doubles with her partner Samuel Li (U17), and bronze in girl's singles (U19).<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=2D2FC227-4ADA-46F7-AB81-6D317BE065EB&player=32 |title=2021 U.S. Junior National Championships - Francesca Corbett|website=tournamentsoftware.com]|access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref> Corbett also qualified to represent Team USA in the XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships in Acapulco, Mexico, beginning July 15, 2021.<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://usabadminton.org/xxix-pan-am-junior-championships-team-and-individual-athletes/ |title=XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships – Team and Individual Athletes |date=June 30, 2021|website=usabadminton.org|access-date=September 30, 2021]}}</ref>

On the final day of the XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships 2021 in Acapulco, Mexico, Team USA had a 3-0 win in the finals against Brazil to take first place in the team event. Corbett and Lee were selected as the women’s doubles entrant for the team event, and went 3-0. Corbett teamed with Bhaavya Manikonda to go a perfect 4-0 in the tournament to help lead Team USA to the team gold medal. Corbett and Lee won First Place Gold in Women's Doubles U19 at the XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships on July 23. Corbett and partner Samuel Li also picked up Bronze in Mixed Doubles earlier in the week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/calem-filipek-and-frankie-corbett-proving-olympics-arent-the-only-games-in-town/article_4ccd1612-e91e-11eb-86e0-8f8e1d917e44.html|title = Calem Filipek and Frankie Corbett proving Olympics aren't the only games in town|website=smdailyjournal.com|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>