Badminton Hall of Fame
3°09′17″N 101°43′07″E / 3.1547°N 101.7186°E
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Coordinates | 3°09′17″N 101°43′07″E / 3.1547°N 101.7186°E |
| Type | Professional sports hall of fame; museum |
| President | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen |
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Hall of Fame is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It honours both players and other contributors to the sport of badminton. The BWF Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization with the goal to preserve, celebrate, and inspire the sport of badminton around the world.
There is also a USA Badminton Hall of Fame[1] and a Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame.[2]
Members
[edit]Being inducted into the BWF Hall of Fame is the ultimate honour in badminton. It represents the sum of one's achievements and contributions as being among the most important and transformative in badminton history. A player or contributor must be nominated to be inducted, and then the BWF governance committee reviews their eligibility before the recommendation is submitted to the BWF council for final deliberation.[3] Nominees have to be members of the badminton fraternity who have retired from the sport for at least a period of five years. However, the governance committee will, under special circumstances, consider nominees still active in the sport.[3]
Player category
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Contributor category
[edit]| Name | Life span | Nationality | Year inducted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolby, Seymour Sackville Carew | 1857–1921 |  England |
1996 | |
| Lü, Shengrong | 1940–present |  China |
2008 | |
| McCallum, John Dunwoodie Martin | 1883–1967 |  Ireland |
1997 | |
| Mohlin, Stellan | 1925–2018 |  Sweden |
1997 | |
| Reedie, Craig Collins | 1941–present |  Scotland |
1997 | |
| Scheele, Herbert | 1905–1981 | England |
1996 | |
| Sudirman, Dick | 1922–1986 |  Indonesia |
1997 |
Nationalities
[edit]| Country | # of members |
|---|---|
| China
|
20 |
| England
|
12 |
| Indonesia
|
10 |
 Denmark
|
9 |
 South Korea
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 Malaysia
|
7A |
 United States
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3 |
| Ireland
|
2 |
 Singapore
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2A |
| Scotland
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1 |
| Sweden
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 Thailand
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 Japan
|
Notes
[edit]- A.^ Count including Hall of Fame 1998 inductee Ong Poh Lim and 1999 inductee Wong Peng Soon, both are Singapore state players and represented the Federation of Malaya (present-day Peninsular Malaysia) when it was still a single nation. Singapore gained independence in 1965.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ USA Badminton Hall of Fame
- ^ "Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ a b "Overview". Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Honour for Bang Soo Hyun". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "Korea's singles queen to be named to Hall of Fame". Don Hearn. Badzine.net. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "BWF Hall of Fame Inductees 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ a b "CHINESE PLAYERS IN SPOTLIGHT ON BWF AWARDS NIGHT". bwfbadminton.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b "LIN DAN, LEE CHONG WEI ELECTED TO BWF HALL OF FAME". bwfbadminton.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Chong Wei and Lin Dan elected to BWF Hall of Fame". The Star (Malaysia). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b Goh, Z. K. (2 May 2023). "Badminton legends Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei to enter BWF Hall of Fame". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b "林丹李宗伟获选世界羽联名人堂" (in Chinese). China Press. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b Zheng, Yong Zhong (2 May 2023). "感激与林丹齐入名人堂李宗伟：不简单！ - 体育- 羽球" (in Chinese). Sin Chew Daily. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "BWF Hall of Fame 2022 | Liliyana Natsir". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "BWF HALL OF FAME 2022 | ZHAO YUNLEI". BWF staff. BWFBadminton.com. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.