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Jacco Arends
Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek. He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships, and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Achievements European Championships ''Mixed doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour 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. ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area, being located about 15 km to the west of the core city of Amsterdam. Haarlem had a population of in . Haarlem was granted city status or '' stadsrechten'' in 1245, although the first city walls were not built until 1270. The modern city encompasses the former municipality of Schoten as well as parts that previously belonged to Bloemendaal and Heemstede. Apart from the city, the municipality of Haarlem also includes the western part of the village of Spaarndam. Newer sections of Spaarndam lie within the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Geography Haarlem is located on the river Spaarne, giving it its nickname 'Spaarnestad' (Spaarne city). It is situated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix
The 2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place at Emirates Arena in Glasgow in the Scotland from 22 to 26 November 2017 and had a total purse of $65,000. Tournament The 2017 Scottish Open Grand Prix was the seventeenth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Scottish Open championships. This tournament organized by the Badminton Scotland, with sanction from the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Point distribution Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix event. Prize money The total prize money for this year tournament is US$65,000. Distribution of prize money will be in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Rajiv Ouseph ''(withdrew)'' # Ygor Coelho ''(quarterfinals)'' # Emil Holst ''(quarterfinals)'' # Pablo Abián ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF Grand Prix And Grand Prix Gold
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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] |
Marcus Ellis
Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, also gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, Ellis captured two gold medals; in the men's doubles with Langridge and in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith. Personal life Marcus Ellis, the youngest son of Sheila and John Ellis, was born on 14 September 1989 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He has an elder brother James. Ellis started playing badminton aged seven when his father took him to the Colne Valley Leisure Centre in Slaithwaite. Ellis was first educated at Clough Head Junior School in Huddersfield, before attending Colne Valley High School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Linthwaite. He attended high school with Alex Smithies, now th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Open (badminton)
The Scottish Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... since 1907 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during the two World Wars. Past winners Performances by nation Updated after 2021 edition. References {{Badminton competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1907 1907 establishments in Scotland Badminton tournaments in Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Scottish Open (badminton)
The 2018 Scottish Open was a badminton tournament that took place at the Emirates Arena in Scotland from 21 to 25 November 2018 and had a total prize of $75,000. Tournament The 2018 Scottish Open was the eleventh Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Scottish Open championships, which had been held since 1907. This was the last tournament to be counted for the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals. This tournament was organized by BadmintonScotland and sanctioned by the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Rasmus Gemke ''(withdrew)'' # Brice Leverdez ''(third round)'' # Mark Caljouw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabienne Deprez
Fabienne Deprez (born 8 February 1992) is a German badminton player. She won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships in the team event in 2011, a silver in the mixed doubles in 2009, also two bronzes in the team and girls' singles in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Deprez was part of the national team that won the 2012 European Women's Team Championships. She played for the FC Langenfeld, and emerge as the women's singles champion at the 2013 German National Championships. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up) ''Women's singles'' : 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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Geigenberger
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Milan, Italy
Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
