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Portugal Open (badminton)
The Portugal Open in badminton is an international open held annually in Portugal since 1965. It is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit The European Badminton Circuit is a series of international badminton tournaments in Europe, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The circuit consists of BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series and BWF Future Series The BWF .... Previous winners Performances by nation References External linksInternationalBadminton.org: 2006 results{dead link, date=March 2018 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes Badminton tournaments Badminton tournaments in Portugal Sports competitions in Portugal Recurring sporting events established in 1965 ... [...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] |
Cecilia Geirithas
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born that year), and the United States, where it has ranked among the top 500 names for girls for more than 100 years. It also ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Sweden in the early years of the 21st century, and was formerly popular in France. The name "Cecilia" applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii. Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful etymologies. Among those cited by Chaucer in " The Second Nun's Tale" are: lily of heaven, the way for the blind, contemplation of heaven and the active life, as if lacking in blindness, and a heaven for people to gaze upon. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Stuart
Elliot Clarke Stuart (born 1946) is a former English international badminton player. Badminton career Stuart was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the 1975 All England Badminton Championships mixed doubles with Nora Gardner. Stuart competed in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch winning the gold medal, in the men's doubles with Derek Talbot and a bronze medal, in the mixed doubles with Susan Whetnall. He also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 1972 Summer Olympics when the sport was a demonstration sport. Personal life Stuart studied metallurgy at Newcastle University before working for Barclays Bank Barclays () is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. Barclays traces ... from 1968 until the mid 1990s. Achievement Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Beck
Margaret Beck (later Margaret Lockwood; born 1952) is a retired badminton player from England who ranked among the world's best during most of the 1970s. Playing career An exceptional junior talent, she represented England and won women's singles gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, while still in her teens. In 1973, Beck won the women's singles at the All-England Championships, which, aside from the international team championships (Uber Cup and Thomas Cup), was then the world's most prestigious tournament. She shared the All-England women's doubles title with Gillian Gilks in 1974. She won singles at the World Invitation Tournament, a forerunner of the BWF World Championships, that was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1974. In 1974 she represented England and won a gold and silver medals in the doubles and singles, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. After marrying in 1975 she competed under her married name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Stevens (badminton)
Ray Stevens (born 23 June 1951) is a former English badminton player and multiple National champion. Biography A winner of numerous English national championships and international titles in both singles and doubles, his strengths were his power, tenacity, and concentration. In 1977 Stevens won a bronze medal in the World Championships in men's doubles. He is also won nine medals in the European Badminton Championships, including two gold medals in men's doubles. He was also twice a runnerup in men's doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with longtime partner Mike Tredgett. In 1981 Stevens set a new record by winning his fifth English National Badminton Championships The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton players in England. The tournament started in 1964 and is held annually. The first winners were Bill Havers and Ursula ... singles title. The record stood until 1993 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Giles
Barbara Sutton née Barbara Giles is a retired female badminton player from England. Career She won a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Karen Bridge. She represented England and won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... She married fellow badminton player Eddy Sutton in 1977. References English female badminton players Living people Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 1953 births {{E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Kidd (badminton)
William Kidd (born 24 July 1956) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Anniesland constituency since 2011, having previously represented the Glasgow region from 2007–2011. He is currently the Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Nuclear Disarmament and Deputy Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Human Trafficking. He previously served as Chief Whip from 2012–2018 and as Senior Deputy Whip from 2007–2012. Outside of Holyrood, Kidd also serves as Co-President of the international organisation Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). He has represented PNND at the United Nations, including delivering PNND's address to the 10th NPT Review Conference in August 2022. In 2016 Kidd was named, in his capacity as Co-President, in a nomination of PNND for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was singled out for his dedicated work campaigning against nuclear weapons. Early life He was a clerk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Sutton
Edward H Sutton (born 1948) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion. Biography Sutton became the English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships in 1975 with David Eddy. Sutton played for Staffordshire and England and was also won the men's doubles title at the Denmark Open in 1975 and the Czechoslovakian International in 1978. He was a teacher by trade and married fellow badminton player Barbara Giles Barbara Sutton née Barbara Giles is a retired female badminton player from England. Career She won a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Karen Bridge. She represented England and won a gold medal in the ... in 1977. References English male badminton players 1948 births Living people {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Gardner
Nora Perry MBE ( Gardner, born 1954) is an English former badminton player noted for her anticipation, racket control, and tactical astuteness. A doubles specialist, Perry won numerous major titles, with a variety of partners, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. These included six All-England mixed doubles and two All-England women's doubles championships. She won both the 1980 IBF World Championships and the 1980 European Championships in women's doubles with Jane Webster. Three years later, she won the 1983 IBF World Championships title in mixed doubles with Thomas Kihlström Thomas Kihlström (born 11 December 1948) is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in do .... Generally regarded as one of the greatest female mixed doubles players in the game's history, in 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Smith (badminton)
Philip or Phil Smith may refer to: In sport *Phil Smith (Australian footballer) (1946–2010), Australian rules player *Phil Smith (basketball) (1952–2002), American basketball player *Philip Smith (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1918), English football player for Chelsea and Burnley *Phil Smith (footballer, born 1979), English football goalkeeper for Swindon, Portsmouth and Aldershot In entertainment *Phil Smith, guitarist for The Lovin' Spoonful * Philip Smith (musician) (born 1952), American trumpeter *Philip Smith (producer), New Zealand film and television producer and writer In politics * Phil Smith (Alabama politician) (1931-2020), American businessman, lawyer, and politician *Phil Smith (Australian politician) (born 1938), Australian politician and teacher *Philip Smith, Baron Smith of Hindhead (born 1966), Conservative member of the British House of Lords *Philip Smith (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1967), member of the Northern Ireland Assembly In the military *Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Salazar (badminton)
Alfredo Salazar (born in San Juan Puerto Rico) is an economist by education and a banker by profession. He is currently retired. He entered into public service and ran for an elected position affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PDP). He ran for the office of Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the United States Congress in the 2008 elections. Prior to running for Congress, he served as Chairman and President of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank (GDB) and financial advisor to the then governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. He had previously served as President of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company and GDB president during the first administration of Gov. Rafael Hernández Colón in the mid seventies and Head of the Economic Development Administration during Hernández Colón third administration. Biography Mr. Salazar has devoted most of his professional life to commercial and investment banking. He began working with Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fina Salazar
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
