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Anu Nieminen
Anu Kristiina Nieminen (born 16 December 1977; née Weckström) is a Finnish badminton player. Born in Helsinki, Nieminen has joined the national team in 1994. She is one of the best badminton players in Finland, having won twelve times National Championships, and competed at the Summer Olympics in four consecutive times. Nieminen first represented Finland at the Olympic level at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She reached the second round before losing to Kanako Yonekura of Japan. In 2004 Olympics, she defeated in the round of 32 to Kaori Mori of Japan. In 2006, she signed with the Finnish cosmetics company Lumene, along with her husband, professional tennis player Jarkko Nieminen. Nieminen competed at the 2008 Olympics, she again reached the second round, this time losing to Huaiwen Xu of Germany. In 2012 Olympics, she won her first match against Victoria Montero of Mexico, but lose a match to Tai Tzu-ying Tai Tzu-ying (; born 20 June 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw was held on 23 July 2012. Forty-six players from 42 nations competed. In an all-Chinese final, Li Xuerui defeated reigning World Number 1 Wang Yihan to win the gold medal. India's Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ... took bronze after the injury-forced withdrawal of China's Wang Xin. This was the first medal of any colour for India in Olympic badminton. Competition format For the first time, the preliminary stage consisted of 16 groups of either two or three players. Each played every other member of the group with the top players advancing to the knock-out stage, ultimately leading to the winner. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Open (badminton)
The Finnish Open (until 2013 known as ''Finnish International''), is an international open badminton tournament held in Finland since 1990. It was halted in 1994, 1995, and between 1997 and 2001. In 2013, it was held for the fourth time in the Energia Areena in Vantaa. In 2014, the second international tournament in Finland launched as Finnish International, then this tournament changed its title to Finnish Open. From 2023 onwards, this will be a 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 compet ... Super 500 tournament. Previous winners Titles by nation References Badminton tournaments in Finland Sports competitions in Finland Recurring sporting events established in 1990 {{Badminton-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva ( bg, Петя Неделчева; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles. Career A right-handed Nedelcheva became a professional badminton player since 1999, when she competed at the Balkan Games Championships. In 2001, she won bronze medals at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls' singles and doubles event. She also won the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Anastasia Russkikh of Russia. At the 2014 European Badminton Championships she won bronze partnered with Imogen Bankier from Scotland. In 2015, she settled for bronze at the Baku 2015 European Games in the women's singles event. Olympic Games Nedelcheva competed at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, and 2012 London Summer Olympics. In 2004, she plays in the women's singles and beat Tine Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian International
The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ... 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 Slovenian International Slovenia Future Series Performances by countries Slovenian International Slovenia Future Series References {{REFLIST badmintonpeople.com Badminton tournaments Badminton tournaments in Slovenia Sports competitions in Slovenia Recurring sporting events established in 1963 1963 establishments in Yugoslavia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyo Akao
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Santo Domingo Open
The Santo Domingo Open or Santo Domingo International is an open badminton tournament held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The tournament has been an International Series level since 2003, but in 2013 categorized as a Future Series level from Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member .... Another tournament, Dominican Open is a Future Series level since 2018. Previous winners Santo Domingo Open Dominican Open Performances by nation Santo Domingo Open Dominican Open References Badminton tournaments Sports competitions in the Dominican Republic Badminton tournaments in the Dominican Republic {{badminton-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tine Rasmussen
Tine Baun (née Rasmussen; born 21 July 1979) is a Danish former badminton player. Most notably, she won the 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. Career summary Baun started playing badminton since she was 7 years old. She played at Lynge, a small club in North Zealand, Denmark. She said she really liked traveling around the world and learning other cultures through sports. Baun made her international debut in 1996 at the Denmark Open, and since finishing her last education in 1999, she started playing full time in badminton. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Baun was eliminated by Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria players in round 32 As for Baun's record in the BWF Super Series, she won the 2007 Japan Open, beating all Chinese-born players from the first match, including the 1st seed, Zhang Ning of China, in the quarterfinal. She also won the 2008 Singapor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian International
The Italian International in badminton is an international open held in Italy since 1994. It was halted between 1996 and 1998, and in 2000. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. Previous winners Performances by nation References {{reflist External linksPast Years Winners at ''www.badmintonitalia.it'' Badminton tournaments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Xi (badminton)
Zhang Xi or Xi Zhang may refer to: * Zhang Xi (Tang dynasty), chancellor of the Chinese Tang dynasty * Zhang Xi (PRC politician), the first Communist Party chief of Henan * Zhang Xi (beach volleyball) Zhang Xi (born 19 April 1985 in Jiangsu) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring in height. She won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering with comparator Xue Chen. Zhang ... (born 1985), female player from China * Zhang Xi (chemist), scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences * Xi Zhang (artist) (born 1984), Chinese-American artist * Xi Zhang (professor) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian International
The Austrian International or Austrian Open in badminton is an international open held in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... since 1965. In the initial years they took place later annually every two years, but since 1973 it has been held annually. Previous winners Performances by nation Updated after the 2022 edition. References {{reflist External linksBWF: 2006 results Badminton tournaments in Austria [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Stolzenbach
Patty Stolzenbach (born 13 November 1989) is a Dutch badminton player. In 2007, she won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in girls' singles event. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' singles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's singles'' ''Women'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), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Arnhem Dutch female badminton players 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
