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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings are used to determine the qualification of the players for the tournament. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota place until the roster of thirty-eight players has been completed.
She also won the Olympic gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thereby becoming the only non-Asian female player to win a badminton gold medal at the Olympics. [9] Marín was appointed as the brand ambassador of football major LaLiga and Meliá Hotels International for its promotion in other countries.
Her four Olympic badminton medals are the most of any player. She has won titles at almost every top tier tournament in the world. Gao has earned four gold medals (among nine medals in total) at the BWF World Championships, three of them in women's doubles with Huang Sui (2001, 2003, and 2006) and one of them in mixed doubles with Zhang Jun .
Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles: Tan Aik Huang: Yew Cheng Hoe: Dinesh Khanna: Men's doubles: Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe: Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan: David Horton Roger Mills: Women's singles: Angela Bairstow: Sharon Whittaker: Ursula Smith: Women's doubles: Helen Horton Ursula Smith: Angela Bairstow Iris Rogers: Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew ...
South Korea’s badminton team won An’s gold medal in women’s singles and a silver in mixed doubles in Paris. “Singles and doubles are clearly different, and I think [the athletes] should be ...
Wendy May Clarkson Carter (née Wendy Clarkson; born March 11, 1956,in Glasgow, Scotland) [2] is a Canadian badminton champion who was ranked third in the world in 1978 and also medalled or ranked at the Canadian Open, national, Commonwealth Games and Pan Am Games. Even though she writes using his left hand, she holds the racket with his right ...
From winning a gold medal to getting engaged, the 2024 Paris Olympics have been filled with happy milestones for China badminton player Huang Yaqiong. Shortly after Huang and her mixed doubles ...
The only player to have won at least one title in every season of the circuit is Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who is also the all-time record holder of number of Super Series titles won at 46. The record for the most number of tournaments won in a single calendar year is held by Kento Momota of Japan who won an unprecedented ten titles in the ...