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The Canadian Badminton Association claimed that his Toronto Star articles made him a paid professional. [1] As a professional badminton player, however, Purcell beat all the leading players in the world by 1932. He was declared world champion in 1933 based on his beating the top Canadian, American and British badminton players. [1]
Gutta is the first badminton player of Indian origin to qualify for two events in the Olympics–women's doubles with Ponnappa and mixed doubles with V. Diju at London. Gutta is known for her skilled left-handed stroke-play and is one of the very few doubles players to use a forehand service.
Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar (born 15 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player. [1] He has won titles like Odisha Masters , India International Challenge , and Telangana International Challenge. He was also the runner-up at the Bangladesh International Challenge.
Hoo Pang Ron (simplified Chinese: 许邦荣; traditional Chinese: 許邦榮; pinyin: Xǔ Bāngróng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Pang-êng; born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He began to play badminton at the age of ten, and started competing or playing competitively when he was eighteen.
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [6] 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, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
He took up badminton at the age of 8, having been introduced to the sport by his father, who was a national level badminton player. [10] He became the youngest ever Sri Lankan national badminton champion at the age of 16 in 2001 after winning his maiden national title on debut appearance at the Sri Lankan Badminton Nationals. [5]
Goh Jin Wei (simplified Chinese: 吴堇溦; traditional Chinese: 吳堇溦; pinyin: Wú Jǐnwēi; Jyutping: Ng4 Gan2 Mei4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Kín-bî; born 30 January 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. [2] She won the 2015 and 2018 BWF World Junior Championships and the girls' singles title at the 2018 Youth Olympics.
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [28] 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, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.