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Jin Yujia
Jin Yujia (; born 6 February 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. Early life Born in Hangzhou, Jin arrived in Singapore in early 2008 when she was 10 not intending to become an athlete, but rather as a student. She attended Yu Neng Primary School at Bedok and completed her O Levels examinations at Anglican High School at Tanah Merah. However, as her mother Yang Nianhong was an ex-Chinese national player in badminton, she was used to playing with the sport recreationally. Eventually, she played well enough to join the Singapore national team on her own merit to play full-time. Career Jin won her first senior international title at the 2017 India International Series tournament in Hyderabad, India. At the 2018 Mongolia International, she won double titles in the mixed and women's doubles event. 2022 Commonwealth Games At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Jin won the bronze medal as Singapore finished bronze medalists at the mixed team event after defeating England 3–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin (Chinese Surname)
Jin is the Hanyu pinyin transliteration of a number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn , literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is ranked the 64th most common Chinese surname and is sometimes transliterated as Chin. The other, less common, surnames that are "Jin" in pinyin include Jìn (/) and Jìn (). 金 (Jīn) Mythology Jin is an ancient surname, dating back over 4,000 years. It was first mentioned during the period ruled by the Yellow Emperor, a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero, who is considered in Chinese mythology to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. The legend behind the Jin surname is as follows: The Yellow Emperor's son, Yi Zhi (Shaohao), eventually succeeded him. On the same day he was installed as leader, a golden phoenix flew down and perched on top of a house exactly opposite of where he sat. His followers reckoned it was an auspicious beginning. They decided to use gold as the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican High School, Singapore
Anglican High School (AHS) is a co-educational, government-aided autonomous Anglican secondary school located in Tanah Merah, Singapore. One of the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools in Singapore, it offers a four-year secondary education leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations. History AHS was founded in 1956 by the Chinese-speaking congregations of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore. It was the only Anglican school in Singapore with Chinese as its medium of instruction. All others were English-medium schools. The school was officially opened on 9 January 1956 under the guidance of Reverend Huang Yang Yin. Three Chinese teachers and three English teachers were employed, and 123 male students started taking lessons at the campus of another Anglican school, Saint Andrew's Secondary School. The school started accepting female students later. Settling at Upper Changi The "8.5 mile" site of the present Upper Changi Road campus was acquired in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Xue Xin
A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs are a flat, circular metal disc that is typically struck with a mallet. They can be small or large in size, and tuned or can require tuning. The earliest mention of gongs can be found in sixth century Chinese records, which mentioned the instrument to have come from a country between Tibet and Burma. The term ''gong'' ( jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ) originated in the Indonesian island of Java. Scientific and archaeological research has established that Burma, China, Java and Annam were the four main gong manufacturing centres of the ancient world. The gong found its way into the Western World in the 18th century, when it was also used in the percussion section of a Western-style symphony orchestra. A form of bronze cauldron gong known as a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yap Zhen
Yap ( yap, Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micronesia, inclusive of the Yap Main Islands and its various outer islands, the Yap Neighboring Islands. For specifying the island group, the name ''Yap Main Islands'' is most exact. Geography Yap is actually made up of four separate islands: Yap Proper (''Marbaaq''), Gagil-Tamil, Maap ( yap, Maap′), and Rumung. The four islands are separated by relatively narrow water features, and the islands are surrounded by a common coral reef. Gagil-Tamil was once connected to Yap Proper, but a canal, ''Tagireeng Canal'', less than 10 meters wide, was constructed that separated the two landmasses in 1901. Yap was formed from an uplift of the Philippine Sea Plate, and is referred to as a "high" island as opposed to atolls. The land is mostly roll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Jee Lynn
Lim Jee Lynn (born 25 September 1997) is a Malaysian female badminton player. She achieved a career-high ranking of 98 in women's doubles with Joyce Choong. Career She partnered with Joyce Choong in 2016 and they reached the finals of the India International. They achieved runner-up position after losing to their compatriots, Goh Yea Ching and Lim Chiew Sien. In 2017, she formed a new partnership with Yap Zhen. Lim reached her second India International final with Yap but lost to Citra Putri Sari Dewi and Jin Yujia in three games. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Open India International
The India International Challenge is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India. During its first two editions, it was a domestic tournament. Since 2010, it became an international tournament with the grading of International Challenge. Previous winners Performance by nation See also * India Open *Syed Modi International Badminton Championships *Hyderabad Open *Odisha Open The Odisha Open is an annual badminton tournament held in India. The tournament is a part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF Tour Super 100. The inaugural edition was held in 2022 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cu ... References {{Badminton in India Annual sporting events in India Badminton tournaments in India Recurring sporting events established in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citra Putri Sari Dewi
Citra Putri Sari Dewi (born 2 August 1996) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean badminton player. Born in Jakarta, she started playing badminton at age 6, and in 2008, she was part of the Riau Islands province competed at the Indonesia National Games. She moved to Singapore to continue her studies, and graduated from the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School. She was the ASEAN School Games gold medalists in the mixed doubles in 2012 and in the girls' doubles in 2013. Early life and family Citra Putri Sari Dewi was born in a badminton family. Her father Sugeng Subagyo was a former Indonesia national badminton player, and the owner of Nusantara badminton club in Sleman. She was the eighth of nine siblings. The first and second of the siblings are Hengky Kurniawan Saputra and Anita Kartika Sari who played in the Indonesia national event tournament. After that the twin Wandry and Hendri Kurniawan Saputra, the twin was a former Singapore national player, and now works as a coach in Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran Fajr International
The Iran Fajr International in badminton is an international open held in Tehran, Iran and a part of the Fajr decade festival. This tournament is one of the eldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in commemoration of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran Ruhollah Khomeini’s return to Iran on 1 February 1979, after 14 years in exile, was an important event in the Iranian Revolution. It led to the collapse of the provisional government of Shapour Bakhtiar and the final overthrow of the Shah of .... Previous winners Performances by nation References {{reflist External linksBadminton World Federation (BWF) Badminton tournaments in Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as '' Match of the Day'', '' Test Match Special'', '' Ski Sunday'', '' Today at Wimbledon'' and previously ''Grandstand''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four coloured rings. This practice continued througho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongolia International
The Mongolia international or Mongolia Satellite is an open international badminton tournament in Mongolia organised by the Mongolian Badminton Association, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and Badminton Asia The Badminton Asia is the governing body of badminton in Asia. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The confederation was established in 1959, headquartered in Malé, Maldives. It aims .... This tournament established since 2005, and has been an International Series level since 2007. In 2019, it was promoted to International Challenge level. Previous winners Performances by countries References Badminton tournaments in Mongolia {{Mongolia-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian "newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
