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Shi Yu
Sze Yu (born 30 September 1962) is a Chinese-born Australian actor, television presenter and retired badminton player. As a badminton player, he represented both Hong Kong and Australia. In the 1980s, he was one of the top players in the world. He started his acting career in Taiwan, while still a badminton player. He has since acted in over 60 TV dramas in Taiwan and mainland China. Athletic career Sze Yu's father Sze Ning On was a Chinese Indonesians, Chinese Indonesian badminton player who in 1955 arrived in China to play for the China national badminton team (which at that time was completely made up of Chinese Indonesians). He married Sze Yu's mother, a teacher at the Central Academy of Drama, in Beijing, later moving the family to Shanghai where Sze Yu was born. Sze Yu started seriously playing his father's sport at age 9. In 1979, the Sze family settled in British Hong Kong and Sze Yu soon distinguished himself as the top player in the territory. In September 1983, hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai
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Torben Carlsen
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Steve Butler (badminton)
Stephen P. Butler, (born 27 June 1963) is a retired male badminton player and current coach from England. Badminton career Butler represented England and won a gold medal in the team event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He also participated in the singles and reached the quarter finals where he lost to the eventual winner Rashid Sidek Abdul Rashid Mohd Sidek (born 8 July 1968) is a Malaysian former badminton player and coach. Personal life He is the youngest of the famous five Sidek brothers. Rashid and his siblings gained exposure to badminton from their father, Mohd .... He won 74 caps for England between 1982 and 1994. While playing and coaching in the United States in the mid 1990s Butler won men's singles at the U.S. (closed) National Championships in 1996, five years after having won singles at the Open U.S. Championships in 1991. Achievements European Championships ''Men's singles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Open (badminton)
The Canada Open () 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 ... since 1957. In recent years the tournament has been held annually in September. In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the Canadian National Championships and they were combined with the Canadian Open until 1961. In 1962 they were divided and held as separate tournaments. 2008 and 2009 the championships were held as Canadian International. From 2023 onwards, this will be a Super 500 tournament. On 19 March 2025, the tournament was demoted to a Super 300 level for 2025 and 2026 seasons. Previous winners Canada National Championships and Canada Open together Canadian Open Performances by nation Note References External linksBWF: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Yates (badminton)
Nick Yates is an English badminton player. Badminton career Yates represented England and won a gold medal in the team event and two silver medals in the singles and doubles, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Four years later he represented England again and won another gold medal in the team event in addition to a bronze medal in the singles, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac .... Achievements IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Nick English male badminton players Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Frost
Morten Frost Hansen (born 4 April 1958) is a badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings. After his retirement in 1991, he became director of performance for Badminton Denmark and also coaches in Malaysia and South Africa. He has been appointed Badminton Association of Malaysia's national technical director from 2015 to 2020, and later as the performance director of Badminton England. Badminton career During his career, Frost won almost every available top level championship, except the World Championships where he scored a silver medal twice (1985 and 1987). When he lost his second World Championship in the finals, the headlines rang out "The World's greatest badminton player may never be World Champion." While this may be the enduring footnote to his career, Frost dominated at the much coveted All England Open Badminton Championships. He won that tournament in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Masters Badminton
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Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is the former president of the Badminton World Federation and a retired Danish badminton player who won major international singles titles in the 1990s, and ranks among Denmark's badminton greats. In 2014, Høyer became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he has been a board member of the Danish Olympic Committee since 2005. Badminton career Høyer Larsen competed in three Summer Olympics. In Barcelona 1992, he was defeated in quarterfinals by Ardy Wiranata. In Atlanta 1996, he won the gold medal in the men's singles after beating Dong Jiong in the final. In 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he lost in the opening round. He also won two All-England Open Badminton Championships in 1995 and 1996, and the European Badminton Championships in 1992, 1994 and 1996. Høyer became president of Badminton Europe in 2010. In February 2007, he was nominated vice-president of the Danmarks Badminton Forbund Badminton Denmark is the national sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Inter-sport Cup
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Indonesia Open (badminton)
The Indonesia Open () is an annual badminton tournament organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Super Series Premier status in 2011. Following the restructurisation to BWF World Tour, since 2018 it became one of only four tournaments to be granted Super 1000 level. Sponsorships * Pelita Jaya (1987–1988) * Pelita Khatulistiwa (1989) * Pelita Mahakam (1990) * Indocement Pelita Parahyangan (1991) * 555 (1992) * Indomie (1993) * RCTI (1994) * Sony (1995–1997) * Sanyo (Sanyo Indonesia Open, 1998–2003) * Djarum (Djarum Indonesia Open, 2004–2013) * BCA (BCA Indonesia Open, 2014–2017) * Blibli (Blibli Indonesia Open, 2018–2019) * SimInvest (SimInvest Indonesia Open, 2021) * East Ventures (East Ventures Indonesia Open, 2022) * Kapal Api (Kapal Api Group Indonesia Open, 2023–2025) Venues and host cities Below is the nine cities that have hosted the tournament. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icuk Sugiarto
Icuk Sugiarto (born 4 October 1962) is an Indonesian former champion badminton player. Career Largely a speed and power player, Sugiarto won the gold medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships, upsetting fellow countryman Liem Swie King in the final, and the bronze medal at the 1987 and 1989 IBF World Championships. He captured singles titles at the Indonesia (1982, 1986, 1988), Malaysia (1984), Thailand (1984, 1985), French (1988), and Hong Kong (1988) Opens; at the Badminton World Cup (1985, 1986); and at the SEA Games (three consecutive times) in 1985, 1987, and 1989. At nineteen, he shared the 1982 Asian Games men's doubles title with doubles maestro Christian Hadinata. Sugiarto was a member of Indonesia's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) team of 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Taipei Open
The Taipei Open (), formerly named the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold (2007–2017) and Chinese Taipei Open (2018–2019), is an open badminton international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s, but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1980 they are regularly held, except in 1998, due to the Asian economic crisis, 2001, 2020, and 2021, the latter two due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). in Taiwan, 10,231,343 are confirmed cases, including 18,775 deaths. The virus wa .... Past winners Performances by nation See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan * Kaohsiung Masters References External links Smash: Chinese Taipei Open [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
