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Badminton At The 2006 South Asian Games
Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games was held in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 16 and 22 August 2006. The badminton programme in 2006 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events. Medal summary Medal table Medalists The following players who won medals at the Games. Results Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles References External links Individual semi-final resultsat pdfs.island.lk {{Badminton at the South Asian Games 2006 South Asian Games 2006 South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic C ... Badminton tournaments in Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2004 South Asian Federation Games
Badminton at the 2004 South Asian Games was held in Rodham Hall in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan in the months of March and April. This was the first time badminton was introduced in the subcontinental games, which included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events. Medal summary Medal table Medalists Results Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles References {{Badminton at the South Asian Games 2004 South Asian Games 2004 South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic C ... Badminton tournaments in Pakistan International sports competitions hosted by Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizwan Azam
Rizwan Azam (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani badminton player who also play in the Australian circuit, and was the National champion in both Pakistan and Australia. Azam was the men's doubles bronze medalists at the South Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2016, also in the team event in 2006 and 2016. At the BWF circuit, he was the men's singles champion in Pakistan International The Pakistan International is a squash tournament that takes place in Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is fe ..., also won the men's doubles titles in Syria, Maldives, and Pakistan. Achievements South Asian Games ''Men's doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinuka Karunaratne
Edirimuni Dinuka Nishan Perera Karunaratne ( Sinhala: දිනුක කරුණාරත්න; Tamil: தினுக கருணாரத்ன; born 6 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. Personal life His father Louie Karunaratne and brothers Niluka Karunaratne and Diluka Karunaratne also a professional badminton players, while his younger brother Chamika Karunaratne, was a badminton player and now a professional cricketer. Career He started playing badminton at aged 7, then in 2004 and 2005 he won the boys' singles and doubles of the Sri Lankan Junior National Badminton Championships. In 2007, he won the Jordan Satellite tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Niluka. In 2008, he won his first national senior title in men's doubles event at the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships. He also won the Uganda International and became the semi-finalist of the Iran Fajr International tournaments in men's doubles event paired with Diluka Karunarat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saima Manzoor
Saima Manzoor also known as Saima Waqas (born 24 March 1981) is a Pakistani badminton player. She was the bronze medalists at the 2006 South Asian Games in the mixed doubles and team events. Manzoor won the 2016 Pakistan International tournament in the women's doubles event. Achievements South Asian Games ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''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 * Living people 1981 births Place of birth missing (living people) Pakistani female badminton players South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan South Asian Games medalists in badminton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waqas Ahmed (badminton) ''
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Thomas Kurian (badminton)
Thomas Kurian (born 1966) is an Indian-American business executive and Chief Executive Officer of Google Cloud (under Alphabet Inc.) since 2019. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as one of the most impactful Asians due to his extensive experience in the areas of leadership, engineering and enterprise relations. Early life Thomas Kurian was born to P.C. Kurian and his wife Molly in 1966 in Pampady village of Kottayam district in Kerala, India. Kurian senior was a chemical engineer and the general manager of Graphite India. Thomas Kurian was one among four brothers including his identical twin George Kurian, who became the CEO of NetApp in 2015. As their father's career involved moving around India, the twins boarded at the Jesuit-run St Joseph's Boys High School in Bangalore. Both were accepted to the university IIT Madras. There they both took SAT tests and sent the results to various colleges, including Princeton University, which offered both of them partial scholarship place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiyaveetil Diju
Valiyaveetil Diju (born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. He represented India in the 2012 London Olympics, became the first Indian player to participate at the Olympics in the mixed doubles alongside Jwala Gutta. He is the winner of Arjuna Award 2014, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize his outstanding achievement in National sports. He is also the winner of G. V. Raja awards, which is the highest government-level recognition for sports persons in Kerala. He is winner of Jimmy George award 2014. He is also winner of Vivekanandha sports excellence award 2014. He won the Youth excellence award also in 2014.He is the only mixed doubles player from India to reach top 10 in the world badminton ranking(BWF) .His highest ranking is number 6th in world ranking. Career Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadeesha Gayanthi
Nadeesha Gayanthi Murukkuwadura (born 6 September 1984) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. She was included in the national badminton team in 2006 and got the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka at the 2006 Asian Games competing in the women's singles and women's doubles events. Nadeesha Gayanthi also participated at the 2007 BWF World Championships representing Sri Lanka and competed in the women's doubles category pairing with Thilini Jayasinghe despite being knocked out of the first round. In 2008, she partnered Chandrika de Silva and emerged victorious in the women's doubles as a part of the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships. Nadeesha Gayanthi also appeared for Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games by competing in the singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thilini Jayasinghe
Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe (Sinhalese: තිලිනි සුනාරි ජයසිංහ; Tamils: திலினி சுனாரி ஜயசிங்க; born 15 January 1985) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. Born in Peradeniya, Jayasinghe started playing badminton aged 9, and has joined the national team in 2000. She attended Mahamaya College and was named Best Sports Woman in 2004. In 2006 and 2010, she competed at the Asian and Commonwealth Games. Jayasinghe also competed for Sri Lanka at the 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... and 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She is the first woman badminton player to have ever represented Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games. Achievements South Asian Games ''Women's singles'' ''Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparna Balan
Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 times National Champion in mixed doubles and 3 times National Champion in women's doubles. She represented India in many international badminton tournaments. Career In 2006, she won the national mixed doubles title partnering with V. Diju. At the same year, she competed at the 2006 South Asian Games and won two silver medals in the women's and mixed doubles event. In 2010 South Asian Games, Balan won the women's doubles gold with Shruti Kurien and mixed doubles silver with Sanave Thomas. Personal life On 09 April 2018, she married Sandeep M S. The couple has a son, Sriyaan Sandeep Maliyekkal. Achievements South Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jwala Gutta
Jwala Gutta; family names traditionally precede personal names in Indian name#Telugu, Telugu naming customs (born 7 September 1983) is an Indian badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she represented India at international events in both mixed and women's doubles. She has a total of 316 match wins in both the disciplinesthe most by any Indianand peaked at no. 6 in the BWF World Ranking, world rankings. Gutta has won medals at numerous tournaments on the BWF World Tour, BWF circuit including a silver at the 2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals, 2009 Superseries Masters Finals and a bronze at the 2011 BWF World Championships, 2011 World Championships. Born in Wardha to a Chinese mother and a Telugu people, Telugu father, she began playing badminton at a young age. A fourteen-time Indian National Badminton Championships, National Champion, Gutta played with Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar, Shruti Kurien earlier in her career, but found greater international success with Ashwini Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
