Lu Guangzu (general)
Lu Guangzu (; born on 19 October 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. He was a silver medalist in the 2025 Badminton Asia Championships, 2025 Asian Championships. Lu was integrated to China winning team in the 2021 Sudirman Cup, 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup, as well at the 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup, 2024 Thomas Cup. In 2018 BWF Season, 2018, Lu made into his first final at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters, Lingshui China Masters. Since then, he both won 2018 Australian Open (badminton), Australian Open and 2018 Canada Open (badminton), Canada Open's titles. Career Lu reached the final of the 2022 Australian Open (badminton), Australian Open, his first final in four years, defeating world number 2 Lee Zii Jia en route. Although he lost to compatriot Shi Yuqi in three games, he qualified for the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals, World Tour Finals for the first time in his career. In his group, he defeated Prannoy H. S. in a tight three-game match, but failed to qualify for the semi-finals as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lu (surname)
Lu is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different Chinese characters, characters in Chinese. Depending on the character, it may be spelled Lú, Lǔ, or Lù when pinyin Tone (linguistics), tone diacritics are used. Lu (surname 卢), Lu 盧 and Lu (surname 陆), Lu 陸 are the most common: both are among the List of common Chinese surnames, 100 most common surnames in China. Languages using the Latin alphabet do not distinguish among the different Chinese surnames, rendering them all as Lu. List of surnames romanized as Lu *Lu (surname 卢), Lú 卢/盧 (2nd tone), List of common Chinese surnames, the 52nd most common surname in China. "Lo" in Cantonese. The character also means "black". *Lu (surname 陆), Lù 陆/陸 (4th tone), the 61st most common surname in China. "Luk" in Cantonese. The character also means "land". *Lu (surname 鲁), Lǔ 鲁/魯 (3rd tone), the 115th most common surname in China. "Lo" in Cantonese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Badminton Asia Team Championships
The Badminton Asia Team Championships is a biennial tournament organized by Badminton Asia to crown the best men's and women's national badminton teams in Asia. It started as a standalone event for both men's and women's teams since 2016 and both the team events are conducted simultaneously by Badminton Asia Confederation. History Asian team championships exclusively for Men's team were conducted together with Asian Badminton Championships until 1993 after which the team tournament stopped altogether, only to be commenced 23 years later in 2016 including Women's team event, which also serves as qualification tournament for the Thomas and Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. is an American multinational transportation company that provides Ridesharing company, ride-hailing services, courier services, food delivery, and freight transport. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, a ... Cups Finals. Editions List of medalists Men's team Women's team Medal ta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kodai Naraoka
is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with NTT East. Born in Aomori, he started playing badminton at the age of 5 with the influence of his father. He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. In his junior career, Naraoka has won a silver at the World Junior Championships in 2018, where he previously claimed a bronze in 2017. He represented his country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, won the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team event. Awards and nominations Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's singles'' Asian Games ''Men's singles'' Asian Championships ''Men's singles'' Youth Olympic Games ''Boys' singles'' World Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' BWF World Tour (2 titles, 6 runners-up) 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 Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Champion. He has held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in men's singles for a total of 183 weeks (as of August 2024), and he is the current world No. 4. Throughout his career, Axelsen has won every single major title in both team and individual events at least once (World Tour Badminton World Federation#Tournaments, Super 1000 level or higher), except for Sudirman Cup (where his team won Bronze in 2013 Sudirman Cup, 2013). Axelsen won the World Championships in 2017 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2017 and 2022 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2022, becoming the only non-Asian male player besides Thomas Lund to win the title twice. He is also the back-to-back reigning Olympic Champion, winning the gold medals in men's singles ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prannoy H
Prannoy is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Prannoy Kumar (born 1992), Indian badminton player *Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (; born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and one of its co-founders, along with his wife Radhika Roy. Early ... (born 1949), Indian journalist and media personality {{given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 BWF World Tour Finals
The 2022 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour. It was scheduled to be held from 14 to 18 December 2022 in Guangzhou, China but was later moved to Bangkok, Thailand, and held a week earlier – from 7 to 11 December 2022 – due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. It had a total prize of $1,500,000. Tournament The 2022 BWF World Tour was the fifth edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was originally scheduled to be organized by the Guangzhou Sports Bureau, Guangzhou Sports Competitions Centre, Guangzhou Badminton Administrative Centre, and Guangzhou Badminton Association. It would have been hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association and Guangzhou Municipal Government with sanction from the BWF. Due to the uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in China, the tournament was relocated to Thailand. It was then hosted by the Badminton Association of Thailan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shi Yuqi
Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player.Shi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, and repeated the same feat again at the 2018 All England Open, where he outclassed Lin Dan in the tournament final. He is the current All England Open champion, having won the 2025 edition of the tournament. Shi won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships, losing to Japan's Kento Momota in the final. He has also led his country to victory multiple times in team events, in the 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 edition of the Sudirman Cup, at the 2018 and 2024 edition of the Thomas Cup and at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games men's team event. Shi has won the silver medal in the men's singles event at the Asian Games losing to his compatriot Li Shi Feng in the final. Early life Shi was born on 28 February 1996, in Nantong City, Jiangsu Provi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Zii Jia
Lee Zii Jia ( zh, s=李梓嘉, poj=Lí Chú-ka, p=Lǐ Zǐjiā, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, Asian champion and All England champion. He is best known for his smash, especially his backhand smash, physical agility, speed and reflexes in men's singles. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 SEA Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. He was also the men's singles champion at the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships. He won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming the third Malaysian men's singles player to win a medal at the Olympic Games after Rashid Sidek and Lee Chong Wei. Early life Lee was born in Alor Setar, Kedah to Malaysian Chinese parents, Lee Chee Hin and Leow Siet Peng, whom are both school teachers and former basketball internationals. He was first introduced to badminton by his parents at the age of 6. In hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Australian Open (badminton)
The 2022 Australian Open (officially known as the Sathio Group Australian Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the State Sports Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 15 to 20 November 2022 and had a total prize of US$180,000. Tournament The 2022 Australian Open was the twentieth and final tournament in the 2022 BWF World Tour prior to the World Tour Finals. It was a part of the Australian Open, which had been held since 1975. This tournament was organized by Badminton Australia with sanction from the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at the State Sports Centre in Sydney, Australia. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$180,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Canada Open (badminton)
The 2018 Canada Open (officially known as the Yonex Canada Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at Canadian Winter Sport Institute in Canada from 19 to 24 June 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000. Tournament The 2018 Canada Open was the third Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Canada Open championships which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Canada with the sanction of the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Sameer Verma ''(withdrew)'' # Mark Caljouw ''(third round)'' # Ygor Coelho de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Australian Open (badminton)
The 2018 Australian Open (officially known as the Crown Group Australian Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at Quaycentre in Australia from 8 to 13 May 2018. The purse totalled $150,000. Tournament The 2018 Australian Open was the ninth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Australian Open championships, which had been held since 1975. This tournament was organized by Badminton Australia and sanctioned by the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia. Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Prannoy Kumar ''(withdrew)'' # B. Sai Praneeth ''(quarter-finals)'' # Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk ''(withdr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018 Lingshui China Masters
The 2018 Lingshui China Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at Agile Stadium in China from 10 to 15 April 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000. Tournament The 2018 Lingshui China Masters was the second Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Lingshui China Masters championships, which had been held since 2001. This tournament was organized by the Chinese Badminton Association with the sanction from the Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation, BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at Agile Stadium which located inside the Lingshui Culture and Sports Square in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Lingshui, Hainan, China. Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF World Ranking, BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |