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Gabriela Stoeva
Gabriela Stoeva ( bg, Габриела Стоева; born 15 July 1994) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the three-time European Champion and European Games gold medalist as well. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Career Gabriela Stoeva started playing badminton at age 10 in the Haskovo School Club. She joined the national team in 2008, and made a debut in the international event in 2009. In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the European U-17 Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with her sister, Stefani Stoeva. And at the 2013 European U-19 Championships, the sister won the gold medal. Stoeva won her first BWF Grand Prix title at the 2014 Scottish Open in the women's doubles event with her sister. They beat Heather Olver and Lauren Smith of England in the finals round with the score 21-7 21-15. In 2015, she also won the Grand Prix tournament at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haskovo
Haskovo ( bg, Хасково ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional Development of Bulgaria, the urban area of Haskovo is the seventh largest in Bulgaria and has a population of 184,731 inhabitants. The number of inhabitants of Town of Haskovo is 67,086 people, according to the 2021 census.https://nsi.bg/bg/content/2975/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB The first settlement found in Haskovo is from circa 5000 BC. Haskovo celebrated its 1,000th anniversary as a town in 1985. To mark the event, a new clock tower was erected in the centre of the town. Haskovo Cove in Greenwich Island in the South Shetland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
The women's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs (32 players) from 14 nations competing. Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia won the gold medal. It was their first Olympic medal, the country's first from badminton women's doubles, and the only gold won by the contingent in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Indonesia also became the second country to have won all five Olympic badminton events, after China in London 2012 Olympics. Background This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972 (without women's doubles), held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992; the women's doubles tournament had been held since. The reigning champions were Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan, who were not defending their title following Takahashi's retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jia Yifan
Jia Yifan (; ; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won gold medals at the 2017, 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' BWF World Tour (11 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles'' BWF Superseries (5 titles) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Qingchen
Chen Qingchen (born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She started her achievements under her coach Li Yongbo, with partner in the women's doubles Jia Yifan, and in the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei. She ended the 2016 BWF Season by winning the BWF Most Promising Player of the Year, also completed her success by winning doubles title at the 2016 BWF Superseries Finals in the women's and mixed doubles respectively. In 2017, she was awarded as the BWF Best Female Player of the Year, after came to Dubai World Superseries Finals as the first seeded both in women's and mixed doubles, and also won the women's doubles gold and mixed doubles silver medals at the 2017 BWF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. In women's doubles, she also won gold medals at the 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on 14–19 March 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lin Dan (champion) # Shi Yuqi ''(final)'' # Ajay Jayaram ''(withdrew)'' # Jonatan Christie ''(withdrew)'' # H. S. Prannoy ''(quarterfinals)'' # Wang Tzu-wei ''(semifinals)'' # Huang Yuxiang ''(second round)'' # Hsu Jen-hao ''(second round)'' # Anders Antonsen ''(third round)'' # Qiao Bin ''(third round)'' # Zulfadli Zulkiffli ''(withdrew)'' # Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(semifinals)'' # Sameer Verma ''(second round)'' # Brice Leverdez ''(third round)'' # Ihsan Maulana Mustofa ''(quarterfinals)'' # Emil Holst ''(quarterfinals)'' Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Women's singles Seeds # Saina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novinite
Novinite is a Bulgarian English-language news provider based in Sofia. "Novinite" ( bg, Новините) means "The News" in Bulgarian. It is also sometimes referred to as SNA by its forum users. Through its website novinite.com/sofianewsagency.com and its ''Breaking News'' newsletter, Novinite.com provides coverage of events and developments in Bulgaria and around the world. Novinite publishes ''Sofia Morning News'', an online daily newspaper with paid subscription, and ''The Sofia Weekly'', a free online weekly newspaper which comes out every Saturday. Its website includes a forum, a free archive with more than 101,000 articles, a search engine, and news alerts. Novinite is part of One Click Media Group. History Novinite was founded in 2001 by the Bulgarian journalist, businessman, and public relations expert, Maxim Behar. It was formally launched on March 11, 2001. In addition to the website, Novinite's first online daily newspaper, ''Sofia Morning News'' (called ''Bulgaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix
The 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix will be the third grand prix and grand prix gold tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament will be held in Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands October 6–11, 2015 and had a total purse of $50,000. '''' Men's singles Seeds # ''(Withdrew)'' # |
2015 Russian Open Grand Prix
The 2015 Russia Open Grand Prix was the thirteenth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Sports Hall Olympic, Vladivostok, Russia July 21 until July 26, 2015 and had a total purse of 50,000. Players by nation Men's singles Seeds # Tommy Sugiarto (champion) # Brice Leverdez (3rd Round) # Ajay Jayaram (semi-final) # Zulfadli Zulkiffli (semi-final) # Chong Wei Feng (quarter-final) # Pablo Abián (quarter-final) # Joachim Persson (withdrew) # Misha Zilberman (quarter-final) # Petr Koukal (2nd Round) # Thomas Rouxel (W/O) # Vladimir Malkov (quarter-final) # Howard Shu (2nd Round) # Luka Wraber (final) # Henri Hurskainen (3rd Round) # David Obernosterer (3rd Round) # Eetu Heino (3rd Round) Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Women's singles Seeds # Karin Schnaase ''(1st Round)'' # Linda Zetchiri ''(2nd Round)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Smith (badminton)
Lauren Smith (born 26 September 1991) is an English badminton player. She competed for England in the women's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze and silver medal respectively. In 2016, she represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Teamed-up with Gabby Adcock, she won the women's doubles gold medals at the English National Badminton Championships in 2013 and 2014. In 2015 and 2016, she also won the women's doubles title partnered with Heather Olver. Smith qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the women's doubles with Chloe Birch and in the mixed doubles with Marcus Ellis. Competed as the unseeded and second seeds in the women's and mixed doubles event respectively, she reached the finals in both events. She and Birch managed to claim the silver medal after lose a match to Dutch pair in the rubber games. She then claimed the mixed doubles gold medal with Elli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Olver
Heather Olver (born 15 March 1986) is an English badminton player. Her career highlights so far include mixed team and mixed doubles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, European women’s doubles bronze, and reaching the final of the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold and Scottish Open. She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Early career She started playing at the age of six and started when she joined her local club, Waldron Junior BC, with her brother. Career In 2005, Olver won the women's doubles at both the England Junior Championships and the Welsh International. In 2009, she was successful four times internationally, and in the following year she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in women's doubles. She competed in the mixed team and mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals respectively. She also won mixed team bronze in 2010. Education Having attended primary school at Cross in Hand CEP, she later went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Scottish Open Grand Prix
The 2014 Scottish Open was the seventeenth grand prix badminton tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland from 19 until 23 November 2014 and had a total purse of $50,000. This tournament supported by the Glasgow City Council, Event Scotland, and Yonex. Men's singles Seeds # Eric Pang ''(first round)'' # Henri Hurskainen (second round) # Dieter Domke ''(withdrew)'' # Ville Lang (champion) # Andre Kurniawan Tedjono ''(third round)'' # Rasmus Fladberg ''(withdrew)'' # Anand Pawar ''(semifinals)'' # Joachim Persson ''(third round)'' # Emil Holst ''(quarterfinals)'' # Wang Tzu-wei ''(final)'' # Dmytro Zavadsky ''(semifinals)'' # Lucas Corvee ''(first round)'' # Petr Koukal ''(quarterfinals)'' # Thomas Rouxel ''(third round)'' # Raul Must ''(second round)'' # Jan Frohlich ''(first round)'' Finals Women's singles Seeds # Kirsty Gilmour ''(semifinals)'' # Beatriz Corrales (finals) # Linda Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF Grand Prix Gold And Grand Prix
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