who is the only indian to have reached two single final of the all england badminton
Rajeev Bagga


Rajeev Bagga (born 6 April 1967) is an Indian born deaf badminton player, who represents Britain. He was Indian national champion, and reached main stage of the 1990 All England Open Badminton Championships, the only deaf person to do so. He has won 12 golds and been singles champion at the Deaflympics from 1989 to 2001, and was named 'Deaflympian of the Century' by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (International Committee of Deaf Sports) in 2001. In 1991, he won India's highest sports
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List of All England Women's Singles champions


, Zhou Mi in 2003, Xie Xingfang in 2005 and 2007 and Wang Shixian in 2014. Lene Køppen is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Singles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. She managed to do so a total of four times, winning in the last and first editions of the Amateur and Open Era respectively and also losing once each in both Era. Bold indicates active players. Bold indicates active players.br"Italic" indicates players who never won the championship. Many female badminton
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Minarni


Minarni (later Minarni Soedaryanto; 10 May 1944 in Pasuruan, East Java – 14 May 2003 in Pertamina Hospital, South Jakarta) was an Indonesian badminton player who won major titles around the world and who represented her country internationally between 1959 and 1975. In 1968 Minarni became the first Indonesian to reach the final of women's singles at the prestigious All-England Championships, and with Retno Kustijah formed the first of only two Indonesian women's doubles teams yet to capture the All-England title. She also won titles at
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Agnete Friis (badminton)


Agnete Friis (married name Varn) is a former Danish badminton player. She became Danish Champion in the women's singles in 1941 and 1944 and nine times in women's doubles from 1941-1958. She played for the national team until the end of the 50’s. She also reached three All England Championship Finals in all three categories in 1953. In the singles final she lost to Marie Ussing; the two of them lost the doubles final to Iris Cooley and June White of Great Britain and in the mixed doubles
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Hwang Sun-ai


program. From there she was selected by the Korea Badminton Association for the Asian Games in 1978. In January 1981 she won two events, the Chinese Taipei Open in Taiwan and the Japan Open, therefor receiving an invitation for the All England Open that year. Hwang gained international attention in 1981 when she swept four championships including the All England Open. In the final of the women's singles at the 1981 All England Open Badminton Championships, she defeated two-time All England defending champion Lene Køppen of Denmark, allowing only
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Utami Kinard


the Mexican Open Mixed Doubles Championship in 1979, and the South African Singles Championship in 1980. 1972 - Munich Olympics - Won the Silver medal in badminton women's singles (badminton was a demonstration sport). 1975 - All-England Badminton Championship -Reached the semi-finals of the women's singles. Represented either Indonesia, or the U.S., or both internationally in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Singapore,
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Dipankar Bhattacharjee


Dipankar Bhattacharjee (), born 1 February 1972, is a Badminton player from Assam, India. He represented India at many International tournaments including Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics. He was the Indian National Badminton Champion thrice and a runner-up twice. At Barcelona Olympics, he reached the pre-quarters. Pullela Gopichand (former All-England Champion) was ranked number two in Indian Badminton team for major part of Dipankar's reign in the Indian Badminton scene. Dipankar started playing badminton at a very early age. He was
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Christian Hadinata


Christian Hadinata (, born 11 December 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player. Though early in his career he was a fine singles player who reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championship in 1973, Christian's success in doubles earned him recognition as one of the great doubles players in badminton history. He won two gold medals at the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, in men's doubles with Ade Chandra, and in mixed doubles with Imelda Wiguna. He played for Indonesia for 15 years, beginning
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Aamir Ghaffar


Aamir Ghaffar (born 18 August 1979 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani badminton player who competed professionally for England. He is most famous for winning the Canadian Open in 2004 and the men's singles title at the English National Badminton Championship in 2004 and 2005 and reached the final in 2008. His notable achievements are his victories over 2004 Olympic silver medalist Shon Seung Mo of Korea at the World Championships 2005 in California, World No. 5 Bao Chunlai at the All England Open 2004 and World No. 8 Dicky Palyama at All
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Heather Robson


three mixed doubles titles, playing with her husband. In 1954 she reached the semi-finals of the singles at All England Badminton Championships and won the Irish singles title. At various times, Robson served as president of Auckland Tennis, Auckland Badminton, Badminton New Zealand. and Badminton Oceania. In 1988 Robson received a meritorious service award from the Badminton World Federation. She was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to racquet sports in the 2001 New Year Honours. In 2013 the Badminton World Federation
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Sydney Howard Smith


Sydney Howard Smith (3 February 1872 – 27 March 1947) was a British tennis and badminton player. Sydney Smith was the first All England Badminton Men's Singles champion in 1900. He reached his first Wimbledon singles final in 1899, beating Herbert Roper Barrett in an epic five set semi final before lising the all comers final to Arthur Gore in four sets. In 1900 Smith beat Gore in the all comers final at Wimbledon, before losing to Reginald Doherty in the challenge round in four sets. In 1905, Smith beat
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Angela Bairstow


