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Stefani Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva ( bg, Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The duo together have won gold medals in the 2015 European Games and three successive European Championships in 2018, 2021 and 2022 editions. Stefani Stoeva has also won some individual titles in women's singles competition. Career Stoeva started playing badminton at age 9 at the Haskovo School Club in 2007. She won gold medals at the U17 European Championships in the girls' singles and doubles. At the 2014 Scottish Open Grand Prix, she won in the women's doubles event, partnered with Gabriela Stoeva. They beat Heather Olver and Lauren Smith of England in the finals round with the score 21-7, 21-15. In 2015, she won the Dutch Open in women's doubles against the top seeds, World No.7 Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of Nederlands with the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galabovo
Galabovo ( bg, Гълъбово , from гълъб ''galab'', "dove" + -ovo) is a town in south-central Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Galabovo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 8,404 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Galabovo is located in the southeastern part of the , in a region economically important due to the extraction of and production of electricity in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
The women's doubles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 2 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. There were 16 pairs (32 players) from 14 nations competing. Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia won the gold medal. It was their first Olympic medal, the country's first from badminton women's doubles, and the only gold won by the contingent in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Indonesia also became the second country to have won all five Olympic badminton events, after China in London 2012 Olympics. Background This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972 (without women's doubles), held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992; the women's doubles tournament had been held since. The reigning champions were Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan, who were not defending their title following Takahashi's retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Qingchen
Chen Qingchen (born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She started her achievements under her coach Li Yongbo, with partner in the women's doubles Jia Yifan, and in the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei. She ended the 2016 BWF Season by winning the BWF Most Promising Player of the Year, also completed her success by winning doubles title at the 2016 BWF Superseries Finals in the women's and mixed doubles respectively. In 2017, she was awarded as the BWF Best Female Player of the Year, after came to Dubai World Superseries Finals as the first seeded both in women's and mixed doubles, and also won the women's doubles gold and mixed doubles silver medals at the 2017 BWF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. In women's doubles, she also won gold medals at the 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on 14–19 March 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lin Dan (champion) # Shi Yuqi ''(final)'' # Ajay Jayaram ''(withdrew)'' # Jonatan Christie ''(withdrew)'' # H. S. Prannoy ''(quarterfinals)'' # Wang Tzu-wei ''(semifinals)'' # Huang Yuxiang ''(second round)'' # Hsu Jen-hao ''(second round)'' # Anders Antonsen ''(third round)'' # Qiao Bin ''(third round)'' # Zulfadli Zulkiffli ''(withdrew)'' # Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(semifinals)'' # Sameer Verma ''(second round)'' # Brice Leverdez ''(third round)'' # Ihsan Maulana Mustofa ''(quarterfinals)'' # Emil Holst ''(quarterfinals)'' 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 # Saina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008 and now makes up the media division of Thomson Reuters. History 19th century Paul Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions in 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aachen's Reuters House. Reuter moved to London in 1851 and established a news wire agency at the London Royal Exchange. Headquartered in London, Reuter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Nelte
Carla Nyenhuis ( Nelte, born 21 September 1990) is a German badminton player. She started playing badminton at 5 years old in her hometown and became a national team member in 2009. In 2014, she took double victories at the Brasil Open in the women's and mixed doubles event. Teamed-up with Johanna Goliszewski in the women's doubles, they competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held 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 ..., Brazil. Achievements BWF World Tour 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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Goliszewski
Johanna Goliszewski (born 9 May 1986) is a German badminton player who has worked as a sport soldier in the Bundeswehr. She became the member of the Germany national badminton team in 2003. Teamed-up with Carla Nelte in the women's doubles, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Achievements 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 (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament 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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Russian Open Grand Prix
The 2015 Russia Open Grand Prix was the thirteenth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Sports Hall Olympic, Vladivostok, Russia July 21 until July 26, 2015 and had a total purse of 50,000. Players by nation Men's singles Seeds # Tommy Sugiarto (champion) # Brice Leverdez (3rd Round) # Ajay Jayaram (semi-final) # Zulfadli Zulkiffli (semi-final) # Chong Wei Feng (quarter-final) # Pablo Abián (quarter-final) # Joachim Persson (withdrew) # Misha Zilberman (quarter-final) # Petr Koukal (2nd Round) # Thomas Rouxel (W/O) # Vladimir Malkov (quarter-final) # Howard Shu (2nd Round) # Luka Wraber (final) # Henri Hurskainen (3rd Round) # David Obernosterer (3rd Round) # Eetu Heino (3rd Round) 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 # Karin Schnaase ''(1st Round)'' # Linda Zetchiri ''(2nd Round)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selena Piek
Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner is Cheryl Seinen for women's doubles and Robin Tabeling for mixed doubles. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Eefje Muskens. She has also won the mixed doubles national championships title since 2012 with three different partners. Piek was the gold medalist at the 2019 European Games in the women's doubles event with Cheryl Seinen. Achievements European Games ''Women's doubles'' European Championships ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 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 divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eefje Muskens
Eefje Muskens (born 17 June 1989), is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner for women's doubles is Selena Piek. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Piek. In 2016, she and Piek competed at the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio Summer Olympics and reached the quarter final round. Achievements European Championships ''Women's Doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ''Women's Doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament References External links * {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix
The 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix will be the third grand prix and grand prix gold tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament will be held in Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands October 6–11, 2015 and had a total purse of $50,000. '''' Men's singles Seeds # ''(Withdrew)'' # |
BBC News
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