Tyna Barinaga (1946-present) (later Tony Barinaga) is a former U.S. badminton player
who won national and international titles from the mid-1960’s to the
early 1970’s.
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Tyna Barinaga was a product of Vern Burton’s amazing badminton program in tiny Port Angeles, Washington. With over 500 juniors participating each year, he produced a lot of top juniors. Tyna was one of the winningest U.S. Junior badminton players in history. Her Junior Nationals record included 4 GS titles and 5 GD titles:
While Tyna and Caroline were winning the GD National title in 1964, they were also winning the WD title at the 1964 U.S. Nationals, defeating Lois Alston and Doris Hasse. The girls became the first to hold both Junior and Senior titles at the same time.
Tyna was a fine natural athlete and a strong competitor. She was very serious and shy when she first started playing Southern California tournaments, but a lot of kidding and teasing brought out her sense of humor, and she learned to needle and tease with the best. She was always a good sport and was always fun to play against.
Tyna went on to win 7 U.S. Nationals titles:
She also won a Canadian Open WD title in 1965, and played on the Devlin Cup Team in 1966, as well as the Uber Cup teams of 1966 and 1969. In the early 1970’s, Tyna and several of the top English players turned professional, touring Europe and giving exhibitions to promote badminton for one of the racket companies.
Tyna was inducted into the USA Badminton Walk of Fame in 2003. She was inducted into the inaugural Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame in 2018. Tyna was definitely a premier badminton champion!
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