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In 1987, the team competed in the 1987 Pan Am Badminton Championships. The team were given a tough challenge as they were drawn into Group B with favorites Canada and the United States. The team lost 5–0 to both teams in the group. [7] The team competed in the Pan Am Championships again in 1989 but still could not advance to the knockouts.
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 ...
The mixed doubles badminton tournament started in the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] 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 ...
The BWF World Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games, [1] as well as BWF World Tour tournaments. [2]
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, and four-time European Champion.
Thet Htar Thuzar reached three semi-finals in 2019. At the India International Challenge losing a close contested match against Thai player Benyapa Aimsaard 20–22, 17–21, and the semi-finals at the Maldives International, where she lost after one hour and two minutes against Vũ Thị Trang of Vietnam 14–21, 21–15, 16–21.
Gunawan was born on 18 June 2004 in Hong Kong, [4] to Chinese-Indonesian parents. [5] His father played for the provincial badminton team when he was in Indonesia. [6] He became interested in badminton and started learning the sport at four years old after watching the Lee-Lin rivalry during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [6]
Mathew Fogarty (born October 30, 1956) is an American male badminton player who has specialized in doubles events. He has shared the men's double title in four U.S. National Badminton Championships (1980, 1984, 1986, 2000) with three different partners. [1]