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Badminton At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Women’s doubles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 31 July 1996. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for women's doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium. Seeds # Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock ''(silver medalist)'' # Ge Fei / Gu Jun (gold medalist) # Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu ''(bronze medalist)'' # Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in 1992 and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993. Born in ... ''(fourth place)'' Results Finals Top Half Bottom Half References SourcesBadminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Doubles* {{DEFAULTSORT:Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's doubles Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olymp Women's eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia State University
Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the largest institution of higher education by enrollment based in Georgia and is in the top 10 in the nation in number of students with a diverse majority-minority student population of around 54,000 students, including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown. Georgia State is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". The university's over $200 million in research expenditures for the 2018 fiscal year ranked first in the nation among universities without an engineering, medical, or agricultural school for the third year in a row. The university is the most comprehensive public institution in Georgia, offering more than 250 degree programs in over 100 fields of study spread across 10 ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Bradbury
Julie Jane Bradbury (born 12 February 1967) is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. She was part of the national mixed team that won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, also captured the silver medals in the mixed and women's doubles events. Along with those sporting achievements she is only the second person to hold all five titles in all three disciplines of badminton (singles, doubles, and mixed) at the English National Championships. She reached a career high as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 4 in the women's doubles. Career 1992 Summer Olympics Bradbury competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Gillian Clark. In the first round they beat Erma Sulistianingsih and Rosiana Tendean of Indonesia and in the second round Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben of Germany. In the quarterfinals they were beaten by the eventual gold medalists, Hwang Hye-young and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Von Heiland
Erika von Heiland (born December 24, 1965) is an American badminton player, born in the Philippines. She competed in Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in singles and doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played for the US at the 1989, 1991, and 1993 World Championships and was a member of the US Uber Cup teams in 1990, 1992, and 1996. Her career was limited by multiple knee surgeries. Von Heiland attended Arizona State University. She grew up in the Philippines, coming to the US in 1985. She later became the director of community marketing for Coca-Cola. Achievements PanAm Championships ''Women's doubles'' References External links * 1965 births Living people American female badminton players Olympic badminton players for the United States Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Angeles City Badminton players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda French
Linda French (born March 4, 1964) is an American badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Achievements PanAm Championships ''Women's doubles'' References External links * 1964 births Living people American female badminton players Olympic badminton players of the United States Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Elmhurst, Illinois Pan American Games medalists in badminton Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 21st- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Thomsen
Marlene Thomsen (born 5 May 1971) is a former badminton player from Denmark. Career 1992 Summer Olympics Thomsen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen. In the first round, they defeated Denyse Julien and Doris Piche of Canada 15-7, 15-7. In the second round they were beaten by the eventual silver medalist, Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua of China, 15-3, 15-12. 1996 Summer Olympics She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen. In the first round, they defeated Linda French and Erika von Heiland of the United States and in the second round Chung Jae-hee and Park Soo-yun of Korea. In quarterfinales they lost against Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu Tang Hetian (; born 23 December 1975), formerly known as Tang Yongshu (唐永淑), is a badminton player who competed internationally for China in the 1990s. She played for Australia in the 2000s as He Tian Tang. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
