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Myke Halkema
Myke Halkema (born 29 July 1994) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Badminton Championships in mixed doubles and a bronze medal in mixed team. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed 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 * 1994 births Living people Dutch female badminton players 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-badminton-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Chloe Birch
Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch (born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player. She was introduced to badminton through school and started playing at age eight at Abbeydale Badminton Club. Birch received the Michael Vaughan Award from Silverdale School, and competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2013. She was the runner-up in 2016 English National Championships Women's singles. Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith. Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree. Achievements Commonwealth Games ''Women's doubles'' European Games ''Women's doubles'' European Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badmint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Births
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first President of South Africa, president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skull, Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutu, Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 1994 Northridge earthquake, Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Features World Ranking points The BWF Future Series offers tenth only to level ranking point to BWF tournaments (after World Championship, World Tour Finals The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ..., Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge and International Series), according to World Ranking system. References External linksbwfbadminton.com {{BWF seasons Badminton tours and series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. Features Prize money An International Series tournament offers minimum prize money of US$10,000. World Ranking points The BWF International Series offers ninth only level ranking point to BWF tournaments (after World Championship, World Tour Finals The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ..., Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100 and International Challenge), according to the World Ranking system. References External linksbwfbadminton.com {{BWF seasons Badminton tours and series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. Features Prize money An International Challenge tournament offers minimum prize money of US$ 15,000. World Ranking points The BWF International Challenge offers eighth only to level ranking point to BWF tournaments (after World Championship, World Tour Finals The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ..., Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100), according to the World Ranking system. References External linksbwfbadminton.com {{BWF seasons Badminton tours and series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Nyström (badminton)
Jenny Nyström (born 2 February 1994) is a Finnish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at 6 years old, then in 2009, she joined the national team. In 2013, she won the Estonian International and Irish International tournaments in mixed doubles event with her partner Anton Kaisti. In 2015, she became the runner-up of Hellas International in women's doubles event with Mathilda Lindholm. In 2016, she won Hellas Open in the women's doubles and runner-up in the mixed doubles. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up) ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed 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. ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Kaisti
Anton Kaisti (born 17 May 1992) is a Finnish badminton player. He joined Finish national badminton team since 2007, then in 2014 he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel. In 2013, he won mixed doubles event in Estonian International, Bulgaria Eurasia Open, Irish International, and Turkey International. He became the runner-up at the Irish International in men's singles event. In 2014, he won Norwegian International in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In 2015, for the first time of him won the men's singles event through Estonian International tournament. In 2016, he won Iceland International in mixed doubles with his partner from the Netherlands Cheryl Seinen. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 4 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Middelburg
Jim Middelburg (born 6 January 1993) is a Dutch badminton player. Born in Delft, Middelburg had been training in DKC badminton club, then he moved to SV VELO. In 2011, he won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event with his partner Soraya de Visch Eijbergen. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed 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 * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Delft Dutch male badminton players {{Netherlands-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Thygesen
Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined the Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in the mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr. Career Thygesen competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Maiken Fruergaard. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings. Achievements European Games ''Mixed doubles'' European Championships ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 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 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Nøhr
Niclas Nøhr (born 2 August 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He started playing badminton at Møn badminton club. In 2012, he joined Denmark national badminton team, and in 2015, he won a gold medal at the European Games with his mixed doubles partner Sara Thygesen. After one year of a knee operation, he returned to the court. He said; "I'm just happy that my family, friends, and especially my girlfriend has supported me in such a hard time." Nøhr announced his retirement from international tournaments through his Instagram account on 19 April 2022. He later started a new journey as a coach at the Hvidovre club, and also joining Australia coaching team in preparation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Achievements European Games ''Mixed doubles'' European Championships ''Mixed doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megawati Gustiani
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth vice president from 1999 to 2001. Megawati is Indonesia's first female president and the sixth woman to lead a Muslim-majority country. She is also the first Indonesian president and as of 2021 the only vice president to be born after Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945. After serving as vice president to Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati became president when Wahid was removed from office in 2001. She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. She ran again in the 2009 presidential election, but Yudhoyono defeated her for a second time. She is the first and current (as of 2021) leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), one of Indonesia's largest political parties. She is the eldest daughter of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
