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Erika Irene Caram Gonzaga
Erika Irene Caram Gonzaga is an 11-year-old badminton player from Lamblight International School who trains at Apra Academy in the Intermediate group. Erika joined the academy in June 2024 and has been training for 2 years, working on footwork, fitness and shot-making every week. Erika has earned 9 podium finishes, including 6 golds, across 7 tournaments. Highlights include Gold at NOPSSCEA Season 46 - Elementary Girls Team Tie, Gold in Singles 11u at Felet Tournament and Gold and MVP in Singles Elementary Girls at 2026 NIRAAM. Away from the court, Erika enjoys anime, music, and psychology. Erika is also into golf, muay thai, and biking, which helps with all-round athleticism. In school, Psychology and math is the favorite subject. After a hard session, nothing beats japanese food. For downtime, Erika picks the movie Ponyo and the show My Hero Academia, and red and blue is the color of choice. On court, Erika looks up to Tai Tzu Ying and studies how the best players move and compete. The goal right now: I want to understand how people behave, feel, and think. Looking further ahead, Erika wants to become a doctor. With steady training and a competitive spirit, Erika is a player to watch in the seasons ahead.
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Erin Gianna Caram Gonzaga
Erin Gianna Caram Gonzaga is a 13-year-old badminton player from Lamblight International School who trains at Apra Academy in the Intermediate group. Erin joined the academy in June 2024 and has been training for 2 years, working on footwork, fitness and shot-making every week. Erin has earned 3 podium finishes, including 1 gold, across 2 tournaments. Highlights include Gold in 11u at Felet, Bronze in 15u at Felet and Bronze at Bacolod Cluster Meet 1. Away from the court, Erin enjoys some of my interests are anime, piano, drawing, music, ballet, dancing, sports, sanrio, miffy,and gaming. Erin is also into other sports that I like are muay thai, biking, golf, chess, and swimming, which helps with all-round athleticism. In school, Science is the favorite subject. After a hard session, nothing beats potato, Japanese food, Chinese food, and Korean food. For downtime, Erin picks the show My Hero Academia and The Promised Neverland, and blue (most favorite), white, gray, black, strawberry red, cherry, crimson red, snow white, and beige is the color of choice. On court, Erin looks up to Tai Tzu Ying and studies how the best players move and compete. With steady training and a competitive spirit, Erin is a player to watch in the seasons ahead.
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