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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 Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 15 points, using the old scoring system. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points. The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the quarterfinals. All other competitors were placed by draw. Seeds # ''(round of 32)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(round of 16)'' # ''(round of 16)'' # ''(round of 16)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(silver medallist)'' # ''(bronze medallist)'' Draw Bronze-medal match (15-11,17-16) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goudi Olympic Hall
The Badminton Theater ( el, Θέατρο Badminton) is a venue utilized for the staging of medium- and large-scale wikt:multiplex, multiplex events. Situated inside the metropolitan park of Goudi in Athens, Greece, the theater was originally designed to host concerts, plays, dance performances and Musical theatre, musicals. As of 2012, conferences, meetings, presentations and corporate events are also held at the venue due to the construction of additional facilities. History and architectural transformation The venue was initially built and used for the sport of Badminton during the Athens 2004, 2004 Olympic Games, opening immediately before the games. As the venue became further established, the facility was made available for leasing, with the management utilizing a public tender process, and "Athens Badminton Cultural Development S.A." (ABCD) outbid. ABCD acquired the premises for a 20-year timeframe, and subsequently embarked on radical reform and development of the property. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Joppien
Björn Joppien (born January 30, 1981) is a male badminton player from Germany. Career Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was defeated by Ronald Susilo of Singapore. In 2007 Joppien won the Men's Singles at the German National Badminton Championships The German National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Germany. The tournament started in 1953 in West Germany, and in 1961 in East Germany. Past winners West Germany East Germany Germany .... In 2010 Joppien retired from professional Badminton because he had recurrent back problems. References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people German male badminton players Olympic badminton players of Germany Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Germany-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Tae-sang
Park Tae-sang (Hangul: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a retired South Korean professional badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with South Korean national team. Career 2004 Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4. Coaching career Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korean national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018. Park joined the Indian national team in 2019 and began coaching the men's singles players. He is currently the coach of Indian player P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Achievements Asian Championships ''Men's singles'' I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roslin Hashim
Muhammad Roslin bin Hashim (born 23 October 1975) is a former Malaysian badminton player. He is the elder brother of Muhd Hafiz Hashim. Career 2004 Summer Olympics Hashim played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round to the bronze medalist Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia. BAM relationship In 2007 he had several problems with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and threatened to take them to court, because they forgot to enter his name for the Singapore Open and Indonesia Open, in addition to the 2006 China Open and the 2007 Malaysia Super Series. , theStar, 20 April 2007 Achievements Southeast Asian ...
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Pedro Yang
Pedro Alejandro Yang Ruiz (born October 9, 1976) is a retired male badminton player from Guatemala. Biography Yang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Jim Ronny Andersen of Norway. He moved to Denmark at the age of 24 and started training at the International Badminton Academy (IBA). Yang has won a gold medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador and bronze medals at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Pedro Yang was appointed to the International Olympic Committee Athletes Commission from 2008–2016, Radio & TV Commission 2008–2013, and Athletes Entourage Commission from 2014. Pedro Yang was appointed to the World Baseball Softball Confederation's Ethics Commission from 2016–present and served in the Badminton World Federation Athletes Commission from 2001 to 2016. Pedro Yang is today a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ronny Andersen
Jim Ronny Andersen (born 4 May 1975) is a Norwegian badminton player. He is the bronze medalists at the 2011 and 2015 BWF World Senior Championships, 2015 World Senior Championships in the men's singles 35+ event. Career Andersen played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Pedro Yang of Guatemala in the first round. In the round of 16, Andersen was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia. In his home country he won 16 titles at the Norwegian National Badminton Championships, Norwegian National Championships. Achievements World Senior Championships IBF International ''Men's singles'' References External links * 1975 births Living people People from Vest-Agder Norwegian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Norway Sportspeople from Agder {{Norway-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Llopis
Sergio Llopis Solís (born August 18, 1978 in Xàtiva, Valencia) is a male badminton player from Spain. Career 2004 Summer Olympics Llopis played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition, losing in the round of 32 to Nikhil Kanetkar of India. He also played in the men's doubles with partner José Antonio Crespo. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o .... Major achievements References 1978 births Living people People from Xàtiva Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Spanish male badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Spain {{Spain-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhil Kanetkar
Nikhil Kanetkar (born 13 May 1979) is the only Olympic badminton player from Pune India. Born in a Maharashtrian family, Kanetkar played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round. In the round of 16, Kanetkar was defeated by Peter Gade of Denmark. In addition to Olympics, Kanetkar has represented India in the Thomas Cup, All England Open, Asian Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, SAF Games, Swiss Open, French Open, Toulouse Open and numerous other championships. In 2011, he retired from competitive sports and set up Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy (NKBA, www.nkba.in) in Pune, India. The academy is based at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi, Pune, India. NKBA was established with a vision of "Grooming Talent to Make Champions". Nikhil Kanetkar is currently the Director and Head Coach of NKBA. Kanetkar is also a columnist and commentator. He wrote for the Marathi newspaper S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chien Yu-Hsiu
Chien Yu-hsiu (; born 29 February 1980) is a former badminton player from the Republic of China. Chien graduated from the National Taiwan Sport University and now works as junior coach in Hsinchu. He was the silver medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Huang Shih-chung, and the champion at the 1998 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. Chien won the senior international tournament at the 2003 U.S. Open. He competed at the 1998 Asian Games, and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... His brother Chien Yu-hsun also a professional badminton player. Achievements World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' IBF World Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidetaka Yamada
is a male badminton player from Japan. Yamada played badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ... in both times. Link2004 Japanese Olympic Committee 1976 births Living people Japanese male badminton players Olympic badminton players of Japan Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Japan 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Wacha
Przemysław Wacha (; born 31 January 1981) is a Polish badminton player. Career Wacha played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships. Wacha also played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 16 to Bao Chunlai of China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he didn't qualify from the pool stages. From 2004 to 2010 Wacha won seven consecutive titles at the Polish National Badminton Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics Wacha played men's doubles with compatriot Adam Cwalina, but they didn't advance from the group stage. Achievements European Championships ''Men's singles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Dednam
Christoffel Cornelius Dednam (born 8 August 1983) is a badminton player from South Africa. Dednam was the gold medallists at the 2003 All-Africa Games in the mixed doubles event, and in 2007 in the men's doubles event. He competed at the 2004, 2008 Olympic Games, and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Dednam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner Antoinette Uys. They lost to Tsai Chia-Hsin and Cheng Wen-Hsing of Chinese Taipei in the round of 32. At the 2008 Olympics, he played in the men's doubles event with his brother Roelof Dednam, but the duo was defeated by Howard Bach Howard Bach (born February 22, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. Early life He was born in Vietnam, Howard Bach came to the U.S ... and Khan Bob Malaython ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
