John Gordon (badminton)
John Gordon (born 25 November 1978) is a New Zealand badminton player. He competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ..., and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Men's doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, John 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Wellington City New Zealand male badminton players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metro area, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Legends recount that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century, with initial settlement by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General for Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company, in 1840. The Wellington urban area, which only includes urbanised ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashley Brehaut
Ashley John Brehaut (born 18 September 1980) is a now retired male badminton player from Australia and current primary school physical education teacher. His coach is , and he lives in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Brehaut competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Travis Denney. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand. In 2006, he and Denney won the bronze medal at the Oceania Championships, and also competed at the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce .... His brother Stuart is also a former Olympic badminton player. He now works as a PE teacher aSt Leo the Great Primary School References * * External links * * * * * * * 1980 births ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aji Basuki Sindoro
Aji or AJI may refer to: Location *Aji (town), Tieling County, Liaoning, China * Aji Island, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan *Aji, Kagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan * Aji River (other), rivers with the same name Other *Aji (Go), a latent troublesome weakness or other possibility in a position in the game of Go *Aji (Ryūkyū), a historical title and rank in the Ryukyu Islands * Ají (sauce) a condiment made with cilantro, green onions, and garlic *''Aji Assamese Daily'', a newspaper in Assam, India * Ají pepper (''Capsicum baccatum''), a pepper that originated in ancient Peru *Ağrı Airport (IATA code AJI), near the city of Ağrı, Ağrı Province, Turkey *Al Jazeera English, an Arab television channel formerly called "Al-Jazeera International" *Alliance of Independent Journalists, an Indonesian journalists organization *American Jujitsu Institute, an American jujitsu organization founded by Henry Okazaki in 1939 *A female Hajji in Wolof, variation: Ajaratou *Japanese horse ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australian Open (badminton)
The Australian Open in badminton, is an international open held in Australia. In 2011, it was upgraded to a Grand Prix Gold level event. Between 2014 and 2017, the Australian Open was promoted to a Super Series event. From 2018 to 2022, it is a Super 300 event of the 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 .... From 2023 onwards, this will be a Super 500 tournament. Previous winners Performances by nation Note References External links BWF: 2006 resultsBWF: 2007 results {{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in Australia BWF World Tour ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Naomasa Senkyo
Naomasa (written: 直政, 直正, 直方, 尚正 or 尚政) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese geographer *, Japanese samurai {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rei Sato (badminton)
is a Japanese badminton player from the NTT East team. Born in Miyagi, he graduated from Saitama Sakae High School, and later educated at the Nippon Sport Science University. He was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Junior Championships. Teamed-up with Naomasa Senkyo, they won the men's doubles title at the North Shore City and Waikato International tournaments. Sato also clinched the men's singles title at the 2014 Portugal International tournament. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' ''Men'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 * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Moody (badminton)
John David Moody (born 21 February 1983) is a New Zealand badminton player. In 2002 and 2004 he won the Fiji International, in 2005 the Ballarat Eureka International and the Waikato International, and in 2006 the North Harbour International and the Waikato International. He represented New Zealand at the Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics. At the Commonwealth Games, Moody reaching in to the third round in the men's singles event, quarterfinalists in the men's doubles event, and also the semi-finalists in the mixed team event. He won a match in the bronze medal match against the Indian team, but his team was defeated 3–1. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Moody was defeated in the second round by Chinese player Chen Jin (badminton), Chen Jin in straight games with the score 9–21, 11–21. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Inte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sam Smith (badminton)
Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, they were subsequently featured on Naughty Boy's " La La La", which became a number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both. Smith's debut studio album, ''In the Lonely Hour'', was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album's lead single, " Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became their second number one single in the UK. The third single, " Stay with Me", was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while subsequent singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Auckland International
The Auckland International is a badminton open international championships held in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was classified as "International Series" by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and provided an opportunity for players to compete for BWF points. The 2011 tournament held in Manukau Manukau (), or Manukau Central, is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand, centred on the Manukau City Centre business district. It is located 23 kilometres south of the Auckland Central Business District, west of the Southern Motorway, so ..., and classified as "Future Series". Previous winners References {{reflist External linksBadminton World Federation BWF Fansite Badminton tournaments in New Zealand [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Murray Hocking
Murray Hocking (born 31 May 1971 in Victoria) is a badminton player from Australia. As well as representing Australia in 3 commonwealth games (2002, 1998 and 1994) he represented his country in badminton at the 1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ... in Atlanta, making it to the round of 32. References Australian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Australia 1971 births Living people Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Sportsmen f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |