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2021 European Badminton Championships
The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. It was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 27 April to 2 May 2021. Tournament The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th edition of the championships. This tournament was organized by Badminton Europe along with the local organizer Ukrainian Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. This tournament being played for the first time in Ukraine. The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), and also mixed doubles. Venue The tournament was held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, Ukraine. Point distribution Below are tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the European Badminton Championships, which is equivalent to a Super 500 event. Medal summary Medalists Medal table Participants 213 players from 36 nations will participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace Of Sports, Kyiv
The Palace of Sports ( uk, Палац Спорту, ''Palats Sportu'') is an indoor sport-concert complex situated in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine. The complex is an independent state enterprise. History It was built between 1958 and 1960, to design of Mykhailo Hrechyna and Oleksiy Zavarov, as a major indoor sports arena and was opened on 9 December 1960. Constructivism Architecture, an artistic movement sporting mostly simple geometric forms was used in the design. In the first 50 years, the Sports Palace was the venue for 16 world championships, 28 European championships, 42 championships of the USSR and more than 4,000 concerts and theatre shows as stage performances. In addition, there were around 400 exhibitions and fairs. The events attracted more than 24 million visitors. Renovations In 1980–1982, the Palace of Sport was reconstructed (by the Kyivproject Institute and the Kuiv Zonal Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Design). The lighting and technical faci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF World Tour
The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The competition was announced on 19 March 2017 and came into effect starting from 2018, replacing the BWF Super Series, which was held from 2007 to 2017. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, and Super 300 in order (part of the HSBC World Tour). One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 level, also offers ranking points. Features Prize money This table shows minimum total prize money for each level of BWF World Tour tournament. The minimum total prize money is decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. All values are in United States dollar. The prize money is distributed via the following formula: Total\ prize\ money\ \times \frac World Tour Finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Birch
Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch (born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player. She was introduced to badminton through school and started playing at age eight at Abbeydale Badminton Club. Birch received the Michael Vaughan Award from Silverdale School, and competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2013. She was the runner-up in 2016 English National Championships Women's singles. Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith. Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree. Achievements Commonwealth Games ''Women's doubles'' European Games ''Women's doubles'' European Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badmint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Langridge
Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the men's doubles, partnered with Marcus Ellis. They also won gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European Games. Early life and education Chris Langridge was born on 2 May 1985 in Epsom, Surrey. Langridge was educated at Therfield School, a state comprehensive school in the town of Leatherhead in Surrey in southern England. The school were twice National Schools champions. Langridge was introduced to badminton when he was ten by his teacher Jackie Cunningham who was a badminton coach of the county, and within 18 months at the age of twelve he made the England team. He also played tennis for the South East region, and he was a football player as well as a 100-metre and 200-metre runner. Career Langridge teame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Ellis
Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, also gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, Ellis captured two gold medals; in the men's doubles with Langridge and in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith. Personal life Marcus Ellis, the youngest son of Sheila and John Ellis, was born on 14 September 1989 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He has an elder brother James. Ellis started playing badminton aged seven when his father took him to the Colne Valley Leisure Centre in Slaithwaite. Ellis was first educated at Clough Head Junior School in Huddersfield, before attending Colne Valley High School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Linthwaite. He attended high school with Alex Smithies, now th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. He joined the Denmark national badminton team, Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup, 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia national badminton team, Indonesia 3–2 in the final. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Badminton Championships, 2018 European Championships partnered with Kim Astrup. Career Rasmussen competed at the Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Kim Astrup. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen. Achievements World Championships ''Men's doubles'' European Games ''Men's doubles'' European Championships ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