Angela Bairstow was an English badminton player. She first came to prominence in 1958 when she won the National Junior singles title. Further wins followed in 1959 and 1960; in addition she won four junior doubles titles. After the step up to senior competition she reached the final of the 1963 All England Badminton Championships singles losing out to Judy Hashman. In 1963 at the All England Championships she was seeded to win in the Singles, Doubles and the Mixed. The controversy over her opponent picking up an old slow shuttlecock to finish
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Sture Johnsson


Sture Johnsson (born 1945) is a retired badminton player from Sweden who won numerous Swedish national and international men's singles titles. His game was characterized by impressive stamina and mobility, and a powerful overhead smash. Johnsson won men's singles at the first European Badminton Championships in 1968. He eventually won three singles titles at this biennial event (1968, 1970 and 1974), a total bested only by Peter Gade in the early 2000s. He reached the semifinals of men's singles at the All-England Championships on
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Donald Smythe


Donald Smythe (April 27, 1924—November 20, 2016) was a Canadian badminton player who won nine Canadian national titles (4 in singles, 5 in men's doubles) and represented his country internationally during the 1950s. Known for his tenacity and consistency, Smythe is the only North American, besides the legendary Dave Freeman to reach the final round of men's singles at the prestigious All-England Championships (1954). Smythe played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) for Canada in three consecutive campaigns between 1951
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Ulla Strand


Ulla Strand (21 March 1943 - 7 August 2007) (born as Ulla Rasmussen) was badminton player of Denmark who excelled from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Though she won three Danish national singles titles and reached the women's singles final at the All-England Championships in 1965, most of her major championship victories were in doubles (often with her sister Karin Jorgensen) and mixed doubles. Attractive and charismatic, she was a crowd favorite throughout her career. She was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame
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Saina Nehwal


, winning a bronze medal in her second appearance. Nehwal has achieved several milestones in badminton for India. She is the only Indian to have won at least one medal in every BWF major individual event, namely the Olympics, the BWF World Championships, and the BWF World Junior Championships. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, along with being the only Indian to have won the BWF World Junior Championships or to have reached to the final of the BWF World Championships. In 2006, Nehwal
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List of All England Men's Singles champions


, Yang Yang in 1989, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen in 1996, Sun Jun in 1998, Pullela Gopichand in 2001, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim in 2003, Chen Jin in 2008, Lin Dan in 2009 and 2012 and Lee Chong Wei in 2011. Liem Swie King is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Gentlemen's Singles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. He managed to do so a total of seven times, winning on three occasions and losing on four. Bold indicates active players
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India at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games


Indian side was Navjetdeep Singh, who won a gold medal in shot put event with a throw of 18.81 m. Seven Indian badminton players went to the Games, competing in all five badminton events. Malaysia dominated in the sport, winning all but one of the five gold medals, the only other gold was won by Pusarla Sindhu in women's singles. Sindhu defeated Malaysian Sonia Cheah in the final match by 22–20, 21–8. Sameer Verma won silver after losing to Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia by 16–21, 21–17, 15–21 in the
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P. V. Sindhu


to reach the final of an Olympics badminton event and the youngest Indian to make a podium finish in an individual event at the Olympics. She is among the top five shuttlers in women's singles category. In 2018, she became the first Indian to have clinched the World Tour title defeating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the 2018 World Tour final. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born in Hyderabad to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya. Both her parents have been national level volleyball players. Her father, Ramana, who was a member
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David G. Freeman


exceptional ability in tennis, table tennis, and, particularly, badminton. From early in 1939, at the age of eighteen, through his final tournament match fourteen years later, Freeman was undefeated in badminton singles competition. Displaying his characteristic quickness, agility, and shot-making precision, Freeman won the prestigious All-England Championship on his only try (1949) and remains the sole American to win the men's singles there. In this one-time-only badminton stint in Europe he also won Thomas Cup singles
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Philip Sutton (badminton)


Philip "Phil" Sutton (born 4 May 1960, Ebbw Vale, Wales) is a Welsh badminton player. Phil Sutton won the Welsh badminton nationals singles title 6 times in row between 1979–1985. During his career Sutton won the 1982 Peruvian Open men's singles and doubles titles in Lima. Sutton also reached the quarter finals of the men's singles 1983 All England Championships at Wembley and the last 16 of the 1983 World Championships in Denmark losing to Morten Frost in both events. In 1984 Phil Sutton partnered with Jane Webster
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Margaret Varner Bloss


impressive accomplishments came in badminton, which she took up at Texas Woman's University in the late 1940s, having already gained prominence in junior and collegiate tennis. In 1955 and 1956 she won consecutive Women's Singles titles at the All-England Championships, then the world's most prestigious badminton tournament for individual players. She was a runner-up in the All England Singles in 1957, 1958 and 1960, and shared the Doubles title in 1958. The fact that she won only one U.S. Singles title in badminton (1955
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Lim Xiaoqing


