Badminton Hall of Fame

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

Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame
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Established1996
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Coordinates3°09′17″N 101°43′07″E / 3.1547°N 101.7186°E / 3.1547; 101.7186
TypeProfessional sports hall of fame; museum
PresidentPoul-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

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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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  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

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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

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

Notes

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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

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ a b "Overview". Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  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.
  6. ^ a b c "BWF Hall of Fame Inductees 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  7. ^ a b "CHINESE PLAYERS IN SPOTLIGHT ON BWF AWARDS NIGHT". bwfbadminton.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b "LIN DAN, LEE CHONG WEI ELECTED TO BWF HALL OF FAME". bwfbadminton.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Chong Wei and Lin Dan elected to BWF Hall of Fame". The Star (Malaysia). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  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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