Jamaica International

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The Jamaica International is an open international badminton tournament in Jamaica. This tournament established since 1950s, thus making this as one of the oldest badminton tournament in the Caribbean. The tournament has been an International Series level.

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Previous Winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1971 Flag of Mexico.svg Roy Díaz González Flag of Jamaica.svg Margaret Parslow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Paulson
Flag of Jamaica.svg Anthony Garcia
Flag of Jamaica.svg Barbara Lai
Flag of Jamaica.svg Annie Lowe
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Paulson
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jennifer Haddad
1973 Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Paulson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Yves Paré
Flag of England.svg Margaret Beck
Flag of England.svg Bridget Cooper
Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Twedberg
1974 Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson Flag of Jamaica.svg Jennifer Haddad Flag of Indonesia.svg Ade Chandra
Flag of Indonesia.svg Herman
Flag of Jamaica.svg Norma Haddad
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jennifer Haddad
Flag of Jamaica.svg Robert Richards
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jennifer Haddad
1975 Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Flag of Denmark.svg Elo Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
1999 [1] Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Manha
Flag of Jamaica.svg Shackerah Cupidon
Flag of Jamaica.svg Nigella Saunders
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Martin Giuffre Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Tunalı Flag of Guatemala.svg Rodolfo Ramírez
Flag of Guatemala.svg Jonathan Solís
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Fere
Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Tunalı
Flag of Turkey.svg Ramazan Öztürk
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Kılıç
2016 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Martins Flag of Italy.svg Jeanine Cicognini Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Matijs Dierickx
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Freek Golinski
Flag of Jamaica.svg Ruth Williams
Flag of Jamaica.svg Katherine Wynter
Flag of Austria.svg David Obernosterer
Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Baldauf
2017 Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Toft Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of India.svg Venkatesh Prasad
Flag of India.svg Jagadish Yadav
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich
2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Ho-Shue Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Hsu Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Saurabh Sharma
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Hsu
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Subandhi
Flag of Cuba.svg Osleni Guerrero
Flag of Cuba.svg Yeily Ortiz
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Kodai Naraoka Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jordan Hart Flag of Guatemala.svg Jonathan Solís
Flag of Guatemala.svg Rudolfo Ramírez
Flag of the United States.svg Breanna Chi
Flag of the United States.svg Jennie Gai
Flag of Brazil.svg Artur Silva Pomoceno
Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente
2020 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Obayashi Flag of Japan.svg Momoka Kimura Flag of Guatemala.svg Aníbal Marroquín
Flag of Guatemala.svg Jonathan Solís
Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Hobara
Flag of Japan.svg Rena Miyaura
Flag of Guatemala.svg Jonathan Solís
Flag of Guatemala.svg Diana Corleto

Performances by nation

Top Nations
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 221.50.52.58.5
2Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.541.58
3Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11125
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 210.514.5
5Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 314
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2114
7Flag of England.svg  England 1113
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 213
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1113
10Flag of India.svg  India 22
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 11
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 11
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 11
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 11
20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0.50.5
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.50.5
Total111111111155

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References

  1. "Jamaica Int 1999 (I)". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 14 August 2016.