Lim Xiaoqing (; born 15 August 1967 as Sun Xiaoqing; ) is a retired badminton player originally from China who later represented Sweden. She won five European Badminton Championships, one in women's singles in 1994, two in women's doubles and mixed team events in 1992 and 1994 respectively. She captured the women's singles titles at the prestigious 1995 All England Open, defeating Denmark's Camilla Martin in the final. "Women's doubles" "Women's singles" "Women's doubles" "Women's doubles" "
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1899 All England Badminton Championships


The 1899 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held in the Drill Hall at the London Scottish Rifles Headquarters in Buckingham Gate, London, England on 4 April 1899. There were no singles events staged. Following the first known open badminton tournament at the Guildford Drill Hall during 1898 the Badminton Association decided to stage the first All England Championships on 4 April 1899. The one day tournament was at the Drill Hall at the London Scottish Rifles Headquarters in Buckingham Gate and consisted of four courts with the two end courts having balconies over
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Shi Yuqi


Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. Shi Yuqi won his first SuperSeries title in the 2016 French Super Series. 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, winning the most prestigious tournament of his career. "Men's singles" "Men's singles" "Boys' singles" "Boys'
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List of All England Women's Doubles champions


. Since the Open Era of badminton began in late 1979 with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Gao Ling and Huang Sui (2001-2006) holds the record for most and also consecutive victories with six. Gillian Perrin, Nora Gardner, Atsuko Tokuda, Yoshiko Yonekura and Verawaty Fadjrin are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. Perrin managed to do so a total of seven times, winning twice in
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Saina Nehwal


the finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships, but lost to Carolina in the final. On 29 March 2015, Nehwal won her maiden women's singles title at the India Open BWF Super Series beating Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. This assured her of becoming World number 1 when the latest BWF rankings were released on April 2. Thus, she became the first Indian women's player to be World No. 1 in badminton. On 16 August 2015, Nehwal went down fighting to Carolina Marin again, in the final of
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Chen Hong (badminton)


China (2005, 2006), and Thailand (2007) Opens. He twice captured the prestigious All-England Championships, 2002 and 2005, defeating his very formidable fellow countryman Lin Dan in the final on the second occasion. He played in the All England 6 consecutive times between 2001 and 2006, his first All England reached the final, losing out to Indian player Pullela Gopichand, 15-12 15-6. His performances at IBF World Championships and at the 2004 Olympic Games were not among his finest. He
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Dong Jiong


Dong Jiong (; born August 20, 1973) is a Chinese badminton player who ranked among the world's men's singles elite in the mid and late 1990s. In a relatively short career at the top level, Dong won some of badminton's biggest events, including the prestigious All-England and Denmark Open titles in 1997. He was a silver medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, losing the final in two close games to Denmark's Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen. Among Dong's badminton achievements were victories at
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Billy Gilliland


Billy Gilliland (born 1957) is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doubles specialist at the international level with his greatest success coming in mixed doubles. Gilliland won mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with England's Nora Perry in 1985. He had previously reached the All-England final in both men's doubles and mixed doubles in 1982. He was a mixed doubles bronze
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Xu Rong (badminton)


Xu Rong, is a former female badminton player from China, who ranks among the most superb of her time. Xu Rong was one of the main Chinese players who dominated the women's game after China joined the International Badminton Federation in 1981 in both singles and doubles. She was well known for her all-rounded excellence on the court, and she won the National Championships in singles (1977). Although primarily a doubles player she was strong enough in singles to reach the final of the Denmark Open, and to
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Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen


Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen (c. 1930 – 22 August 2013) was a Danish badminton player who won numerous major international titles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Though he competed in singles at a strong international level during the first half of his career, it was as a doubles player that he made his mark, capturing six All-England men's doubles titles with Finn Kobberø (1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) and reaching the final round of the All-England mixed doubles on three occasions.
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Lee–Lin rivalry


they have the same seniority in terms of military rank. In 2015, Lin Dan announced he was to leave the PLA's Bayi Badminton Club after a 20-year service due to strict military protocols prohibiting him from partaking in any commercial activities. They have contested in many major tournament finals and are currently the only two badminton men singles players who have contested in two Olympic finals consecutively, which saw Lin triumph both times to become the only man in history to defend his Olympic gold. Lin first won in Beijing 2008 in a one
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Zhang Yi (badminton)


Zhang Yi (, born 16 May 1980) is a former Chinese badminton player. In 1997, he reached the final at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Cai Yun, beating their compatriots Xia Xuanze and Chen Hong in the semifinals with the straight games, but they lost to Malaysian paired in the final. In 2005, he compete in the men's singles main draw at the All England Open after won three match in the qualification round. Borned in Guangdong, Zhang had won the mixed
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Jack Purcell


in Ontario's amateur ranks. Purcell won five consecutive Ontario championships from 1927 to 1931, and was the Canadian National Badminton Champion in 1929 and 1930. Purcell became the leading badminton player in Canada, which led him to write a badminton column for the Toronto Star. In 1931, Purcell traveled to England, having beaten all his competitors in Canada. There, he won the Surrey Doubles but got only as far as the semi-finals in the All-England Championships. After his trip to England, Purcell returned to
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Luan Jin


