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.
Top Nations | |||||||||
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Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | ||
1 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 8.5 | ||
2 | Jamaica | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.5 | 8 | |||
3 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
4 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.5 | |||
5 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
7 | England | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Turkey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
10 | India | 2 | 2 | ||||||
11 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Belgium | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Brazil | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Cuba | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Italy | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Mexico | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Wales | 1 | 1 | |||||||
20 | Australia | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
Netherlands | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 55 |
The Badminton Pan Am (BPA) organisation is the governing body for the sport of badminton in the Americas and is recognized as such by the Badminton World Federation - BWF. It was founded as a continental governing body on February 13, 1976 in the headquarters of the Mexican Olympic Committee in Mexico City. The Pan American Badminton Confederation was founded by Badminton Canada, the Jamaica Badminton Association, Federacion Mexicana de Badminton, Comision Nacional de Badminton Peru and the United States Badminton Association. BPAC was founded in Mexico City in 1976 and had nominated Victor Jaramillo of Mexico as President until an official election was scheduled to take place at the first Pan Am Championships the following year. The first Badminton Pan Am Championships was held in Moncton, New Brunswick-Canada, in April 1977.
The Hellas International or Greece International in badminton is an international open held in Athens, Greece since 2000 and are thereby one of the most recent international championships in Europe. In 2005, the tournament then upgraded to two star badminton event, the World Grand Prix with the total prize money $50,000. The tournament was held in Thessaloniki, and draws more than 120 players from 22 countries. In 2006, the tournament was known as Hellas International, and in season 2007/2008 it was introduced again in the European circuit as an BWF International Series with the total pursue $5,000.
Mitchel Arthur Wongsodikromo is a Surinamese badminton player and coach. He competed for Suriname at three Pan Am Games: 2003 Pan American Games, 2007 Pan American Games & the 2011 Pan American Games. As a very young badminton player of the club T.N.F. in Suriname Mitchel Wongsodikromo was an exceptional talent and won numerous juniors titles and was soon selected to represent his country abroad winning several juniors medals at Caribbean, Central American and South American events. Much of his success was with his doubles partner Virgil Soeroredjo.
Rawinda Prajongjai is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, also won the women's doubles title in 2017. Started her career as a singles player, she won her first international title at the 2013 Smiling Fish International tournament. She later focused on playing in doubles, and won her first Grand Prix tournament in 2015 Vietnam Open teamed-up with Jongkolphan Kititharakul.
The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association. In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation as International Series rated event with total prize money US$5000. For the badminton players, this tournament become a landmark for Uganda, because they can improved their point in world ranking and also in certain years, the points will be the Olympic Games qualification.
The Carebaco International is an international badminton tournament of the "Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation" (Carebaco). Until 1999 the tournament was a closed event eligible only for Carebaco members, but to gain BWF World Ranking points since 1999 the Carebaco International tournament became a level 4 open individual event, now part of the BWF Future Series.
The Guatemala International is an open badminton tournament held in Guatemala. The tournament has been an International Series level in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, then in 2009 categorized as Future Series level, and in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 categorized as International Challenge by the Badminton World Federation. The tournament is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation, so the players can improved their point in world ranking.
Oscar Roël Brandon is a Surinamese badminton player, coach and Olympic team manager. He competed for Suriname at the 1996 Summer Olympics as a badminton player in the Men's singles event. And he was "chef de mission" for Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The Lithuanian International is an international badminton tournament held in Lithuania. This tournament has been a Future Series. The 2011 tournament was called Lithuanian Open, and classified as International Series level. It is organised by Lithuanian Badminton Federation.
The Denmark Masters is an international badminton tournament held in Denmark. This tournament has been an International Challenge level. Another tournament for higher level in the country is Denmark Open.
Søren Toft Hansen is a Danish badminton player. He started his badminton career in Nyborg when he was 16. In the men's singles event, he won the 2017 Jamaica International tournament, and in the doubles event, he won the 2014 Mercosul International in Brazil, 2015 Lithuanian International, and also 2017 Bulgarian Open.
Ebru Tunalı is a Turkish badminton player. Together with Cemre Fere, she won the women's doubles titles at the Polish International, South Africa International, Jamaica International, and Giraldilla International. She also won the women's singles titles at the Jamaica and Giraldilla International.
Saurabh Sharma is an Indian badminton player. He has represented India in BWF International tournaments, having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in the junior nationals.
Mikaylia Roanna Haldane is a Jamaican badminton player. Haldane was the mixed doubles champion at the 2009 National Championships with her partner Daniel Thompson. She was selected to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Partnered with Garron Palmer, she emerged as the mixed doubles champion at the 2014 Carebaco International tournament. Haldane also participated at the 2014 and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Katherine Wynter is a Jamaican badminton player. In 2016, she won the Jamaica International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Ruth Williams. She also won the bronze medal at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Dennis Coke. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Geordine Henry is a Jamaican female badminton player.
Ruth Williams is a Jamaican female badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2015, he competed at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, Canada. In 2016, she won the Jamaica International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Katherine Wynter.
Dennis Coke is a Jamaican badminton player who competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. In 2009, he won the boys' singles and doubles at the All Jamaica Junior Championships. At the BWF International tournament, he was the men's doubles runner-up at the 2015 Carebaco International and mixed doubles runner-up at the 2017 Jamaica International. He also won the bronze medal at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wynter. In 2017, he won the Jamaican National Badminton Championships in the men's singles and doubles event partnered with Anthony McNee. Coke was part of the national team that won the men's team bronze at the 2018 Pan Am Men's Team Championships. In 2018, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Gareth Andre Theodore Henry is a Jamaican badminton player. He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games; and 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games. Henry was part of the national team that won the men's team bronze at the 2018 Pan Am Men's Team Championships. Partnered with Samuel O’Brien Ricketts, he clinched the men's doubles gold at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Jordan Hart is a Welsh badminton player. She was a Poland national badminton team member between 2021 and 26 September 2022. She made her international debut in 2009 Welsh International. She has won seven Welsh National Championships title, 5 times in the women's singles event from 2016 to 2020, once in the mixed and women's doubles in 2012 and 2020 respectively. 2019 was the golden year for Hart, where she achieved title wins in many international tournaments, some of them were in Jamaica, Giraldilla, Carebaco, Latvia and Polish International tournaments.