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Badminton At The 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The winner of the women's singles competition received the first official badminton medal in Olympic history. It was also the first gold medal for Indonesia, which before had only won one silver (in archery). 52 players from 27 nations competed in women's singles. Draw First rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Finals References External links Women's singles draws and results at the 1992 Summer Olympics - InternationalBadminton.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's Singles Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1992 in women's badminton, Olymp Women's events at the 1992 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavelló De La Mar Bella
The Pavelló de la Mar Bella is an indoor arena located in Barcelona, Catalonia. Seating 4000, it hosted the Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics, badminton events for 1992 Summer Olympics. This venue was completed in time for the 1992 Games. In 1993, it was converted to a privately-owned municipal multi-purpose venue, granted to Club Natació Poble Nou. Due to the financial issues faced by said entity, the City Hall of Barcelona recovered the grant and bestowed to the municipal company B:SM. In 2011, the Barcelona School Sports Board (Consell de l'Esport Escolar de Barcelona, CEEB) obtained the grant. References Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton venues Indoor arenas in Catalonia, Mar Bella Sports venues completed in 1992 Sports venues in Barcelona Badminton venues Rugby union stadiums in Spain {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Harsagi
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is part of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', some others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Sanz
Esther María Sanz Barranco (born 6 December 1974) is a Spanish badminton player, born in Málaga. She competed in women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c .... Notes References External links * * * * 1974 births Living people Spanish female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Spain Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Málaga {{Spain-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhonda Cator
Rhonda Maree Cator (born 23 August 1966) is an Australian retired badminton player. Career Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open. She also competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Domestically, Cator has won the national championship in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and has competed at five Commonwealth Games, winning 5 bronze medals as follows: the team event in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, in both the team event and mixed doubles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and also in both the women's teams event and mixed doubles at the Kuala Lumpur Games four years later. Cator was the Australian badminton assistant coach at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and team manager at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Heung-soon
Lee Heung-soon (born 19 November 1971) is a retired female badminton player from South Korea. Career Lee competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She lost in quarterfinals to Huang Hua Huang Hua (; ; January 25, 1913 – November 24, 2010) was a senior Chinese Communist revolutionary, politician, and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister of China from 1976 to 1982, and concurrently as Vice Premier from 1980 to 1982. He was ..., of China, 11-3, 10-12, 11-0. Achievements World Championships ''Women's singles'' World Cup ''Women's singles'' Asian Championships ''Women's singles'' World Junior Championships The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. ''Girls' doubles'' IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Nielsen (badminton)
Elsa Nielsen (born 26 June 1974) is an Icelandic badminton player. She competed in women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in women's singles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Icelandic female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Iceland Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Iceland-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhumita Bisht
Madhumita Bisht (born Madhumita Goswami on 5 October 1964 at Jalpaiguri) is an Indian former badminton player from West Bengal. She is an eight-time National singles champion, nine-time doubles winner and a twelve-time mixed doubles winner. She represented India in the 1992 Olympics in Women's singles discipline. Awards *She received the Arjuna Award in 1982. *Madhumita is recipient of the Padma Shri Award The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ... (2006). References External links * 1964 births Living people People from Jalpaiguri Sportswomen from West Bengal Racket sportspeople from West Bengal Indian female badminton players Indian national badminton champions Olympic badminton players for India Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Recipient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christelle Mol
Christelle Mol (born 3 January 1972) is a French badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c .... References External links * 1972 births Living people French female badminton players Olympic badminton players for France Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Muggeridge
Joanne Muggeridge (born 3 April 1969) is a female badminton player, born in London who represented Great Britain, England and Wales. Badminton career She competed in women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She represented England and won two gold medals in the women's doubles and mixed team events, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Following an argument in 1997 with the England team manager Steve Baddeley she switched allegiance to Wales and competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ... for Wales. References External links * * * * * * (1994) * (2002) English female badmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda French
Linda French (born March 4, 1964) is an American badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Achievements PanAm Championships ''Women's doubles'' References External links * 1964 births Living people American female badminton players Olympic badminton players for the United States Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Elmhurst, Illinois Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in badminton 20th-century American sportswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Hua (badminton)
Huang Hua (; born November 16, 1969) is a Chinese female badminton player who won major international titles in the early 1990s. Career Huang and her contemporary Tang Jiuhong were the leading Chinese singles players between the era of Han Aiping and Li Lingwei (most of the 1980s) and the era of Ye Zhaoying (mid to late 1990s). She played for Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) teams that won world team championships in 1990 and 1992. Her singles titles included the Swedish (1990), Thailand (1990), Malaysia (1990, 1992), Korea (1991), Singapore (1991), Japan (1990, 1991), and China (1991) Opens. She was a runner-up in the 1989 World Championships and in the prestigious All-England Championships in 1990. Huang won the 1991 Badminton World Cup held in Macau and was a bronze medalist in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, losing in the semi-finals to Susi Susanti of Indonesia, the eventual winner. Playing style Susi Susanti, one of Huang's rivals, described her as a "complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine De Souza
Martine Hennequin (née de Souza, born 26 July 1973) is a Mauritian badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in three events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She has won gold medals in three Indian Ocean Island Games The Indian Ocean Island Games () is a quadrennial multi-sport event from Indian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritiu ... editions. References External links * 1973 births Living people Mauritian female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Mauritius Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Mauritius-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