Luan Jin (; born 1958) is a retired male badminton player from China who rated among the world's best singles players in the early to mid-1980s after China gained entry into the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation). Luan won the All England Open Badminton Championships in men's singles in 1983, reversing a loss to Morten Frost in the 1982 final. He was a key member of China's Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and 1984, the first of which narrowly won and the second
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Lee–Lin rivalry


win 4 or more prestigious All England Open men singles' titles, the world's oldest badminton tournament and widely regarded as badminton's equivalent of tennis' Wimbledon and the unofficial world championships in the earlier years of the sport, between them winning the blue-riband event a total of 10 times, with every final played since 2004 featuring at least one of the two with the exception of the 2015 final. Others to have done so include record 8-time winner Rudy Hartono, Erland Kops (7), Frank Devlin (6
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Per Walsoe


Per Walsoe is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who won a number of Danish national and international doubles titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Walsoe won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Elo Hansen. He also captured the mixed doubles crown at the prestigious All-England Championships with Pernille Molgaard Hansen in 1970, having previously reached the final with the same partner in 1966 and 1967. Walsoe was also a runner-up with Svend Andersen (Pri) in the 1967 All
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Lee–Lin rivalry


, who is now a commentator, once remarked that he thought Lee was the best player in London 2012 but simply lost his focus at the end. Lee went on to contest a third consecutive final after defeating Lin in their colossal 2016 Summer Olympics semi-final. They have also contested two BWF World Championships finals, one Asian Games final and semi-final, similarly in the Badminton Asia Championships and four All England Open Badminton Championships finals where almost all matches were very close hard-fought three-setters. Their 2011
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Steve Baddeley


Stephen Baddeley is a retired male badminton player from England who competed from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. Baddeley won the English men's singles title in 1982, 1985, and 1987. He is the only Englishman to win men's singles at the quadrennial British Commonwealth Games (1986) and one of only two to win the gold medal in men's singles at the biennial European Badminton Championships (1990). In 2004 he took over as Director of Sport for Sport England Steve Baddeley took over from Ged Roddy as
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Eddy Choong


Choong won the men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships four times between 1953 and 1957 when it was considered the unofficial world championship of the sport. He also reached the All-England singles final in 1952 and 1955 and won the men's doubles with his brother in 1951, 1952, and 1953. He was a member of the 1955 Malayan Thomas Cup (men's international) team which retained the world team championship, and the 1958 team which surrendered the title to Indonesia Eddy was also a strong promoter
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Noriko Nakayama


Noriko Nakayama (born 1943 as Noriko Takagi) is a Japanese former badminton player, the first true international badminton star from that nation, who won numerous Japanese national and major international titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. She claimed seven of these at the Danish Open, two in singles and five in women's doubles. At the prestigious All-England Championships she shared the women's doubles title with her compatriot and singles rival Hiroe Yuki in 1971, and won the singles title over Yuki in 1972, having previously
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Tine Baun


by winning the prestigious All England Open against 18-year-old Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand. It was her third All England title and fourth time reaching the final. After retiring, she joined the Europe All Stars Team to participate in the Axiata Cup 2013. In the preliminary round, she was defeated by Ratchanok Inthanon from Thailand in three sets, 21-9, 13–21, 12–21. In August 2013, Baun played at the Indian Badminton League for the Mumbai Masters team, earning a reported salary of $30,000. Women's
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Imelda Wiguno


Imelda Wiguna (also known as "Imelda Wigoena", , born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships. The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World
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Aditi Mutatkar


Aditi Mutatkar (born 6 October 1987) is an Indian badminton player from Pune, Maharashtra. She won the Silver Medal in Mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, 2010. She reached her highest rank of 27th in the world when she registered her career-best performance of reaching the finals of the Bitburger Open. In the domestic circuit, she has won the Badminton Nationals in all age categories, only the third woman in this country to do so. Aditi's career has been riddled with injuries.
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List of All England Men's Doubles champions


twice with the second of his double coming in 1989-1990, achieved with different partners. Ray Stevens, Mike Tredgett, Tjun Tjun, Johan Wahjudi and Thomas Kihlström are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Gentlemen's Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. Stevens managed to so twice while partnering Tredgett who managed the feat four times, without triumphing whereas Tjun and Wahjudi managed to do so a total of six times, Kihlström twice, with all three of them winning once in the
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Susi Susanti


, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. She retired from the world badminton circuit not long after her marriage to Alan Budikusuma (who had also won a badminton singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics) in February 1997. Susanti was the most dominant women's singles player in the first half of the 1990s, winning the All-England in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix finale five times consecutively from 1990 to 1994 as well as in
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List of All England Mixed Doubles champions


three. Gillian Perrin, Nora Gardner, Mike Tredgett, Steen Skovgaard, Christian Hadinata and Imelda Wiguna are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Mixed Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. Gilks managed to do so a total of nine times, winning four, Gardner ten, Tredgett six, both winning twice, Skovgaard twice but never won and Hadinata, partnering Wiguna, thrice but winless in the Open Era. Bold indicates active players. Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage
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Sport in Denmark


other areas of Southern Scandinavia. Denmark is Europe's strongest badminton country. Eleven gold medals have been won since the start of the World Championships in 1977. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen's victory at the 1996 Olympic Games is still the only gold medal for Europe. Erland Kops won seven All England Open Badminton Championships in singles and four All England titles in doubles from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, whilst Morten Frost was one of the top players of the 1980s, winning the 1984 World Badminton Grand Prix and four
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Rajiv Ouseph


Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a badminton player from England. A member of the Great Britain and England Badminton squads, he is the current England number one men's singles player. In 2017, Ouseph won the Men's singles title at the European Badminton Championships, becoming European champion. Rajiv was born and brought up in London and is of Indian descent. Rajiv has won the Senior National Singles title seven times in a row at the English National Badminton Championships from 2008 to 2014, the first player
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Tan Aik Huang


Tan Aik Huang (, born 14 February 1946) is a retired Malaysian Chinese badminton player noted for his superb footwork and patience. He is the elder brother of Tan Aik Mong. In 1966 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, defeating Japan's Masao Akiyama in the finals. This came during a run of four straight appearances in the All England finals from 1965 through 1968. He lost hard-fought matches to Erland Kops in '65 and '
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Albert Prebble


Albert Davis Prebble (22 October 1873 – 27 August 1946) was an English badminton and tennis player and a prominent badminton official. He captained the England badminton team in their first ever international match against Ireland in 1903. He won the All England badminton men's doubles three times. He also won the badminton mixed doubles in 1909 with Dora Boothby, the same year that he reached the Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles final with the same partner. He was Vice-President of the English Badminton Association from 1922-1946).
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Jan Ø. Jørgensen


Withdrawn due to injury in 2014). He was the runner up at 2009 China Open Super Series and won Denmark Open in 2010, French Open (badminton) in 2013, Indonesia Open (badminton) in 2014 and the invitational Copenhagen Masters in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2014, he became the first European male singles player to win the Indonesia Open. In March 2015 he reached the final of the All England Super Series, but lost against Chen Long, from China, 21-15, 17-21
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National Badminton League


The National Badminton League (NBL) was a professional team badminton league in England. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. Reaching seven franchise teams in its third and final season (16-17), the inaugural season launched with six teams. Team matches were played with an abbreviated scoring system across all five disciplines (best-of-five games, first four games played to nine points) and tie–break format (fifth game to
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Yu Yang (badminton)


All-England Championships in 2008, but avenged that loss by beating their All-England conquerors in the Olympic final. Yu has also enjoyed recent success in mixed doubles with He Hanbin. They captured titles at the Badminton Asia Championships and the Thailand and Denmark Opens in 2007; and the India, Swiss, Malaysia, and French Opens in 2008. They finished in third place at the Beijing Olympics, making Yu one of only two players to win two medals at the competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yu Yang
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Channarong Ratanaseangsuang


Channarong Ratanaseangsuang (born 1939), also known as Ratana, is a former badminton player and coach who represented both Thailand and Canada in international competition. With a game marked by impressive mobility and consistency, during the 1960s he rated among the world's elite singles players. He reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championship in 1963, the semifinals in both 1964 and 1965, and won the open championships of Canada (1964, 1965) and the United States (1964, 1968). Channarong played a leading
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Aparna Popat


Commonwealth Games held at Manchester, UK winning a bronze medal in the Women's singles. Retained the Senior National title. Represented India in the Uber Cup. 2003 Retained the Senior national title. Won a gold medal at the Asian Satellite Tournament. 2004 Participated in her second Olympic Games held at Athens, Greece. She reached the pre-quarter final losing to the eventual silver medalist, Mia Audina in 3 games. At this point in time she was the only Indian woman badminton player to have represented India in 2 Olympics
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Iris Rogers


Iris Rogers (née Cooley), is a former English badminton player. Born Iris Cooley she came to prominence in the early fifties when playing doubles. Partnering June Timperley née White the pair broke the stranglehold of the Danish pairs during the era of Danish domination by claiming three All England women's doubles titles. She also claimed an All England mixed doubles titles with John Best. Although mainly concentrating on doubles Rogers was also a very good singles player reaching the final of the All England in 1954 before losing out to Judy Devlin
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David Eddy (badminton)


David Eddy is a retired badminton player from England who won national and international titles from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Though a highly competent singles player, the crisp hitting Eddy's greatest success came in doubles. He won the gold medal at the 1968 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Robert Powell. Two years later he also won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles partnered by Susan Whetnall with whom he shared the All-England mixed doubles title in 1974. Eddy and Powell
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Svend Pri


final of the All-Englands in 1975. Experiencing personal difficulty in coping with family and financial problems in the wake of his badminton career, Pri took his own life in June 1983 at the age of 38. He won a silver medal in the 1977 IBF World Championships in men's singles, losing against Flemming Delfs in the final 15-5, 15-6. Pri competed in badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where badminton was played as a demonstration sport. In men's singles he was defeated in the
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Srikanth Kidambi


Indian badminton contingent that reached the semi finals of the Mixed-team event at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow. He also reached the quarter finals of the Men's Singles event in the same tournament. Kidambi became the first Indian male to win gold at the 2015 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold by defeating Viktor Axelsen 21–15,12–21,21–14.The same year he also won India Open Super Series title by defeating Viktor Axelsen in the finals Kidambi reached the semifinal in the Malaysia Masters, where he lost to Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia in January. The
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Ella Diehl


finals gold medal, beating Susan Egelstaff in the final in three sets. 2010 also saw Diehl beat current world champion Lu Lan of China to reach the semi final of Swiss Open. "Women's singles" "Girls' singles" "Girls' doubles" The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. "Women's singles" "Women's doubles" "Women's singles"
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Lin Dan


England Open, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, becoming the first and only player to achieve this feat. He also became the first men's singles player to retain the Olympic gold medal by winning in 2008 and defending his title in 2012. Winning the Malaysian Open in 2017 marked Lin's success in having won every major title in the badminton world. In 2004, he was dubbed "Super Dan" by opponent Peter Gade after winning the All England Open final, and the nickname has since been widely used by his
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Gillian Gilks


Gillian Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin; born 20 June 1950) is a former badminton player from England who won numerous major titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s. Tall and slender in her badminton prime, with elegant, accurate strokes, Gilks is the most successful player ever in the European Badminton Championships with 12 titles, two of them in women's singles, four in women's doubles and six in mixed doubles. She
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All England Open Badminton Championships


list of the most successful players in the All England Open Badminton Championships: In the modern era players are less able to compete in multiple disciplines due to the differentiation of required skills and the physical demands of the game. Some men's and women's doubles players are able to compete successfully in mixed doubles. The last player to win in both singles and a doubles discipline was Li Lingwei of China who won women's doubles in 1985 then in women's singles in 1989. Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage
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Badminton in India


England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to ever win the prestigious title. Nehwal won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the first for the country in badminton, and in the next edition in Rio 2016. P.V.Sindhu won the 2nd medal in badminton for India, winning a silver in the Women's singles. India has won medals at the BWF World Championships as well, with Padukone winning in 1982. The doubles pairing of Gutta and Ponnappa became
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Lin Dan


Lin Dan (born October 14, 1983) is a Chinese professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all nine major titles in the badminton world: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Super Series Masters Finals, All
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Indra Gunawan (badminton)


with the Indonesian squad, as well as 1973 in Jakarta, where he however was not selected in the final. In 1971 he won the Asian Cup in Men's doubles with Nara Sudjana in Jakarta. In the All England, he reached the final in 1971, and 1973 the semifinals. "Men's doubles" He was a former National coach for both Indonesia and Malaysia. He was head coach of the Indonesian team at the Pelatnas of PBSI in the nineties. The Indonesian came to Malaysia as the singles chief coach
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Dai Yun


, 2002. However, in badminton's three most prestigious competitions for individual players; the All-England Championships, the World Championships, and the Olympic Games; victory eluded Dai. She was a runner-up to Chinese teammates at the 1999 and 2000 All-Englands. At the 1999 World Championships in Copenhagen she reached the final only to lose the closest of matches to Denmark's Camilla Martin. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney she was beaten by Martin, again, in the semifinals, and then lost a close
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Foo Kok Keong


competition included the Singapore Open and French Open singles titles in 1990, and the Asian Championships singles title in 1994. He was a runner-up in the Malaysia Open (1990, 1991), the British Commonwealth Games (1990), the World Grand Prix Final (1989), and the All-England Championships (1991). In 1991, Foo Kok Keong became the first Malaysian to reach the number 1 world ranking since the ranking system is implemented by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) in the 80's
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Parupalli Kashyap


match against Rajiv Ouseph of England, he played out of his skin to avenge his loss in the 2010 Commonwealth Games semifinal and also in the mixed team event, where India eventually finished in the fourth position. In the finals, in intense three games he defeated Derek Wong of Singapore 21–14, 11–21, 21–19 and thus won a historic Gold medal for India. The gold medal in men's singles came after a long wait of 32 years, allowing Kashyap to see his name written amongst two legends of Indian Badminton who were
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Wendy Clarkson


Wendy May Carter Clarkson (nee Wendy Carter; born March 11, 1956, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Canadian badminton champion who was ranked third in the world in 1978 and also medalled or ranked at Canadian Open, national, Commonwealth Games and Pan Am Games. Clarkson won her first single Canadian title in the women's singles in 1976, having been a junior champion the year before. That year, she also won the Canadian Open. In 1977, she competed in the quarter-finals of All England. As
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Indian National Badminton Championships


The Indian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in India since 1934. Until into the 1960s years were open the championships and also foreign players could play the championships. That is why the Dane Erland Kops is in the winner lists. The championships are locally now referred to as the All Indian National Badminton Championships. The National title in India for Men's Singles is played for the "Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup", Men's Doubles for the "Calcutta Badminton Cup", Women Singles for
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Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles


These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point. The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in
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Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles


These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point. The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in
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Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles


These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point. The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in
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Zhao Jianhua


Zhao Jianhua () (born 21April 1965) is a Chinese former badminton player who competed internationally from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He was admired for his speed and power as well as for his deception and technique. Zhao won the 1991 IBF World Championships in singles, beating Alan Budikusuma in the final. He also won a bronze medal at the 1987 IBF World Championships. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious All England singles title (1985, 1990), and won the quadrennial Asian Games title
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List of All England Women's Singles champions


The All England Open Badminton Championships is an annual British badminton tournament created in 1899. For four decades beginning 1954, the Championships was held at the Wembley Arena, London but since 1994, it has been played at the Arena Birmingham in the city of Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Ladies' Singles was first contested in 1900. Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in ladies' singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World
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List of All England Men's Singles champions


The All England Open Badminton Championships is an annual British badminton tournament created in 1899. For four decades beginning 1954, the Championships was held at the Wembley Arena, London but since 1994, it has been played at the Arena Birmingham in the city of Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Gentlemen's Singles was first contested in 1900. Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in gentlemen's singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World
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Ronald Susilo


first sprang into national – and global – consciousness with a victory over badminton great Lin Dan at the 2004 Olympics. The Indonesia native was once ranked sixth in the world at the peak of his powers, but has been less outstanding at a regional level: his best achievement at the SEA Games remains a bronze in singles and a silver in the team event. Susilo is remembered by many Singaporean fans, reaching the final four at the All-England Open in 2004 before clinching the Japan Open title and a quarter-final
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Wang Shixian career statistics


This is a list of the main career statistics of professional badminton player, Wang Shixian. To date, Wang has won fifteen singles titles, including three Super Series Premier titles, six Super Series titles, and one Super Series Finals title. Wang is currently ranked World No. 2 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). "To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2016 All England
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Lee Chong Wei


. He bowed out in the first round of Malaysia Masters, a tournament which he claimed he did not intend to participate in, third round of All England Open, and semi-finals of Badminton Asia Championships. In the team event, Lee managed to win all his matches, in both the Badminton Asia Team Championships and Thomas Cup. Malaysia reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals in the respective events. In July 2018, Lee extended his own record at the Malaysia Open, taking a 12th title in his
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Parupalli Kashyap


Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is a badminton player from India. He trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation supporting Indian athletes. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by Government of India in 2012. He created history by reaching the Quarterfinals of men's singles at 2012 London Olympics, being the only male player from India to do so, at that time. At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in men's singles
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Camilla Martin


Camilla Martin Nygaard (née Martin; born March 23, 1974 in Aarhus) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All-England and World singles titles. She married economist Lars Nygaard 25 May 2005, and changed her name to Camilla Martin Nygaard. She currently works as co-host of the Danish football magazine, Onside. Camilla Martin is the daughter of the former Danish footballer Bent Martin. Her brother
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Knud Aage Nielsen


Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark. With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final. He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and a href="1964%20Thomas%20Cup"'63–'64 campaigns/a
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Rajeev Bagga


, and won the national championships in 1997, partnering with Vinod Kumar. Like most Indian players, he had difficulties with sports officialdom. In 1993 his participation in the Deaflympics was not formalized by the Badminton Association of India and led to considerable controversy. He remains active in sports, and won the 2008 All-England veteran men's singles (over 40). He narrowly missed his sixth Deaflympics gold in 2009. 2003 and 2007 he won the gold medal in the men's singles at the World Deaf Badminton Championships.
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K Neelima Chowdary


in while playing singles at the Sri Lanka International Championship. She also represented Indian women team in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze. In 2001, Chowdary won the 66th Indian National Badminton Championships while playing women's doubles with D Swetha. This was the year, the All England champion P. Gopichand led the Andhra Pradesh teams for the badminton events of the National Games at the Hansraj Stadium, Jalandhar, Punjab. In 2002, Chowdary and Cha Deepti played doubles at the 17th Commonwealth Games against Seychelles Island and won the
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Zhou Mi (badminton)


silver medalist behind compatriot Gong Ruina at the 2001 IBF World Championships and was a bronze medalist at the 2003 Championships. She won women's singles at the quadrennial Asian Games in 2002, defeating Gong Ruina in the final. Zhou is a three-time finalist at the prestigious All-England Championships where she captured the title in 2003. She played singles for world champion Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) teams in 2002 and 2004. At the 2004 Athens Olympics Zhou reached the semifinal round where she was eliminated from gold
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Eriko Hirose


