The Games of the New Emerging Forces were the games set up by Indonesia as a counter to the Olympic Games. Established for the athletes of the so-called "emerging nations", GANEFO was the name given both to the games held in Jakarta in 1963 and the 36-member sporting federation established the same year. A second GANEFO scheduled for Cairo in 1967 was cancelled and GANEFO had only one subsequent event, an "Asian GANEFO" held in Phnom Penh in 1966.
Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la Mar Bella. 36 nations entered competitors, with a total of 177 entrants. Asian nations won fifteen of the sixteen medals, with their dominance being broken only by Denmark's bronze medal in the men's singles.
Eddy Hartono Arbie is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and fluent strokes. His two siblings, Hastomo and Hariyanto were world class shuttlers in men's singles.
The Nigeria national badminton team represents Nigeria in international badminton team competitions. It is managed by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria, the governing body of badminton in Nigeria. Nigeria was one of the seven African countries that formed the Badminton Confederation of Africa on 31 August 1977. The country first competed in the African Badminton Championships in 1980.
Terry Hee Yong Kai is a Singaporean badminton player. In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open. Hee together with Jessica Tan also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a first for Singapore in that discipline at the Games. Terry Hee and his wife Jessica Tan were nominated for the Straits Times Singaporean of the Year Award 2022. Terry Hee and Jessica Tan are Singapore's first local-born mixed doubles duo to qualify for the Olympics, and will make their debut at the Paris Olympics 2024.
The Mauritius national badminton team represents Mauritius in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Mauritius Badminton Association, the governing body of badminton in Mauritius.
The 1995 Asian Badminton Championships was the 14th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, from 4 to 8 April. China finished with three titles; while South Korea won men's singles and Malaysia won men's doubles disciplines.
The 1989 Asian Badminton Championships was the 9th edition of Badminton Asia Championships. It took place from December 18 to December 23, 1993 in Shanghai, China. Only the team competition for men's teams was held. Chinese Men's team won the crown.
Darmadi is an Indonesian badminton player from the 60s to 70s.
Lai Caiqin is a former Chinese badminton player.
The Asian Badminton Championships 1983 took place from 1 to 8 December in Calcutta, India. Both individual competitions and men's team competitions were conducted. At the end of the day, China took titles from four disciplines, Men's singles, Men's doubles, Women's doubles and Men's team competitions while South Korea won Women's singles and Mixed doubles events.
Badminton tournament at the 2022 Asian Para Games was held at Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China from 20 to 27 October 2023. The badminton programme in 2022 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions.
Tang Xianhu is a Indonesia-born Chinese former badminton player and coach. In the early days of his career, Tang was unable to participate in international competitions due to political factors, but he defeated the world's top players many times during overseas visits and exchanges, and was known as the "Uncrowned King" in badminton. He won the Asian Games men's team gold in 1974 and mixed doubles gold in 1978. After retiring, he started coaching in China and Indonesia. Many of the players he coached had won the World Championships and/or Olympic gold medals such as Lin Ying, Wu Dixi, Li Lingwei, Han Aiping, Ji Xinpeng, Xia Xuanze, Sun Jun, Lin Dan, Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng, Alan Budikusuma and Hendrawan. In 2002, he was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame.
The Laos national badminton team represents Laos in international badminton team competitions. It is managed by the Badminton Lao Federation. The Laotian team participated in the Southeast Asian Games and won three bronze medals in 1959 and 1961. The national team also competes in the Lao International, also known as the BEERLAO International Series.
Chen Yuniang is a Chinese former badminton player and coach. Chen’s first international success was at the 1963 GANEFO Games, where she earned a gold medal in women's doubles and a bronze medal in women's singles. At the 1974 Asian Games, she won gold medals in both the women's singles and women's team events. After her playing career, Chen became the coach for the Chinese national team. She also served as the vice-chairman of the China Badminton Association (CBA) and a representative to the National People's Congress for 3 consecutive terms. Chen was inducted into the IBF Hall of Fame in 2002.
Badminton made its debut in GANEFO in 1963 and was one of the main sports in the multi-sport event. The sport was contested for a second time in the 1966 GANEFO in Phnom Penh, Cambodia prior to the collapse of the GANEFO organization in the 1970s.
The badminton men's team tournament at the 1962 Asian Games took place from 25 to 27 August at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. Originally, there were eight teams competing in the event, the teams being Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand, the Philippines, Malaya and Cambodia.
Badminton was contested at the 1963 GANEFO from 14 to 19 November 1963. The events were held at the Istora Senayan Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The events held were men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles as well as the men's and women's team competition.
Nguyễn Anh Huy (1943–2006), formerly known as Smas Slayman, was a Cambodian-Vietnamese badminton player and coach. He was one of Cambodia's top badminton players in the 1960s. Originally from Vĩnh Long, he moved to Cambodia at a young age under the name Slayman.
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