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Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, and eight-time European Champion. She once held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in women's singles for a total of 66 weeks.
Karyn Cecilia Velez (March 5, 1990 – August 12, 2013) was a Filipino-American badminton player who competed in international level events. [1] Velez died of serious injuries in a head-on car crash aged 23. The van driver who struck her vehicle pleaded guilty for homicide after he was charged for reckless driving. [2] [3]
Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望, Okuhara Nozomi, born 13 March 1995) is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, [3] and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships. [4]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [158] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [159] Women's singles
Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese: 戴資穎; pinyin: Dài Zīyǐng; Wade–Giles: Tai Tzu-ying; born 20 June 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. [1] At the age of 22, she achieved world no.1 in the BWF women's singles ranking in December 2016, and has held that title for 214 weeks, the longest in BWF history.
Shortly after Huang and her mixed doubles partner, Zheng Siwei, won the gold on Aug. 2, her romantic partner, Liu Yuchen, who is also a member of China's badminton team, got down on one knee to ...
A 17-year-old Chinese player died after collapsing on court during an Asian tournament in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province, Indonesia’s Badminton Association said Monday. Zhang Zhijie was ...
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [20] 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.