Karyn Velez
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Karyn Velez | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Chibby | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Karyn Cecilia Velez | ||||||||||||||
Country | United States Philippines | ||||||||||||||
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 5 March 1990||||||||||||||
Died | 12 August 2013 Pasig, Philippines | (aged 23)||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
Women's singles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 67 (September 23, 2010) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karyn Cecilia Velez (March 5, 1990 – August 12, 2013) was a Filipino-American badminton player who competed in international level events.[1]
Velez died of serious injuries in a head-on car crash aged 23. The van driver who struck her vehicle pleaded guilty for homicide after he was charged for reckless driving.[2][3]
Before her death, she was aiming to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
References
- ^ "Karyn Velez – BWF Badminton". BWF Badminton. 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Philippines' former No. 1 badminton player Karyn Velez dies in car crash along C-5". spot.ph. 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Van driver pleads guilty in car crash case, says Karyn Velez's kin". GMA News Online. 18 August 2015.
- ^ "The Girl with the Strut & Stroke Beyond her Years". Lifestyle Inquirer. 6 October 2013.
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- 1990 births
- 2013 deaths
- Road incident deaths in the Philippines
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia
- American female badminton players
- Filipino female badminton players
- American sportspeople of Filipino descent
- 21st-century American women