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Mexican Open (badminton)
The Mexican Open or Mexico International is an international badminton competition held in Mexico. The Mexican Open has been held together with the Mexican National Championship of Badminton which main difference is that foreign players can participate in the former competition, while the latter is just reserved for Mexican badminton players. The original intention was that both tournaments would be held annually; however, due to different circumstances it has not always been this the case. The first tournament was organised by the Mexican Association of Badminton and the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec in 1949 as the Mexico City International Tournament; there were four more editions held in 1952, 1958, 1959 and 1961.Herbert A. E. Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1965'' (Bromley, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1965) p 212. In 1964, the Mexican Association of Badminton changed its official name to the Mexican National Open Championship. In 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile which flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Tibbetts
Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen, Georgia, United States, a small city * Helen, Maryland, United States, an unincorporated place * Helen, Washington, an unincorporated community in Washington state, US * Helen, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Raleigh County * Helen Falls, a waterfall in Ontario, Canada * Lake Helen (other), several places called Helen Lake or Lake Helen * Helen, an ancient name of Makronisos island, Greece * The Hellenic Republic, Greece Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Helen'' (album), a 1981 Grammy-nominated album by Helen Humes * ''Helen'' (2008 film), a British drama starring Annie Townsend * ''Helen'' (2009 film), an American drama film starring Ashley Judd * ''Helen'' (2017 film), an Iranian drama film * ''Helen'' (2019 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sture Johnsson
Sture Johnsson (born 1945) is a retired badminton player from Sweden who won numerous Swedish national and international men's singles titles. His game was characterized by impressive stamina and mobility, and a powerful overhead smash. Career Johnsson won men's singles at the first European Badminton Championships in 1968. He eventually won three singles titles at this biennial event (1968, 1970 and 1974), a total bested only by Peter Gade in the early 2000s. He won the World Invitational Championships in 1971 held in Glasgow and reached the semifinals of men's singles at the All-England Championships on four occasions and was one of only a very few players to beat Rudy Hartono in tournament play during Hartono's prime (semifinals of 1973 German Open). Johnsson was a member of six consecutive Swedish Thomas Cup teams between 1963 and 1979. He also competed at the first ever IBF World Championships in Malmö, in 1977, and was defeated in quarterfinals by the eventual cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Díaz González
Roy Díaz González (born 1953) is a former world-class badminton player from Mexico. Something of a child prodigy in the sport, González began touring internationally at fourteen, the age at which he captured the first of his many Mexican national singles titles. He won the Belgian International men's doubles title at fifteen and the Swiss Open men's singles title at sixteen. By his late teens, in the early 1970s, González was competitive with the world's best players, but he never developed the penetrating power, or the deceptive wizardry, which might have allowed him to break through in badminton's biggest events. Nevertheless, he remained a respected and dangerous opponent on the world scene for over a decade, admired for his footwork, stamina, and touch. In 1977 he won men's singles at the first ever Pan-American Badminton Championships."The first Pan-American Championships," ''World Badminton'', July–August 1977, 11. González played in five Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V Mexican National Open Championship 1968
The V Mexican National Open Championship 1968 was a badminton competition held at the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec from 28 November to 1 December 1968 in Mexico City.''"El Universal" Newspaper'', Sports Section, Mexico City, Sunday 1 December 1968, Note by Raúl Garnier, page 3.''Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation, published by JA Jennings Ltd, edited by Herbert Scheele'', London, England, year 1970, page 28. In this competition, there were badminton players from Thailand, Peru, Canada, the United States, Yugoslavia and Mexico. In the men´s semi-finals, the two best Mexican singles players were knocked out of the competition; Antonio Rangel was beaten by the World-class master Channarong Ratanaseangsuang (15-9, 15-4), while Roy Díaz González was defeated by the Canadian Jamie Paulson (15-7, 15-3). In the semi-finals of the men´s doubles event, the brothers Raúl Rangel and Antonio Rangel were defeated by the future champions Channarong Ratanaseangsua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IV Mexican National Open Championship 1967
The IV Mexican National Open Championship 1967 was a badminton competition held from 23 to 27 November 1967 in Mexico City.''Novedades Newspaper'', Sports Section, Mexico City, Thursday 23 November 1967, page 3. In this tournament competed players from Thailand, the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the quarter-finals of the men's singles category, Antonio Rangel won to the American player Rod Starkey (15–9, 15–4), but his most outstanding victory was during the semi-finals when he defeated Jamie Paulson (15–6, 6–15, and 15–11) who was then ranked as the best Canadian badminton player.''Novedades Newspaper'', Sports Section, Mexico City, Saturday 25 November 1967, page 3. In the men's doubles event, the Mexican brothers Antonio Rangel and Raúl Rangel were defeated (15–10, 15–3) during the semi-finals by the American couple integrated by Stan Hales and Rod Starkey. In a strange twist, the American team became champion as the other finalist team could not p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Rangel
