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Owen Kurvits

  • Award
    Student-Athlete Profile
  • Week Of
    9/7/2017
  • Sport
    Badminton
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Redeemer's Owen Kurvits is the 2016-2017 OCAA Men's Singles Badminton Champion. Kurvits won Provincial Gold on Saturday at Georgian College, defeating Seneca's Nicky Aung in a thrilling 3-set Final. This is Owen's third Provincial Championship of his career, winning also in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.

In the final event of the championships, Kurvits reclaimed his No. 1 spot in OCAA men's singles, defeating Aung of Seneca 21-16, 12-21, 21-14. In the Final, Kurvits issued a measure of revenge, having been swept by Aung 22-20, 21-15 in their opening round robin match.

The Championship caps another incredible season by Kurvits, finishing with an overall record of 32-2. He was named OCAA Player of the Year for the 3rd consecutive year and also a CCAA All-Canadian for the 3rd time. 

Kurvits had little trouble through the round robin matches of the Championship going 4-1 with the one loss coming to Aung. He then defeated Humber's Darcy Schmidt 21-10 and 21-8 in the semi-finals. 

Next up for Redeemer's badminton star is the CCAA National Badminton Championship being hosted by Seneca College March 8-11, 2017. Kurvits has had tremendous success at the National Championships winning a silver medal in 2015-2016 and the National Championship in 2014-2015. 

Related: Kurvits Named Player of the Year, All-Canadian for Third Straight Year


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/23/2014 Lewis Tuininga Men's Soccer
7/29/2014 Curtiss Straatsma Women's Volleyball
7/29/2014 Owen Kurvits Badminton
2/11/2014 Jake Klassen Men's Volleyball
2/11/2014 Charlene De Vries Women's Volleyball
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