Yang Yang is a former Chinese badminton player.
The Pan American Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan America (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas. The tournament was held every year from 1977 until 1980, then every two years from 1987 until 2007. It is now organized annually, except once every four years when the Pan American Games multi-sports event is held. Badminton is part of the Pan American Games since 1995. Since then, 2007 was the only year both events were held simultaneously in the same year. The Pan American Badminton Championships once had a Grand Prix status.
Han Aiping was a Chinese badminton player in the 1980s who ranks among the greats of the woman's game. Noted for her superb overhead strokes, she and her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner Li Lingwei dominated international singles play for most of the decade, each winning the IBF World Championships twice, and led Chinese teams to victory in Uber Cup competitions.
The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. BWF categorised Japan Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.
The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as an invitational tournament in 2005, but it was ended after the 2006 event.
Wang Pengren is a male former world level badminton player from China.
Bobby Ertanto is a retired badminton player from Indonesia who specialized in doubles.
Qian Ping is a former world level badminton player from China.
Football was the optional sport at the 1979 edition. Between 1985 and 2019, football was a recognized mandatory sport. The women's football competition began in the 1993 edition as optional event. Due the creation of the FISU University Football World Cup in 2019, the sport will no longer be part of the Summer World University Games program starting at that year. With this change, the number of mandatory sports will be kept at fifteen, since the place will be occupied by badminton which after five editions as an optional sport turned a compulsory sport.
Arvind Bhat is a male badminton player from Bangalore, India.
The 1981 Badminton World Cup was the third edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 October to 11 October 1981. Competitions for doubles were not conducted. India won men's singles event while China won women's singles event.
The 1982 Badminton World Cup was the fourth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 September to 19 September 1982. Competitions for doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles event while Denmark won women's singles event.
The 1983 Badminton World Cup was the fifth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 16 August to 21 August 1983. China won titles in 3 disciplines : Both the singles events and Women's doubles. South Korea won Men's doubles while cross country pair from Denmark and England won the mixed doubles title.
The 1984 Badminton World Cup was the sixth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 18 September to 23 September 1984. China won titles in 3 disciplines : Both the singles events and Women's doubles. Indonesia won Men's doubles while cross country pair from Sweden and England won the mixed doubles title.
The 1992 Badminton World Cup was the fourteenth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Guangzhou, China in from 19 August to 23 August 1992. Indonesia won the men's singles and mixed doubles events while China won both the women's events. Malaysia secured a title in men's doubles discipline.
The 1991 Badminton World Cup was the thirteenth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Portuguese Macau from 7 August to 10 August 1991. Indonesia won the men's singles and mixed doubles events while China won the women's singles. Malaysia secured a title in men's doubles discipline & South Korea clinched the women's doubles title.
The 1990 Badminton World Cup was the twelfth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held from 14 November to 18 November 1990. Competitions for group stage were conducted in Bandung while final matches were scheduled for Istora Senayan in Jakarta. Indonesia won the women's singles and mixed doubles events while China won the men's singles & women's doubles categories. Malaysia secured a title in men's doubles discipline.
The 1989 Badminton World Cup was the eleventh edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in from 15 to 19 November 1989. China won the men's singles & women's doubles categories while South Korea secured titles in men's doubles & mixed doubles discipline. Indonesia's Susi won women's singles title.
The 1988 Badminton World Cup was the tenth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in September 1988. China won titles in all 5 disciplines.
The 1985 Badminton World Cup was the seventh edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Istora Senayan, Jakarta. Indonesia won 3 titles while China finished with the titles from 2 disciplines.
Zhao Jianhua 
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