She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. At the same year, she won the women;s singles bronze medal at the Asian Championships after lose to her compatriot Kaori Mori in the semi final. In the YONEX BWF World Championship 2010, she caused an upset over the world number one ranking player, Wang Yihan in the third round but lost to Wang Lin in the quarterfinals. In the YONEX All-England
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Rudy Hartono


Rudy Hartono Kurniawan (born Nio Hap Liang (), 18 August 1949) is a former Indonesian badminton star who won the men's singles title at the prestigious All-England Championship eight times, seven times consecutively (1968–1974) and at World Championship in 1980 on his only attempt at this title. He is one of the most famous players in the history of the sport and is considered to be one of the greatest badminton players of all time. Hartono was born in Surabaya under the name Nio Hap Liang, is
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Parul Parmar


Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar is an Indian para-badminton player from Gujarat. She had been ranked world number one in para-badminton women's singles SL3. Parmar was afflicted by Poliomyelitis at young age. She won the golds in women's singles and doubles at the 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships. She defeated Wannaphatdee Kamtam of Thailand in singles' final. Along with Japan's Akiko Sugino, she defeated China's Cheng Hefang and Ma Huihui in doubles' final. She has won golds in women's single SL3 at
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Prannoy Kumar


stop there and followed it up with another silver, this time at the Bahrain International Challenge, 2011. Struggling for form and injuries a bit of a barren spell followed Prannoy following these achievements. In 2013, he managed to reach the final of the Tata Open International Challenge in Mumbai, eventually losing to fellow GoSports Foundation athlete Sourabh Verma in the final. In 2014, he claimed two All India Senior National Ranking Championships: Manorama Indian Open All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament, Kerala and the V.V.Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking
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Gadde Ruthvika Shivani


doubles title. In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, She was the team member of the Awadhe Warriors. Her team lost in finals against Hyderabad HotShots and finished as runner's-up. Shivani won women's singles title at Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. By defeating Liang Xiaoyu in finals. She won in women's doubles at Vankina Anjana Devi Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Hyderabad, Telangana. In December, Shivani won the Tata Open India International women's singles title after beating
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Heah Hock Aun


Heah Hock Aun, (; born 15 January 1932 in Penang) is a former Malayan (Malaysian) badminton player, known for his accuracy and touch, who excelled internationally during the 1950s. Known as Johnny Heah while playing in Europe, he won men's singles at the Scottish Open in 1952, and was runner-up in men's singles to the celebrated Eddy Choong at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1953. His most notable badminton achievement was winning men's doubles at the 1957 All-England's with American
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Chen Long


Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese professional badminton player. He is the reigning Olympic champion and two-time World champion and All England champion. Chen emerged as a world junior champion in the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships in both the boys' singles and team event. He also became Asian junior champion in the 2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. Chen participated in the Korea Open Super Series in January. He made it through to the semi-finals before losing to Danish player Peter Gade,
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Rachel Hindley


Rachel Louise Hindley (born 30 December 1981) is a New Zealand badminton player. She won the women's singles gold at the Oceania Championships in 2006 and also women's doubles gold in 2008. She competed at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in the women's singles, doubles, and team event; and reaching the quarter finals in the singles event. "Women's singles" "Women's doubles" The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments,
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Tine Baun


Tine Baun (née Rasmussen; born 21 July 1979) is a former badminton player from Denmark. Most notably, she won the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles title three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013 - the last of these being her final tournament before retirement. Baun played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in the round of 32. As for Baun's record in the BWF Super Series, she won the 2007 Japan Open, beating all Chinese-born
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Lin Ying (badminton)


three times, in the 1983 with Wu Dixi, in the 1987 and 1989 IBF World Championships with Guan Weizhen. She, Guan Weizhen and two other present Chinese players, Gao Ling and Huang Sui, are the only players who have won this world class title three times. She also won the World Badminton Grand Prix in women's doubles in 1987 and 1988 with Guan Weizhen, and the prestigious All England Championship in 1982 and 1984 with Wu Dixi, in addition to many other international titles. Lin was a member of
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Julie Bradbury


Julie Jane Bradbury (born 12 February 1967) is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. She was part of the national mixed team that won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, also captured the silver medals in the mixed and women's doubles events. Along with those sporting achievements she is only the second person to hold all five titles in all three disciplines of badminton (singles, doubles, and mixed) at the English National Championships. She reached a career
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Dorothy Walton


Dorothy Louise Walton, , née McKenzie (7 August 1909 – 17 October 1981) was a Canadian badminton player who is the only Canadian ever to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, winning the Women's Singles in 1939. Born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, she was a founding member of the Consumers' Association of Canada and was its President from 1950 to 1953. In 1973, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor. In 1961, she was inducted into Canada
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