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Country
  
Canada

Height
  
1.73 m

Coach
  
Jean-Paul Girard

Weight
  
71 kg

Name
  
Valerie Loker

Residence
  
Montreal, Canada

Role
  
Olympian


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Born
  
1 May 1980 (age 43) Brantford, Ontario (
1980-05-01
)

Valerie Loker (born May 1, 1980 in Brantford, Ontario) is a Canadian badminton player. She won a silver medal, along with her partner Mike Beres in the mixed doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, against the winning U.S. pair Howard Bach and Eva Lee, with a score of 18–21 and 17–21. Loker is also a member of Club Excellence Yonex Laval in Montreal, Quebec, and is coached and trained by Jean-Paul Girard.

Loker qualified for the mixed doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving an allocated spot from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Playing with three-time Olympian Beres, Loker lost the preliminary round match to Thai pair Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam, with a score of 9–21 each in two straight periods.

References

Valerie Loker Wikipedia