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{{Short description|Canadian badminton player (born 1973)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Badminton at the 2003 Pan American Games|Singles]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games|Singles]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Badminton at the 2003 Pan American Games|Mixed]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games|Mixed]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Badminton at the 1999 Pan American Games|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Badminton at the 2003 Pan American Games|Doubles]]}}
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'''Mike Beres''' (born May 13, 1973) is a male [[badminton]] player from [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Mike Beres |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/mike-beres-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202223343/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/mike-beres-1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles competition at the [[1999 Pan American Games]]. He was born in [[Brantford]], [[Ontario]].

In 2001 and 2007, he won the [[Boston Badminton Open]]. Beres competed in [[badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] in mixed doubles with partner [[Jody Patrick]].  They lost to [[Fredrik Bergström (badminton)|Fredrik Bergström]] and [[Johanna Persson]] of [[Sweden]] in the round of 32.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/canada-ousted-in-mixed-doubles-badminton-1.481585 |title=Canada ousted in mixed doubles badminton |date=August 15, 2004 |work=cbc.ca |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=December 15, 2008 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524074724/https://www.webcitation.org/5d5RlLW8X?url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2004/08/15/badmintonmixed040815.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

He would later win gold medals in singles and doubles at the [[2007 Pan American Games]], as well as a silver in mixed Badminton with [[Valerie Loker]]. Beres has won 8 [[Canadian National Badminton Championships|Canadian National Championships]] between 1998 and 2007, two of them in men's singles, four in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles.

Beres has also competed in the 2000 Olympics and qualified for the August [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for mixed doubles]]. Beres was coached by [[Edith Hayman]], a former Ottawa District Badminton Association (ODBA) champion.

Mike Beres currently resides in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] where he occasionally frequents at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101218063358/http://racentre.com/raweb/E/sports/badminton.html RA Centre], a badminton training/playing facility, which is an affiliated member of the ODBA. However, he has officially retired after playing [[Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Badminton|badminton for Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics]].

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==External links==
* {{BWFB|5537}}
* {{BWFT|02283B1F-7209-4B60-B4A7-DA329D7EDC39|member_id=5537}}
* {{Team Canada|mike-beres}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|mike-beres|org_archive=20190806084800}}
* {{CGF|41744|Michael Beres}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|106323|Michael Beres}}

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