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Spanish Beatriz Corrales at the 2015 Finnish Open Badminton Championships in Vantaa, Finland The BWF organizes several international competitions, including the Thomas Cup , the premier men's international team event first held in 1948–1949 , and the Uber Cup , the women's equivalent first held in 1956–1957 .
The inventor first named his new sport "shuttleball", but soon the game was renamed "speed badminton". Starting from January 2016 the name was changed again, to crossminton. Originally, the idea of the inventor was to create an outdoor variant of badminton, so he changed the ball to be smaller and heavier (today called speeder).
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1] He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S. [2]
The Spanish team have never participated in the Thomas Cup but have been in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup. The Spanish team has enjoyed success throughout the individual events. Spain has won one Olympic medal in badminton and three gold medals at the BWF World Championships. All of these medals were won by former world number 1 Carolina Marín.
The time period between 1949 and 1967 was the biggest period of badminton popularity in the United States. In 1949, David Freeman brought the United States its first ever world championship title. Freeman won the Men's Singles at the All-England Championships. Additionally, between 1949 and 1967 the United States won 23 championships in badminton.
An Se Young and Kunlavut Vitidsarn became the first women's and men's singles winners from South Korea and Thailand at the badminton world championships on Sunday. An won the title her form ...
It is controlled by the Peruvian Sports Federation of Badminton (Spanish: Federation Deportiva Peruana de Badminton). Peru is one of the five founding members of Badminton Pan America and one of the three founding members of the South American Badminton Confederation. The national team was formed in 1965. Peru first qualified for the Thomas Cup ...
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