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Russell Hogg
Russell Hogg (1 July 1968 – 17 September 2012) was a Scottish badminton player. He reached a career high as world number 8 and has a number of titles to his name. Hogg competed at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, and won a mixed team bronze in 2002. About Dunfermline-born Hogg started playing badminton with the age 10. His father Harry Hogg was the Defence of Ministry worker. Hogg spent two years in Mauritius and after that he studied in St Leonard's Primary, Dunfermline, where his mother Moira was a teacher. It was his father, also a badminton coach, who introduced him to the sport. Hogg was exceptionally hard-working, developing his game at Alloa Badminton Club to win European gold medal in the under-14 category. Although he played badminton, he was an enthusiastic cricket player too. He had represented Scotland's under-16s and served as captain of Fife County Cricket Club for a season. Hogg finally found his way into the badminton and began developing his game t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. Dunfermline was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of Scotland between the 11th and 15th centuries. The earliest known settlements around Dunfermline probably date to the Neolithic period, growing by the Bronze Age. The city was first recorded in the 11th century, with the marriage of Malcolm III of Scotland, and Saint Margaret of Scotland, Saint Margaret at Dunfermline. As List of Scottish consorts, Queen consort, Margaret established a church dedicated to the Trinity, Holy Trinity, which evolved into Dunfermline Abbey under their son David I of Scotland, David I in 1128, and became firmly established as a prosperous royal mausoleum for the Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish Crown. A total of eighteen royals, including seven Kings, were buried here between 1093 and 1420 including Robert the Bruce in 1329. By the 18th century, Dunfermline became a regiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland International
The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland since 1986. The tournament belongs to the European Badminton Circuit. In 2008, the event had to be cancelled due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis The Icelandic financial crisis was a major financial crisis, economic and political event in Iceland between 2008 and 2010. It involved the default (finance), default of all three of the country's major privately owned commercial banks in late 2 .... Previous winners Performances by nation References {{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in Iceland Sports competitions in Iceland Recurring sporting events established in 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Koch
Jürgen Koch (born 8 January 1973) is an Austrian badminton player from Askö Traun badminton club. Career Koch competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Wong Wai Lap, of Hong Kong, 17-18, 15-6, 15-3. Koch played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Anup Sridhar, of India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ..., 21-15, 21-19. He won more than 20 titles at the Austrian National Badminton Championships. References External links *IBF Profileat ''www.internationalbadminton.org'' 1973 births Living people People from Traun Austrian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Austria Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Koch
Harald Koch (born 14 February 1969) is a retired Austrian badminton player from Askö Traun badminton club. He is the brother of former Olympian badminton player Jürgen Koch. About Harald and his younger brother Jürgen Koch Jürgen Koch (born 8 January 1973) is an Austrian badminton player from Askö Traun badminton club. Career Koch competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Wong Wai Lap, of Hong Kong, 17-1 ... were born in badminton enthusiast family. Their father Herbert Koch served as the manager of Askö Traun, Austrian youth committee and as OÖBV president; and led their team in winning the Bundesliga title many times. Harald Koch won his first national title at the national junior championships in 1987. In 1991 he won the senior competition for the first time. Since then, he has won Austrian national championships for 26 times. Internationally, Harald has won titles in European grand prix, which include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian International
The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ... regularly since 1993. It took place also as unofficial international championship from 1963 until 1976, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. There are several events at the Slovenian International, men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Previous winners Slovenia Open Slovenia International Slovenia Future Series Performances by countries Slovenia Open Slovenia Future Series References External links Badmintonpeople.com{{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in Slovenia Recurring sporting events established in 1963 1963 establishments in Yugoslavia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Silva (badminton)
Fernando Silva (born 17 December 1972) is a Portuguese badminton player. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won 4 bronze medals at the BWF World Senior Championships. Career After his participation in the 1992 Olympic Games, Silva partnered with Ricardo Fernandes and won the Slovenian International title in 1994. He later swapped partners with Marco Vasconcelos and won the Portugal International two consecutive times in 1997 and 1998 with Hugo Rodrigues. Achievements World Senior Championships ''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' Achievements BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' ''Men'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), sancti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Rodrigues (badminton)
Hugo Rodrigues (born 22 November 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre-back. Noted as one of the tallest footballers to play in the Football League, Rodrigues started his career with local club C.D. Feirense before playing in the Portuguese lower division sides Paços de Brandão and Perosinho and then Portuguese Second Division side Pedras Rubras. After a local agent suggested he should try English football he signed for Third Division side Yeovil Town in 2003. Despite being offered a new contract he retired from professional football at the age of 24 and returned to Portugal to complete his university studies. Career Rodrigues started his career as a youth player at Feirense, and as a 15-year-old he attracted interest from FC Porto but was denied the move after Feirense demanded £30,000 for his services, something unheard of in Portuguese football at the time. Having left Fierense, Rodrigues played lower league football in Portugal with Paços de B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal International
The Portugal International in badminton is an international open held annually in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ... since 1965. It is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit. Previous winners Performances by nation References External linksInternationalBadminton.org: 2006 results{{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in Portugal Sports competitions in Portugal Recurring sporting events established in 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ruthven
Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo Paul & Paula * Paul Stookey, one-third of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary * Billy Paul, stage name of American soul singer Paul Williams (1934–2016) * Vinnie Paul, drummer for American Metal band Pantera * Paul Avril, pseudonym of Édouard-Henri Avril (1849–1928), French painter and commercial artist * Paul, pen name under which Walter Scott wrote ''Paul's letters to his Kinsfolk'' in 1816 * Jean Paul, pen name of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825), German Romantic writer Places *Paul, Cornwall, a village in the civil parish of Penzance, United Kingdom *Paul (civil parish), Cornwall, United Kingdom *Paul, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community *Paul, Idaho, United States, a city *Paul, Nebraska, United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Edwards (badminton)
Kelvin Mack Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former professional football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys. He also was a member of the Dallas Texans of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Liberty Flames. Early life Edwards attended Russell High School, where he played as a wide receiver. He accepted a football scholarship from Liberty University, where he was a part of a passing offense that included wide receiver Fred Banks. As a senior, he led the team and set the school career records in receptions, receiving yards, touchdown receptions, scoring, kickoff returns and punt returns. The team's final two games of the season were canceled after the flooding of James River, that caused $2 million in damage to the athletic facility and destroyed all football equipment. He finished as the school's record holder in career receiving yards (2,546) and career receiving touchdow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hutchinson (badminton)
Paul Hutchinson (born 20 February 1953) is an English former footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Darlington. Hutchinson was born in Eaglescliffe, County Durham. He began his football career as a junior with Darlington, and made his senior debut on 23 October 1971, as a substitute for Colin Sinclair in a 3–0 defeat away to Aldershot in the Fourth Division. He made nine more appearances, all in the league in 1972–73, before moving into non-league football Non-League football describes association football, football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is ... with Billingham Town. References 1953 births Living people People from Eaglescliffe Footballers from County Durham English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Darlington F.C. players Billingham Town F.C. players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Árni Þór Hallgrímson
Árni Þór Hallgrímson (born 10 March 1968) is an Icelandic badminton player. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 .... References External links * 1968 births Living people Árni Thór Hallgrímson Árni Thór Hallgrímson Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Iceland-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
