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In 2021, Unnati Hooda's first tournament played was the India International Challenge where she lost to Anupama Upadhyaya in the finals. [5] In January 2022, Unnati played in the 2022 Odisha Open where she won the tournament beating Smit Toshniwal in the finals, winning her first ever BWF World Tour tournament. [2]
The name was changed to United States Badminton Association in 1978, and later changed to its present name in 1996. [6] USA Badminton used to train its elite players at a national training center in Colorado Springs, but they relocated to Anaheim in early 2017. [7] Badminton is not a popular sport in the United States for several reasons.
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]
Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. [3] He's a former World Junior No. 1. Sen is a bronze medalist at the World Championships, a gold medalist at the Thomas Cup, a silver medalist at the Asian Games and a gold and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games. [4]
U. Vimal Kumar (born 19 November 1962) is an Indian former badminton player. He won the Indian National title consecutively for two years, 1988 and 1989. [1] [2] He also served as Chief National Coach of India. [3] He is the Co Founder, Director and Chief Coach in Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. [4] He was awarded the Dronacharya Award in ...
Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian former badminton player. A former World No. 6, he is a coach at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2012. [1] [2] He became the first male player from India to reach the quarter-finals of men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics.
The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament held annually in India. It was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009. [1] Since then the tournament has been annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to ...
Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) was established as a high school in 1954 through the cooperative efforts of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Salesian Society, as well as industrial and business leaders of the Greater Los Angeles Area. [8] Bosco Tech offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities as well as sports.