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Scott Evans (badminton)
Scott Evans (born 26 September 1987 in Dublin) is a former Irish professional badminton player. As of 2017 he was the highest ranked Irish player. Evans has represented Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He became the first Irishman to win a badminton match at the Olympic during his last participation in 2016. He won the men's singles Irish National Badminton Championships eight consecutive times from 2005 to 2012, becoming the only player to equal James 'Chick' Doyle's record of eight consecutive Irish Men's singles titles. He attended Wesley College Dublin. In his youth Evans played for Irish association football club Leicester Celtic A.F.C. Career Evans has played two-time Olympic gold medalist China's Lin Dan and world No. 1 Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei 3 times each. At the 2011 BWF World Championships, Evans met the second seed and eventual champion Lin Dan in the second round and came out with a 15–21, 16–21 loss. Nearly one year later at the 2012 London O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Zwiebler
Marc Zwiebler () (born 13 March 1984) is a badminton player from Germany. His highest ranking is 10 in the world. He is a seven-time German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Karlskrona over Henri Hurskainen 21–15, 21–13. 2010 he won bronze behind Peter Gade and Jan Ø. Jørgensen. By reaching the third round at the 2008 Olympics and the final of 2009 Denmark Open, one of premier tournament competition series BWF World Superseries, Zwiebler is considered as Germany's top badminton player of all time. Badminton career Zwiebler started at the age of six years to play badminton. Soon, he was regarded as the biggest German talent. He was 19 times German youth and junior champion in 2003 he became European junior champion and won his first international title at the senior. In 2005, he was plagued by pain in the back, he thought was ordinary sore muscles until the pain had worsened significantly and he could no longer pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
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Bulgarian International
The Bulgarian Open Championship is an annual international badminton championships held in Bulgaria since 1985, by then known as Bulgarian International. It was halted between 1996 and 1998, and in 2000. The tournament belongs to the Badminton Europe elite circuit and become the highest level badminton tournament in Bulgaria. It changed to its current name in 2017, to differentiate it from the second badminton tournament in the country which is now known as Bulgarian International Championship The Bulgarian International Championship is an international badminton tournament held in Bulgaria since 2012. This tournament also known as Bulgarian Hebar Open or Bulgarian Eurasia Open. The 2014 tournament used the best of five games 11 points s .... Previous winners Performances by nation References {{reflist, 30em Badminton tournaments in Bulgaria 1985 establishments in Bulgaria Recurring sporting events established in 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2014 Bitburger Open was the fifteenth Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany October 28 until November 2, 2014 and had a total purse of $120,000. Men's singles Seeds # Viktor Axelsen (''Withdrew'') # Chou Tien-chen (Champion) # Tian Houwei # Marc Zwiebler # Rajiv Ouseph # Hsu Jen-hao # H. S. Prannoy # Eric Pang # Wong Wing Ki # Sourabh Varma # Scott Evans # Dieter Domke # Chen Yuekun # Vladimir Ivanov # B. Sai Praneeth # Vladimir Malkov Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Women's singles Seeds # Carolina Marin # Michelle Li # Zhang Beiwen # Sun Yu # Yip Pui Yin # Beatriz Corrales # Hsu Ya-ching # Lindaweni Fanetri Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Men's doubles Seeds # Mathia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF Grand Prix Gold And Grand Prix
BWF may refer to: Sports organisations Badminton * Badminton World Federation, an international governing body for badminton Professional wrestling * Brazilian Wrestling Federation, a Brazilian Professional wrestling promotion. * British Wrestling Federation, a 1960s alliance of independent UK professional wrestling promotions led by Paul Lincoln * British Wrestling Federation, a 1980s/1990s UK professional wrestling promotion owned by Orig Williams Other * Barrow/Walney Island Airfield IATA airport code * Biblical Witness Fellowship, an evangelical renewal movement * Broadcast Wave Format, an extension of the popular WAV audio format * Burroughs Wellcome Fund The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is an American non-profit medical research organization that provides funding for biomedical research, STEM education, and areas of career development for scientists. Since 1970, it has been headquartered in Nor ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Bwf pt:Brazilian Wrestling Federation ... [...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] |
Dieter Domke
Dieter Domke (born 9 February 1987) is a German badminton player. Achievements European Games ''Men's singles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men'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 (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * * * 1987 births Living people People from Kostanay Sportspeople from Kostanay Region G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasil Open (badminton)
The Brasil Open is an international badminton tournament held annually in Brazil. A part of the BWF Grand Prix tournaments, it is one of the main events in the Brazilian badminton calendar. The first tournament was held on 5–8 August 2014 in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ... and offered a total prize money of US$50,000. Past winners References {{Reflist 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Smith (badminton)
Andrew Michael Smith (born 3 June 1984) is an English badminton player. Career He had won the New Zealand International in 2004, the Australian International in 2004 and 2005, and also the Croatian International and the Vietnam Open in 2006. In 2008, he made it into the quarter finals of India Open and semifinals of Singapore Super Series. Smith competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships. He defeated Pablo Abián of Spain 21–15, 21–13 in the first round. Then was defeated by Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21–19, 21–13. Although possessing a World ranking of 17, he didn't attend the English National Championships in Manchester in 2007. He represented Great Britain in the badminton men's singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Achievements IBF World Grand Prix (1 title) The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's singles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 7 runners-up) ''Men's sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus International
The Cyprus International in badminton is an international open held in Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ... since 1987. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. The Cypriot National Badminton Championships started three years later. Winners Performances by countries External links ResultsBWF: 2006 results General Cyprus Badminton [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Corvee
Lucas or LUCAS may refer to: People * Lucas (surname) * Lucas (given name) Arts and entertainment * Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk" * ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities * ''Lucas'' (film) (1986) an American rom-com * ''Lucas'' (novel) (2003), by Kevin Brooks * Lucas (''Mother 3''), a playable character in ''Mother 3'' and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series since ''Brawl'' Organisations * Lucas Industries, a former British manufacturer of motor industry and aerospace industry components * Lucasfilm, an American film and television production company * LucasVarity, a defunct British automotive parts manufacturer, successor to Lucas Industries Mathematics * Lucas number, a series of integers similar to the Fibonacci number Places Australia * Lucas, Victoria Canada Mexico * Cabo San Lucas, Baja California United States * Lucas Township (other) * Lucas, Illinois * Lucas, Iowa * Lucas County, Iowa * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
