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Kęstutis Navickas
Kęstutis Navickas (born January 13, 1984) is a badminton player from Lithuania. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Navickas was the bronze medalist at the 2015 Baku European Games in the men's singles event. Currently Navickas serves as Head of Coaches Council in Lithuanian Badminton Federation. His is as of March 2022 the Singles Head Coach for the French Badminton. Navickas played in the German club TV Refrath from 2005-2006 after that he change to the team of Gifhon. He won the Lithuanian National Badminton Championships in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. He competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships The 2006 IBF World Championships, the 15th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, was held in Madrid, Spain, Madrid, the capital of Spain, from September 18 to 24, 2006. Host city selection Aarhus (Denmark) and Madrid (Spain) were the ... and lost in the second round against Taufik Hidayat. In 2025 Kęstutis Navickas won BEC Award for Coac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kovno Governorate, Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was Polish–Lithuanian War, seized and controlled by Second Polish Republic, Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Revival architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian International
The Lithuanian International is an international badminton tournament held in Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P .... This tournament has been a Future Series. The 2011 tournament was called Lithuanian Open, and classified as International Series level. It is organised by Lithuanian Badminton Federation. Previous winners Performances by nation References Sports competitions in Lithuania Badminton tournaments in Lithuania {{badminton-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vaughan (badminton)
Richard Vaughan (born 16 April 1978) is a Welsh/British badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales, now residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vaughan was an Olympic badminton player competing for Team GB at the Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Vaughan worked as a Director in IT/Digital sector before becoming the Chief Executive (CEO) of Badminton Ireland between 2011 - 2015. From 2015 to 2021 he was the CEO for Squash Australia, and then since 2023 the Vice-President, and then Chief Operating Officer for the Badminton World Federation (BWF). In 2014 Vaughan joined the board of Badminton Europe (a member of the Badminton World Federation). He chaired the High-Performance Commission, which has oversaw the development of a European Training Centre in Denmark. Between 2015 - 2020 Vaughan was the CEO of Squash Australia, where he oversaw the sport’s rebranding and Australia’s success at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. A new National Training Centre w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian International
The Estonian International in badminton is an international open held in Estonia since 2001 and is thereby one of the most recent international badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament is now classified as BWF International Series (formerly Future Series) and admitted to the European Badminton Circuit. As many other international championships in badminton, that usually carry the name of the main sponsor, it is designed as Estonia Kalev International. Previous winners Performances by nation References External linksBadminton Estonia website {{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in Estonia Recurring sporting events established in 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niluka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne ( Sinhala: නිලූක කරුණාරත්න; Tamil: நிலுக கருணாரத்ன) (born 13 February 1985) is a Sri Lankan badminton player who has competed at the Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. His father Louie Karunaratne and brothers Dinuka Karunaratne, Chamika Karunaratne (also a cricketer) and Diluka Karunaratne are also professional badminton players. He is currently regarded as the number one premiere badminton player in Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka's most decorated badminton player with a record 21 medals to his name at international events including 9 gold medals. He also holds the unique distinction of winning five gold medals in five different continents. He reached his higher career singles ranking of 34 in June 2013, which is also the personal best ranking by a Sri Lankan badminton player. He has also emerged as national badminton champion for record 17 times, the most by a Sri Lankan badminton player. Despite his achievemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda International
The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association. In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation as International Series rated event with total prize money US$5000. For the badminton players, this tournament become a landmark for Uganda, because they can improved their point in world ranking and also in certain years, the points will be the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ... qualification. Another tournament, Kampala International is a Future Series level since 2023. Previous winners Uganda International Challenge Uganda International Series Kampala International Performances by nation Uganda International Challenge Uganda Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohd Arif Abdul Latif
Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (born 22 August 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player. He competed in the international tournament as an independent player. He married an Indonesian badminton player Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin on 14 September 2019. Career Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif won the 2008 Mexico International and the 2011 Kedah Open. In 2013, he won Malaysia International Challenge tournament in men's singles event. In 2015, he won the silver medal at the Southeast Asian Games in men's singles event after defeated by his compatriot Chong Wei Feng 21–8, 21–9. Achievements Southeast Asian Games ''Men's singles'' Summer Universiade ''Men's doubles'' World University Championships ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badmint ... [...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 oldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in commemoration of the 1979 Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Im ..., a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran. Previous winners Performances by nation References {{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brice Leverdez
Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player. He was a champion at the Badminton at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the Badminton at the 2019 European Games – Men's singles, 2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Badminton Championships, 2018 European Championships. Career Leverdez started playing badminton at aged 12, and continued after that at the club, then in 2008, he joined France national badminton team. In 2005, he won bronze medal at the 2005 European Junior Badminton Championships, European Junior Badminton Championships in boys' doubles event partnered with Matthieu Lo Ying Ping. He won French National Badminton Championships in men's singles event from 2008 to 2015. In 2012, he competed in men's singles event at the Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, Summer Olympic Games held in London. During group stage, he had defeated Edwin Ekiring 21-12, 21-11, but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian International (badminton)
The Canadian International in badminton is an international open held in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... As many other international championships in badminton, that usually carry the name of the main sponsor, it is designed as KLRC Atwater Canadian International. Previous winners Performance by nations References {{Badminton competitions Sports competitions in Canada Badminton tournaments in Canada 2008 establishments in Canada Recurring sporting events established in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Evans (badminton)
Scott Evans (born 26 September 1987 in Dublin) is a former Irish professional badminton player. As of 2017 he was the highest ranked Irish player. Evans has represented Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He became the first Irishman to win a badminton match at the Olympic during his last participation in 2016. He won the men's singles Irish National Badminton Championships eight consecutive times from 2005 to 2012, becoming the only player to equal James 'Chick' Doyle's record of eight consecutive Irish Men's singles titles. He attended Wesley College Dublin. In his youth Evans played for Irish association football club Leicester Celtic A.F.C. Career Evans has played two-time Olympic gold medalist China's Lin Dan and world No. 1 Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei 3 times each. At the 2011 BWF World Championships, Evans met the second seed and eventual champion Lin Dan in the second round and came out with a 15–21, 16–21 loss. Nearly one year later at the 2012 Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
