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Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 except. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University gymnasium.
Badminton Europe (BE) is the governing body of badminton in Europe. It is one of the five continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). It has 53 member associations and 1 associate member. It was founded on 27 September 1967 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 August to 17 August at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland since 1986. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit.
Robert William James "Bobby" Milroy is a male badminton player, coach, businessman and spokesman from Canada.
Magnus Sahlberg is a Swedish badminton player. He won the men's singles title at the National Championships in 2008, and in the men's doubles event in 2012. He also won the international level tournament at the 2006 Iceland International and 2009 Portugal International.
Jill Pittard is a badminton player from England.
Broddi Kristjansson is a retired male badminton player from Iceland.
Iceland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation celebrated its centennial anniversary in the Olympics, having participated at every games since 1912, except for four occasions.
Ragna Björg Ingólfsdóttir is an Icelandic badminton player. She represented Iceland in 2008 Beijing and again at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. She trained at the Tennis og badmintonfélag Reykjavíku, and educated philosophy of psychology at the University of Iceland. In 2011, she commented on skirts boosting popularity in badminton.
Lyddia Cheah Li Ya is a Malaysian badminton player. Her younger sister, Soniia Cheah Su Ya is also a badminton player. In 2010, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in India.
Anton Kaisti is a Finnish badminton player. He joined Finish national badminton team since 2007, then in 2014 he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel.
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Frederik Colberg is a Danish badminton player from Holbæk. He won his first international title at the 2010 Iceland International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Mette Poulsen. Colberg was part of the Danish junior team that won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Junior Championships. Teamed-up with Rasmus Fladberg, they manage to claimed the men's doubles title at the 2017 National Championships, and some international titles in the 2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics, 2017 Belgian, and Hungarian International tournaments; and also won the 2018 Spanish International partnered with Joachim Fischer Nielsen.
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