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Singapore At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Singapore competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008. The following athletes have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, although the final selection of names for some events may change are dependent on the relevant sports bodies, and all athletes require approval from the Singapore National Olympic Council. On 17 August 2008, Singapore won its first Olympic medal as an independent nation in the women's table tennis team event, 48 years after its first medal (then as a British colony) – also a silver – by Tan Howe Liang in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Medalists Athletics ;Men ;Women ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not requ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore National Olympic Council
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the Republic of Singapore. It was founded in 1947 as the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council (SOSC) before renaming to its current iteration in 1970. The SNOC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing Team Singapore for the Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, Winter Youth Olympic Games, SEA Games, Asian Games, Asian Youth Games and the Commonwealth Games. The SNOC is currently headed by Tan Chuan-Jin, who is also the Speaker of the Parliament. History Before the 1948 Summer Olympics organised by Britain, Britain sent out invitations to its colonies and dependencies to participate in the Games. However, due to a lack of an Olympic Council, Singapore, despite being a Crown Colony, was omitted. This led to the formation of Singapore Olympic and Sports Council on 27 May 1947. It was planned that the Council will merge with a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Shot Put
The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were (A standard) and (B standard). The event was won by Valerie Vili (née Adams) of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres. In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in a doping violation by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition. Medals of other teams have been reallocated by IAAF. Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. No new world or Olympic records were set for this event. Results Qualifying round Qualific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hyo-jung (badminton)
Lee Hyo-jung (Hangul: 이효정, Hanja: 李孝貞; ; born 13 January 1981) is a South Korean former badminton player. She won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics with her partner, Lee Yong-dae. Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae were unseeded, and in the finals they beat the top seeds and 2005 and 2007 world champions Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia, 21-11, 21-17. Lee Hyo-jung also won the silver medal in badminton women's doubles at the aforementioned Olympics with Lee Kyung-won; they were seeded fourth and lost to the second-seeded Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang. Lee became the first woman in Korean history to win gold medals at both the Olympics and the Asian Games. In the 2010 Asian Games, she partnered with Shin Baek-cheol instead of her usual partner, Lee Yong-dae. After winning the medal, she announced her retirement despite many pleas from her coaches and fans at home to continue playing until the London Olympics in 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Kyung-won
Lee Kyung-won (Hangul: 이경원, Hanja: 李敬元; ; born 21 January 1980 in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a badminton player from South Korea. Lee was the women's doubles gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games. She competed at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004, and 2008, winning women's doubles bronze in 2004, and silver in 2008. She captured the women's doubles gold at the Asian Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Lee educated at the Sungji Girls' Middle School, Sungji Girls' High School, and graduated from the Yong In University. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' East Asian Games ''Mixed doubles'' World Junior Championships ''Girls' singles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesinee Mangkalakiri
Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri ( th, เมษิณี มังคละคีรี; ; born April 21, 1983, in Los Alamitos, California) is an American badminton player of Thai descent. She won a bronze medal, along with her partner Raju Rai, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She repeated her bronze medal performance with her new partner Bob Malaythong in the mixed doubles, and also, beat Canada's Fiona McKee and Charmaine Reid for the gold in the women's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mangkalakiri is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in Anaheim, California, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles champion Tony Gunawan (2000), who is currently playing for the United States. Mangkalakiri qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fourteenth and receiving an allocated entry from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Lee
Eva Lee (, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player. Career ;1997 She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member). ;1998 She took her first three crown titles in US Junior National Championships. ;1999 She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open (under 17 Singles). ;2005 World Championships She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round. ;2006 Intercollegiate Championships She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships. ;2006 Canadian International In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open (badminton), Canadian Open. ;2006 Boston Badminton Open At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with Mesinee Mangkalakiri. ;2007 Pan American Games Lee also competed in badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won three g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
These are the results of the women's doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point. The top four seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the semifinals. All other competitors were placed by draw. Seeds # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(gold medalists)'' # ''(bronze medalists)'' # ''(silver medalists)'' Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Badminton at the 2008 Summer Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Yujia
Li Yujia (Simplified Chinese: 李羽佳; born 18 January 1983) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles event. Born in Jingzhou, Hubei in 1983, she moved to Singapore at the age of 18 and is now a Singapore citizen. Partnered with Hendri Saputra in the mixed doubles and Jiang Yanmei in the women's doubles, she has gained recognition in the badminton scene for her agility, smashing skills and good looks. Achievements Commonwealth Games ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Mixed doubles'' Southeast Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' World Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' Asia Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Yanmei
Jiang Yanmei (Simplified Chinese: 江彦媚; born 28 February 1981) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. She competed at the Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics; Badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2002 and Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games; and also Badminton at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 Asian Games. Early life Born in Guangdong, China, Jiang moved to Singapore in 1999, and joining the Singapore national badminton team, national squad shortly after under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. Career Jiang was part of Singapore women's team that won the gold medal at the Badminton at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games, 2003 SEA Games, and bronze medal at 2006 Asian Games. She also helps the Singapore mixed team to win bronze at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. Teamed-up with Li Yujia, they won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Konon
Olga Anatolyevna Konon ( be, Вольга Анатольеўна Конан; rus, Ольга Анатольевна Конон; born 11 November 1989) is a badminton player from Germany, and is of Belarusian origin. Career Konon is known for her speed and attacking style of play. She is currently coached by Kim Ji Hyun and Per Henrik Croona. Konon won her first major international tournament in 2004, at the Finnish International in the mixed event. She was only 14 at the time. In 2005, she traveled to the north east of England to take on then county champions, mixed doubles team Andrew Dodds and Cheryl Wigham. Konon and her partner were beaten 21–9, 21–14. In her next match she suffered a knee ligament injury at the Swedish International. After this injury, in 2007, she won a gold medal in girls' doubles and a bronze medal in girls' singles at the European Junior Championships. The following year she won Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse in women's singles, and qualified for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring. Each game had to be won by a margin of two points, except when the game was won by a player who reached 30 even if the lead was only 1 at that point. The top eight seeds in the tournament were placed in the bracket so as not to face each other until the quarterfinals. All other competitors were placed by draw. Seeds A Total of 8 Players were given seeds. # ''(silver medallist)'' # ''(gold medallist)'' # ''(fourth place)'' # ''(third round)'' # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xing Aiying
Xing Aiying (; born 2 August 1989) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life Xing was born in Jiangsu, China, and she is a former Nanjing city age-group champion in 1998. She came to Singapore in 2003 and became the Chinese youngest player to join the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA). Career Xing started her debut in international tournament at the 2003 Thailand King's Cup. In 2004, she was the women's doubles runner-up at the Croatian International tournament, and won her first international title at the World Badminton Grand Prix event U.S. Open in the singles event at the age of 15. In 2005, she reached the final round in the women's singles event at the Bitburger Open and Cheers Asian Satellite tournaments. In Ballarat International, she won the women's doubles event and the runner-up in singles event. In 2006, she competed in the women's team event at the Uber Cup and Doha Asian Games. The team r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
