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In 2017, the SBA launched the Singapore Badminton Academy in partnership with ActiveSG. [9] The academy, headed by former Olympian Jiang Yanmei, offers a series of badminton programmes across Singapore for aspiring shuttlers aged six to 17. [10] Many former national shuttlers are part of the academy's coaching team. [9]
Pages in category "Singaporean female badminton players" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In 2011, Fu Mingtian delivered Singapore's second SEA Games individual badminton gold medal when she won the women's singles title, a first for Singapore in that event. [8] In 2021, Loh Kean Yew created history by becoming Singapore's first world champion, after winning the men's singles title at the 2021 BWF World Championships . [ 9 ]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Susilo started his badminton career at age 19 and had represented Singapore since 2002. He represented Singapore in two Olympics, the 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was the flag-bearer for Singapore at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He retired in 2010 before coming out of retirement in 2014 to participate in the 2015 SEA Games.
Loh studied at Montfort Secondary School in Hougang while training with the Singapore national badminton team. [ 3 ] In 2014, he was the mixed doubles runner-up at the Singapore International Series tournament partnered with Dellis Yuliana, and in 2015, he won the men's doubles title with Terry Hee .
After the 2016 Olympics, Wong resigned from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), thus confirming his retirement from professional badminton. He later joined consulting firm Deloitte on 26 September 2016, to start his post-badminton career. Wong is also looking to groom the next generation of shuttlers by opening his own badminton academy ...
Badminton World Federation categorised Singapore Open as one of the six BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2023. [1] In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established to promote the sport and organise competitions. Its first official annual open championships was held in that same year with the ...