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2014 Pan Am Badminton Championships
The XIX 2014 Pan Am Badminton Championships were held in Markham, Canada, between October 13 and October 19, 2014. This event was part of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix series of the Badminton World Federation. Venue *Markham Pan Am Centre, within the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. Medalists References * BWF Tournament Calendar 2014 External linksOfficial website {{PanAm badminton champs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Am Badminton Championships
The Pan American Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan America (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas. The tournament was held every year from 1977 until 1980, then every two years from 1987 until 2007. It is now organized annually, except once every four years when the Pan American Games multi-sports event is held. Badminton is part of the Pan American Games since 1995. Since then, 2007 was the only year both events (the Pan American Badminton Championships and the Pan American Games) were held simultaneously in the same year. The Pan American Badminton Championships once had a Grand Prix status. Championships Individual championships Winners: Team championships Mixed team |
Derrick Ng
Derrick Ng (born September 21, 1987) is a male Canadian badminton player from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has been the top ranked men's doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. He is the current and five consecutive times National champion in men's doubles and has won several national and international titles since 2010 in both men's and mixed doubles. His older brother, Toby Ng, is a renowned, competitive badminton player and a professional coach at the Bellevue Badminton Club. Derrick is also an entrepreneur who created Skinetex Kinesiology Tape and also spends time coaching advanced to elite level athletes at the Bellevue Badminton Club like his brother does. Achievements Pan American Games ''Men's Doubles'' Pan Am Championships ''Men's Doubles'' ''Mixed Doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's Doubles'' ''Mixed Doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series The BWF Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky Girard
Vicky, Vicko, Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name, often a hypocorism of Victoria. The feminine name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki. Women * Family nickname of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), wife of German Emperor Frederick III, mother of Emperor Wilhelm II and daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain * Vicki Adams (born 1989), Scottish curler * Vicki Adams (born 1951) Rodeo performer * Victoria Vicki Barr (athlete) (born 1982), British sprinter * Victoria Vicky Beeching (born 1979), British musician and religious commentator * Vicki Berner (1945–2017), Canadian tennis player * Victoria Vicky Binns (born 1981), English actress * Vicky Botwright (born 1977), English squash coach and former player * Vicki Brown (1940–1991), English singer born Victoria Haseman * Victoria Vicky Bullett (born 1967), American college head basketball coach and retired Women's National Basketball Association player * Vicki Butler-Henderson (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Julie Beaulieu
Anne-Julie Beaulieu (born September 26, 1994) is a Canadian badminton player who competes in international level events. References 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Quebec City French Quebecers Canadian female badminton players Laval Rouge et Or athletes {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaulieu, Anne-Julie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Chan
Phyllis Kai Yi Chan (born July 18, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player from Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include .... She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a national champion in women's doubles with Alex Bruce, and has won several international titles since 2010. She also got married on September 17, 2019. References External links Badminton Canada profile PDF * http://olympique.ca/team-canada/phyllis-chan/ 1987 births Living people Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian female badminton players Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Bruce (badminton)
Mary Alexandra "Alex" Bruce (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's doubles event with partner Michelle Li. Early career She started playing badminton at aged 8. Her parents were members of a badminton club that put on clinics for kids. She won silver in doubles at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. Bruce studied Engineering and played Varsity Badminton for the University of Western Ontario, where she was named OUA Female Rookie of the Year in 2008. At the 2009 Canadian university and college national championships, she won two gold medals in doubles play, and a silver medal in women's singles. At the 2010 Yonex National Championships, she and Martin Giuffre won the U23 Mixed Doubles title. Bruce also won bronze in Ladies' Singles, and silver in Ladies' Doubles with future Olympic partner Michelle Li. Personal life Her parents are David and Cindy Bruce. Her older brother, Max played footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luana Vicente
Luana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente (born 30 January 1994) is a Brazilian badminton player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Personal life Vicente was born on 30 January 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her younger sister Lohaynny Vicente is also an international badminton player. When Luana was six, her father, a drug dealer, was killed in a shootout with police. Following her father's death her mother moved the family from the west of the city to Chacrinha, a favela in the north of Rio. She now lives with her sister in Campinas, São Paulo, in a house funded by the Brazilian Badminton Federation. Career Both Vicente and her sister began playing badminton through a programme set up by a coach to teach the sport to kids in the community. Vicente won a silver medal in the women's doubles at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, playing alongside her sister . The pair defeated Daigenis Saturria and Bermary Polanco of the Dominican Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lohaynny Vicente
Lohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente (born 2 May 1996) is a Brazilian badminton player who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in her home city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Personal life Vicente was born on 2 May 1996 in Rio de Janeiro. Her older sister Luana Vicente is also an international badminton player. When Lohaynny was four years old and Luana was six, their father, a drug dealer, was killed in a shootout with police. Following her father's death her mother moved the family from the west of the city to Chacrinha, a favela in the north of Rio. She now lives with her sister in Campinas, São Paulo, in a house funded by the Brazilian Badminton Federation. Career Both Vicente and her sister began playing badminton through a programme set up by a coach to teach the sport to children in the community. At the 2014 Brazil International tournament, Vicente won a silver medal, losing to American Iris Wang in the final. Vicente won a silver medal in the wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Lynn Obanana
Paula Lynn Cao Hok (née Obañana; born March 19, 1985) is a Filipino-American badminton player who was originally from Dumaguete, Philippines. In 2015, she won the women's doubles gold medals at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada partnered with Eva Lee. In 2016, she competed at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Personal life Obañana, started training at the age of 10 during her elementary years at the Silliman University Elementary School. She later joined the High School Badminton Varsity Team at Silliman University and was subsequently awarded "Athlete of the Year", "Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year", and "Most Valuable Player". After graduating from high school she was recruited on a scholarship at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines where she eventually obtained her bachelor's degree. She left the Philippines in 2006, where her mother Nenita had been recruited to work as a nurse in Minnesota. Obañana officially became a U.S. citizen i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Lee
Eva Lee (, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player. Career ;1997 She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member). ;1998 She took her first three crown titles in US Junior National Championships. ;1999 She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open (under 17 Singles). ;2005 World Championships She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round. ;2006 Intercollegiate Championships She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships. ;2006 Canadian International In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open. ;2006 Boston Badminton Open At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with Mesinee Mangkalakiri. ;2007 Pan American Games Lee also competed in badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won three gold medals, one in women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Fogarty
Mathew Fogarty (born 30 October 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. In 1985, Partnering with Bruce Pontow from Chicago Illinois, coming out of retirement after 2 years, Pontow and Fogarty established the greatest “Underdog” defeat in Men's Doubles history defeating Korean All-England Champions Kim Moon-soo and Lee Deuk-choon in Thomas Cup held in Vancouver, Canada after the Men's Team with Legendary coach and player Park Joo-bong challenged into and winning the Pan American Zone. The victory by far the best an Unranked pair competed against the best in the world during the era from 1985 until 1991 Korea Dominated World Badminton by winning many of the All-England doubles events (Women's, Men's and Mixed Doubles) with 16 wins to Korea, 4 to China, and 1 win to Nora Perry from England and Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
