Poul Erik Hoyer to run for BWF Presidency

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Raphaël Sachetat
– January 24, 2013Posted in: news
After the Chairman of the Badminton Association of Malaysia, the President of Badminton Europe, Poul Erik Hoyer, has declared his wish to become the next president of the Badminton World […]

After the Chairman of the Badminton Association of Malaysia, the President of Badminton Europe, Poul Erik Hoyer, has declared his wish to become the next president of the Badminton World Federation ().

“I want to lead the BWF in the same spirit as today and ensure an open dialogue with key stakeholders. I represent unity in the badminton world as I believe that we need strong cooperation to compete against other sports. Our prime target must be to ensure badminton’s status as an Olympic sport and with my profile I believe I can contribute to badminton’s Olympic aspirations,” said the Dane, who remains the only European to have ever won an Olympic badminton gold medal.

The BWF’s Annual General Meeting, at which delegates will elect the new president, will be taking place in Kuala Lumpur on May 18th, 2013.

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Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.