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Petr Koukal is a Czech professional badminton player.
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The Yugoslavian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Yugoslavia. They were held between 1994 and 2002, and were succeeded by the Serbian and Montenegrin National Badminton Championships and Serbian National Badminton Championships. In other parts of the former SFR Yugoslavia, national badminton championships are held, too.
Olga Anatolyevna Konon is a badminton player from Germany, and is of Belarusian origin.
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Maja Tvrdy is a Slovenian badminton player. She competed for Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Alen Roj is a Slovenian badminton player. In 2015, he became the runner-up of Egypt International tournament in the men's singles event. In 2020, he was appointed as a coach in Luxembourg national team. He is married German badminton player, Olga Konon in 2018.
Léa Palermo is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. In 2010, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2015, she won the Slovenia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bastian Kersaudy. In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event. She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and at the Estonian International in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Delphine Delrue. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Delrue.
Lorraine Baumann is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8 with her father and brother Marin Baumann, then in 2011, she joined France national badminton team. In 2015, he became the runner-up of Slovenia International tournament in mixed doubles event with Marin Baumann.
Mikkel Mikkelsen is a Danish badminton player. In 2016, he won the mixed doubles titles at the Portugal International tournament partnered with Mai Surrow. In May 2016, he and Surrow lifted their second title as a pair in only their fourth tournament together at the Slovenia International tournament.
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