Raúl Rangel Ojeda was born on August 19, 1941; he is a Mexican former badminton player that competed during the 1960s.''Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation'', London, England, 27th edition, year 1969, pages 212-217 In 1958, a young Raúl Rangel surprised winning both the men's singles event and, together with his brother Antonio Rangel, the men's doubles category of the Mexican National Badminton Championship. At the end of his badminton career, Raúl Rangel had won 8 more times the men's doubles event of the Mexican National Badminton Championship, plus one more competition of the Mexican National Open Championship, and few more national and international tournaments. Raúl Rangel was also member of the first badminton national team that represented Mexico in the Thomas Cup in 1964. Sports career Mexican National Championships of Badminton: Mexican National Open Championships: Raúl Rangel competed in the Mexico City International Tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Rangel (badminton)
Antonio Rangel Ojeda (27 October 1943 – 22 December 2004) was a Mexican Badminton player that competed in the different categories of singles, doubles and mixed doubles, both nationally and internationally.''Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation'', London, England, 27th edition, year 1969, pages 212-217 His father, Dr Raúl Rangel Romero was a dentist who taught his two children about the importance and benefits of practising sports, while his mother Luz Ojeda Lacroix was a school teacher. Antonio started to play badminton when he was about ten years old, together with his older brother Raúl, at the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec AC. In 1965, Antonio Rangel extended to three games his match against Erland Kops in the third round of the US Open; in that year, the Danish player - then ranked as the number one of the World - had been beaten by his opponents in only two games. In 1968, Antonio Rangel graduated from the School of Medicine of the National Autonom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
III Mexican National Open Championship 1966
The III Mexican National Open Championship 1966 was a badminton competition held from 24 to 27 November 1966 in Mexico City.''Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation, published by JA Jennings Ltd, edited by Herbert Scheele'', London, England, year 1970, page 28. Players from Peru, the United States and Mexico competed in this tournament. In the semi-finals of the men's singles event, Antonio Rangel had defeated Oscar Luján (15-12, 15-5), while Raúl Rangel had won to Rod Starkey, then ranked as the number 3 American player.''"III Campeonato Nacional Abierto de Badminton"'' Memories, published by the Badminton Association of Mexico and the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec AC, 24 to 27 November 1966, Mexico City, 1966. In the quarter-finals of the men's doubles category, the brothers Raúl Rangel and Antonio Rangel defeated the team integrated by Jimmy Lynch and Salvador Peniche. In women's singles, Carolina Allier beat Carlene Starkey for the title; however, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy O'Neil
Dorothy "Dottie" O'Neil (born 1930 in Norwich, Connecticut) is a retired American badminton player. Playing History O'Neil won women's singles titles at numerous tournaments including the Mason-Dixon, Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Connecticut Opens from the late 1950s through the late 1960s. She won the US Open women's singles title in 1964 after having reached the finals of the event several times previously. She was ranked second in the United States six times behind the world's dominant women's player of the era Judy Devlin Hashman, and was repeatedly ranked in the top three nationally in women's doubles. She co-ranked first with partner Rosine Lemon in 1972. In international events, O'Neil won the Mexican Open Singles in 1965 and competed for the United States in the World Team Championships for Women, also known as the Uber Cup, including the World Champion US teams of 1960 and 1963. She also played on the 1969 Uber Cup team and was captain of the team in 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
II Mexican National Open Championship 1965
The II Mexican National Open Championship 1965 was a badminton competition held in November 1965 in Mexico City. In the men's singles event, the semi-finalists were the World number one Erland Kops, Channarong Ratanaseangsuang, Don Paup and Antonio Rangel. Erland Kops defeated (15-2, 15-4) Antonio Rangel, while Channarong Ratanaseangsuang won to Don Paup (15-1, 15-10). In the final, Erland Kops showed off his class against Channarong Ratanaseangsuang.''"El Nacional"'' Newspaper, Mexico City, 27 November 1965.''"Esto"'' Newspaper, Section A, Mexico City, 27 November 1965, page 4. In the men's doubles category, the Mexican brothers Antonio Rangel and Raúl Rangel lost in semi-finals (15-2, 15-4) against the future winners Erland Kops and Don Paup. In the semi-finals of the women's singles category, the American Dorothy O´Neil defeated the Mexican Carolina Allier Carolina Allier (born 1941) is a Mexican former badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucero Soto
Lucero Soto (born 1948), also known as Lucero Soto de Peniche and Lucero Peniche, is a former Mexican badminton player.''Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation'', London, England, 29th edition, year 1971, pages 236-237 She is married to Salvador Peniche, also a former Mexican badminton player. Sporting achievements Lucero Soto won the women's singles and the women's doubles events of the Mexican National Badminton Championship in 1964. This year, she also won the Mexican National Open Championship in the women's doubles category as a teammate of Carolina Allier. In 1966, she obtained two titles, the women’s doubles event, together with Angelina Cazorla, and the mixed doubles, teaming up with Antonio Rangel. This same year, Lucero Soto played together with Carlene Starkey in the Mexican National Open Championship and they won the title of the women's doubles category. In 1968, Lucero Soto - together with Carolina Allier - won the women's doubles o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
