The 1952 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton. Beginning in 1948–49, it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter has been held every two years. Twelve national teams contested for the Thomas Cup in the 1951-1952 badminton season, the tournament's second edition. According to the rules then in place Malaya was exempt from earlier ties, needing only to defend its title in a conclusive challenge round tie. The other contestants were divided into three regional qualifying zones, the Pacific, Europe, and Pan America, for the early ties. The winners of each zone then played-off in Malaya for the right to face Malaya in the challenge round. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup.
The 1955 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton. Beginning in 1948–49, it was held every three years until 1982 and has been held every two years thereafter. Twenty-one national teams officially entered the third Thomas Cup series in 1954-1955 but two of these, Belgium and Burma, defaulted their opening ties. Four qualifying zones were established: Asia, Australasia, Europe and Pan America. Winners from each zone played-off in Singapore in late May and early June for the right to play Malaya which, as defending champion, was exempt until it met a challenger in a conclusive challenge round tie. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup.
The 1958 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton. Beginning in 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 and has been held every two years thereafter. Nineteen teams contested for the Thomas Cup during the 1957-1958 season. As defending champion Malaya was exempt until the conclusive tie called the challenge round. The other eighteen teams were divided into four qualifying zones; Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Pan America; with the winners of each intra-zone competition advancing to inter-zone competition in Singapore to determine a challenger to Malaya. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup.
Erland Kops was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
Finn Kobberø was a badminton player from Denmark, who won numerous international titles in all of badminton's three events from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
Hiroe Yuki was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
Eva Twedberg is a former Swedish badminton player who won women's singles at numerous international championships. Noted for her stamina and swift court coverage, her peak years were the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Among other titles, she won the World Invitational Championships held in Glasgow, in 1971 in both singles and doubles, the prestigious All-England singles title in 1968 and 1971; the Danish Open in 1968, 1970, and 1972; the U.S. Open in 1972 and 1973; and the European Championships in 1970. Mrs. Stuart is the most successful player in the history of the Swedish National Badminton Championships with a combined total of 44 titles in national restricted and national open competition earned between 1960 and 1976. During the latter part of her badminton career she married the Northumberland county and England badminton internationalist Elliot Stuart and represented Northumberland.
Tan Yee Khan is a former Malaysian badminton player who represented his country in badminton events around the world during the 1960s.
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen was a Danish badminton player who won numerous major international titles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
Channarong Ratanaseangsuang, also known as Ratana, is a former badminton player and coach who represented both Thailand and Canada in international competition.
Teh Kew San (郑求山) is a former Malaysian badminton player who won national and international titles from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Elo Hansen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who won international titles in all three events from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s.
Donald Smythe was a Canadian badminton player who won nine Canadian national titles and represented his country internationally during the 1950s. Known for his tenacity and consistency, Smythe is the only North American, besides the legendary Dave Freeman to reach the final round of men's singles at the prestigious All-England Championships (1954). Smythe played Thomas Cup for Canada in three consecutive campaigns between 1951 and 1958.
Tyna Barinaga is a former American badminton player who won national and international titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. In 1964 Barinaga and fellow Port Angeles, Washington resident Caroline Jensen (Hein) became the first all-teenage team to capture the women's doubles title at the U.S. Open Championships. They won the Canadian Open women's doubles the following year. Barinaga shared the mixed doubles title at U.S. Open in 1966, and won both singles and doubles at the same tournament in 1968. Her last full season of competition, 1969–1970, was probably her best. After claiming a number of titles in Great Britain, she won all three events at the U.S Championships and women's singles at the Canadian Open. Barinaga was a member of three U.S. Uber Cup teams, the first of which retained the women's world team championship. She was inducted into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame in 2003.
Choong Ewe Leong was a former Malaysian badminton player and politician.
Yew Cheng Hoe is a former world-class Malaysian badminton player.
Susan Devlin Peard is an American-Irish former badminton player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter of J. Frank Devlin, an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the late 1930s. She is the older sister of Judy Devlin Hashman, with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigious All-England Championships.
Chavalert Chumkum was a former world-class badminton player who represented Thailand from the early 1960s to the early 1970s.
Thelma Kingsbury (1911–1979), was an English-born, naturalised American sportswoman who won major badminton titles in the British Isles and then in the US from the early 1930s to the early 1950s.
Dorothy "Dottie" O'Neil is a retired American badminton player.
Ernesto Villareal 
Margaret Varner Bloss 
Bert Fergus 
Teh Kew San 
Erland Kops 
Tan Joe Hok 
Luís Enrique Peñalver 
Minoru Koga 
Jan Louda 
Polina Buhrova 
Osleni Guerrero 
Kern Pong Lap Kan 
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