{"id":2586,"date":"2026-10-23T11:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T15:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/team-canada-medals-in-singles-doubles-events-at-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T15:22:51","slug":"team-canada-medals-in-singles-doubles-events-at-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/team-canada-medals-in-singles-doubles-events-at-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Canada Medals in Singles & Doubles Events at World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


TEMUCO, Chile (October 22, 2026)<\/strong> \u2013 Team Canada closed out the singles and doubles events at the XXIII IRF World Racquetball Championships with three medals: a silver in men\u2019s doubles and bronze medals in men\u2019s singles and mixed doubles. Samuel Murray of Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Qu\u00e9bec led the way with two medals, and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert and Juliette Parent added a women\u2019s doubles Elite Draw title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s doubles silver after a five-game final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top seeds Murray and Coby Iwaasa of Lethbridge, Alberta took Mexico\u2019s Andree Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo Torres the distance in the men\u2019s doubles gold medal match. The Canadians fell 10-12 in the opening game, then answered twice to level the match before Mexico won the tiebreaker. The final score was 10-12, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 6-11, in a match full of spectacular shots and long rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iwaasa and Murray reached the final without dropping a game. They beat Japan\u2019s Hiroshi Shimizu and Yasutaka Mizuno 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 in the quarterfinals, then defeated DJ Mendoza and Adam Manilla of the United States 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 in the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bronze for Webb and for Murray and Parent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevor Webb of Kitchener, Ontario earned bronze in men\u2019s singles. He came from a game down to beat Chile\u2019s Alan Natera 6-11, 15-13, 11-8, 11-3 in the quarterfinals, then met Bolivia\u2019s Conrrado Moscoso in the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mixed doubles, Murray teamed up with Juliette Parent of Saint-Jacques, Qu\u00e9bec to reach the semifinals and claim bronze, giving Murray his second medal of the championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elite Draw title for Lambert and Parent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the women\u2019s doubles Elite Draw, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert of Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec and Parent took the title with an 11-3, 11-8, 11-6 win over Chile\u2019s Mansilla Cid and Guzm\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Canada has already made a strong start in the team competition, which closes out the championships in Temuco. The men beat Argentina 2-0 and the women beat Japan 2-0 in the best of three on Thursday. Both teams play in the quarterfinals on Friday, with the men facing Ecuador and the women facing Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeam Canada fought for every match, every game, and every point in the individual round at the World Championships,\u201d said Team Leader Jennifer Saunders. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud that we\u2019ll be bringing three medals home to Canada \u2014 one silver and two bronze. These results are a reflection of the hard work of our athletes and coaches and demonstrate that our national team program continues to perform at an elite level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeam Canada once again showed that our elite players are some of the best in the world, finishing with one silver and two bronze medals in the individual competition,\u201d said Head Coach Tim Landeryou. \u201cThere were moments of deep disappointment and others of euphoric triumph, but through it all our athletes fought hard and competed at the highest level. As a coach, I am very proud not only of their accomplishments but of the way they\u2019ve competed so far. We will continue to strive for excellence as we move into the team competition, where we have a good opportunity for more medals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The championships are livestreamed on the Panam Sports Channel and the IRF YouTube and Facebook pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draws & Results<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pan Am Sports Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRF YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Racquetball Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Racquetball Canada is the National Sport Organization for the sport of racquetball. As a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, our mission is to coordinate, govern and encourage the advancement of racquetball from the grassroots to the elite level across Canada. Our vision is to be a visible, vibrant sport enjoyed coast to coast by Canadians of all ages and abilities. Join our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan Hanson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communications, Diversity & Safe Sport Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Racquetball Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

communications@racquetballcanada.ca<\/a> I 306.502.4422<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TEMUCO, Chile (October 22, 2026) \u2013 Team Canada closed out the singles and doubles events at the XXIII IRF World Racquetball Championships with three medals: a silver in men\u2019s doubles and bronze medals in men\u2019s singles and mixed doubles. Samuel Murray of Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Qu\u00e9bec led the way with two medals, and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert and Juliette […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[368,16],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-medal-results","tag-world-championships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2589,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}