Badminton Hall of Fame

Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame
Established	1996
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

3°09′17″N 101°43′07″E / 3.1547°N 101.7186°E / 3.1547; 101.7186

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

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

Men's player

Women's player

Inductees	Nationality	Category	Year	Ref.
Ahm née Olsen, Tonny Kristine	Denmark	WS WD XD	1997
Bang, Soo-hyun	South Korea	WS	2019	^[4]^[5]
Cai, Yun	China	MD	2021	^[6]
Chen, Yuniang	China	WS WD XD	2002
Choong, Ewe Beng "Eddy"	Malaysia	MS MD XD	1997
Choong, Ewe Leong "David"	Malaysia	MS MD XD	1998
Chung, Myung-hee	South Korea	WD XD	2003
Chung, So-young	South Korea	WD XD	2003
Devlin, Joseph Francis "Frank"	Ireland	MS MD XD	1997
Freeman, David Guthrie	United States	MS MD XD	1997
Frost Hansen, Morten	Denmark	MS MD	1998
Fu, Haifeng	China	MD	2021	^[6]
Gao, Ling	China	WD XD	2011
Ge, Fei	China	WS WD XD	2008
Gil, Young-ah	South Korea	WD XD	2009
Gilks née Perrin, Gillian	England	WS WD XD	1999
Gong, Zhichao	China	WS	2012	^[7]
Gu, Jun	China	WS WD XD	2008
Ha, Tae-kwon	South Korea	MD XD	2012	^[7]
Hadinata, Christian	Indonesia	MS MD XD	2001
Hammergaard Hansen, Jørgen	Denmark	MS MD XD	1998
Han, Aiping	China	WS WD	1998
Hartono Kurniawan, Rudy	Indonesia	MS	1997
Hashman née Devlin, Judy	United States England	WS WD XD	1997
Yuki, Hiroe	Japan	WS WD	2002
Hou, Jiachang	China	MS MD	2002
Huang, Sui	China	WD XD	2011
Kim, Dong-moon	South Korea	MD XD	2009
Kim, Moon-soo	South Korea	MD XD	2002
Kobberø, Finn	Denmark	MS MD XD	1997
Køppen, Lene	Denmark	WS WD XD	1998
Kops, Erland	Denmark	MS MD	1997
Larcombe née Thomson, Ethel Warneford	England	WS WD XD	2008
Lee, Chong Wei	Malaysia	MS	2023	^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Li, Lingwei	China	WS WD	1998
Li, Yongbo	China	MD	2011
Liem, Swie King	Indonesia	MS MD	2002
Lin, Dan	China	MS	2023	^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Lucas, Emily Muriel	England	WS WD XD	1998
Lund, Thomas Haubro	Denmark	MD XD	2008
Mainaky, Rexy Ronald	Indonesia	MD XD	2009
Natsir, Liliyana	Indonesia	WD XD	2022	^[13]
Ng, Boon Bee	Malaysia	MD XD	1998
Nichols, Ralph Cyril Fulford	England	MS MD XD	1997
Ong, Poh Lim	Malaysia Singapore	MS MD	1998
Park, Joo-bong	South Korea	MS MD XD	2001
Perry née Gardner, Nora	England	WD XD	1999
Ra, Kyung-min	South Korea	WS WD XD	2009
Strand née Rasmussen, Ulla	Denmark	WS WD XD	1999
Subagja, Ricky Achmad	Indonesia	MD XD	2009
Susanti Haditono, Lucia Francisca "Susi"	Indonesia	WS WD XD	2004
Tan, Yee Khan	Malaysia	MS MD XD	1998
Tang, Xianhu	China	MS MD XD	2002
Thomas, George Alan	England	MS MD XD	1996
Thorndahl, Kirsten	Denmark	WS WD XD	2000
Tian, Bingyi	China	MS MD	2011
Tjun, Tjun	Indonesia	MS MD XD	2009
Tragett née Larminie, Margaret Rivers	England	WS WD XD	1999
Uber née Corbin, Elizabeth "Betty"	England	WS WD XD	1996
Varner Bloss, Margaret	United States	WS WD	1999
Wahjudi, Johan	Indonesia	MD XD	2009
Wattanasin, Charoen	Thailand	MS MD XD	2000
Whetnall née Pound, Susan	England	WS WD XD	2009
Wong, Peng Soon	Malaysia Singapore	MS MD	1999
Ye, Zhaoying	China	WS WD	2009
Zhang, Jun	China	MD XD	2011
Zhang, Ning	China	WS	2021	^[6]
Zhao, Yunlei	China	WD XD	2022	^[14]

Contributor category

Name	Life span	Nationality	Year inducted
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

Country	# of members
China	20
England	12
Indonesia	10
Denmark	9
South Korea	9
Malaysia	7^A
United States	3
Ireland	2
Singapore	2^A
Scotland	1
Sweden
Thailand
Japan

Notes

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.

References

^ 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.

External links

[1] USA Badminton Hall of Fame

[2] "Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2014-06-30.

[HOF-3] "Overview". Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[HOF2019-4] "Hall of Fame Honour for Bang Soo Hyun". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

[5] "Korea's singles queen to be named to Hall of Fame". Don Hearn. Badzine.net. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

[HOF2021-6] "BWF Hall of Fame Inductees 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

[HOF2012-7] "CHINESE PLAYERS IN SPOTLIGHT ON BWF AWARDS NIGHT". bwfbadminton.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[HOF2023-8] "LIN DAN, LEE CHONG WEI ELECTED TO BWF HALL OF FAME". bwfbadminton.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[HOF2023.2-9] "Chong Wei and Lin Dan elected to BWF Hall of Fame". The Star (Malaysia). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[HOF2023.3-10] 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.

[HOF2023.4-11] "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.

[HOF2023.5-12] 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.

[13] "BWF Hall of Fame 2022 | Liliyana Natsir". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

[14] "BWF HALL OF FAME 2022 | ZHAO YUNLEI". BWF staff. BWFBadminton.com. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

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