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| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1998 | |||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||
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Laura Lanes (born 17 April 1998) [1] is a Cuban para badminton player.
Lanes competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games where she won a silver medal in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 event alongside Rolando Bello and a bronze medal in the women's singles SU5 event. [2]
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in 47 disciplines. During the Games, 95 new Pan American records were set; 2,196 medals were awarded; 1,262 doping control tests were performed and about 15,000 volunteers participated in the organization of the event, which was an Olympic qualification for 13 International Federations (IFs).
Badminton has been part of the Pan American Games since the 1995 Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Canada has dominated the badminton events since its inception. At the most recent edition of the games in 2019, in Lima, five nations won medals, with Canada taking home four of the five titles.
The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Games was the last Parapan American Games that was not held in the same city as the Pan American Games. The most recent games was the 6th Parapan American Games which took place in 2019 with the host city being Lima, Peru. The current Parapan American Games were happening between 17 and 26 November 2023, in Santiago, Chile.
The 2019 Parapan American Games, officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, was an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee, which was held from August 23 to September 1, 2019 in Lima, Peru.
The 2023 Parapan American Games, officially the VII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Santiago 2023 Parapan-Am Games, is an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities. It celebrates the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee and is being held from November 17 to 26 in Santiago, Chile.
Panama competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Costa Rica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Bolivia competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Jamaica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Guyana competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Barbados competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Badminton competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between July 29 and August 2, 2019 at the Polideportivo 3, which also hosted the roller sports (artistic) and table tennis competitions.
Qualification for badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begins on 1 January 2019 to 16 May 2021. There are 90 expected slots for the sport across fourteen medal events.
Badminton at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru from 29 August to 1 September. This is the debut appearance of badminton to be in the Parapan Games, this event will act as a qualifier to add points on the Road to Tokyo 2020 qualification where para badminton will also make its first appearance.
Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Cheah Liek Hou is a Malaysian para-badminton player. He is an 11-time winner of the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships. He won the gold medal in the men's singles SU5 event of the 2020 Summer Paralympics, making him the first Malaysian athlete to win a medal in para-badminton. He is also the first-ever Paralympic champion in para-badminton.
Suryo Nugroho is an Indonesian para-badminton player. He won the bronze medal in the men singles SU5 event of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. In 2017, he won the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships, when he partnered Singaporean Tay Wei Ming to defeat the World No.1 Malaysian pair of Cheah Liek Hou and Hairol Fozi Saaba to claim gold in the men’s doubles SU5. Nugroho also won a silver medal in the men's singles event.
Ayako Suzuki is a Japanese former paralympic badminton player. She participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the silver medal in the women's singles SU5 event. Suzuki also participated in the women's doubles SL3–SU5 event, being awarded the bronze medal with her teammate, Noriko Ito.
Tay Wei Ming is a Singaporean para-badminton player. He was Singapore's first ever Para-Badminton world champion. He won the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in 2017, when he partnered Indonesia's Suryo Nugroho to defeat the World No.1 Malaysian pair of Cheah Liek Hou and Hairol Fozi Saaba to claim gold in the men’s doubles SU5.
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