Korea and neighbours field top ten players for Universiade

Korea, China, and Chinese Taipei have all sent current top ten players for the badminton event at the Gwangju 2015 Universiade while Thailand, with several former top ten players, is […]

Korea, China, and Chinese Taipei have all sent current top ten players for the badminton event at the Gwangju 2015 while Thailand, with several former top ten players, is also fielding a very strong team.  The opening ceremony is set for this evening in Gwangju yet participant lists for only a few sports have been made public.

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Korea has a 12-member team consisting of current top ten players Son Wan Ho, Sung Ji Hyun, Lee So Hee, Shin Seung Chan, Lee Yong Dae, and Ko Sung Hyun, as well as former top ten players Kim Ki Jung, Kim Sa Rang, Yoo Hae Won, and Ko Ah Ra.  Only the two Korean players who are currently members of teams – singles players Jeon Hyeok Jin and Kim Hyo Min – have yet to enter the world’s top ten but both have been in Grand Prix Gold finals in the past year.

China has current women’s doubles world #3 Luo Ying / Luo Yu, as well as Ou Dongni / Yu Xiaohan, who peeked their heads in the top ten earlier this year.  Also looking like contenders are Bitburger Open men’s doubles winners Wang Yilu / Zhang Wen and China Masters runner-up in women’s singles Hui Xirui.

Chinese Taipei has both of their top ten singles players in Gwangju, Kazan silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying in the women’s event, and Chou Tien Chen in the men’s.  Accompanying them are ten more dozen quality players, most of whom have at least been in Grand Prix finals.

Thailand, which has had a lock on the men’s singles title, is sending both the 2011 and 2013 gold medallists, Suppanyu Avihingsanon and Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk respectively.  Former top ten player Porntip Buranaprasertsuk and Busanan Ongbamrungphan, who have each won major singles titles as well as reaching two Grand Prix semi-finals together as a doubles pair, will lead the Thais in the ladies’ events.  Also in Gwangju is 2011 men’s doubles gold medallist Bodin Issara.

Russia has a large, 16-member badminton contingent but it lacks the big names that featured in its home Universiade in Kazan two years ago.

The team event gets underway on Monday and the individual events a few days later, with the last gold medals to be awarded on Sunday, July 12th.

Shown below are the player lists as obtained from the Gwangju Universiade Organizing Committee.  Player profiles should be available from the Games website eventually.

Argentina
Florencia Edith Biracouritz Javier Pierre De Paepe
Dino Nicolas Delmastro
Australia
Ann-Louise Slee Luke Chong
Melinda Sun Elliott Clutterbuck
Jennifer Tam Eric Vuong
Botswana
Botho Makubate Gaone Tawana
Tebogo Ndzinge Tlholego Chamo
Dintle Malepa Tumisang Katlego Olekantse
Brazil
Ana Campos Luiz Santos Junior
Gabriela Santos Leonardo Alkimin
Canada
Stephanie Pakenham Philippe Gaumond
Caroline Beauregard Philippe Charron
Tracy Ching Ting Wong Maxime Tetreault
Vicky Girard-Simmons Maxime Marin
Joanne Yu Chen Alexis Gohier-Drolet
China
Luo Ying Gao Huan
Luo Yu Zhang Zhijun
Ou Dongni Zhang Wen
Hui Xirui Qiao Bin
Yu Xiaohan Wang Yilu
Fan Mengyan Xu Zuopeng
Chinese Taipei
Hsieh Pei-Chen Liao Min-Chun
Chiang Kai-Hsin Tseng Min-Hao
Pai Yu-Po Chou Tien-Chen
Hsu Ya-Ching Hsu Jen-Hao
Wu Ti-Jung Lu Ching-Yao
Tai Tzu-Ying Wang Chi-Lin
Estonia
Karoliine Hoim Kaspar Kapp
Melissa Mazurtsak Estonia
Finland Estonia
Sanni Rautala Anton Kaisti
Sonja Pekkola Petri Hautala
France
Lea Palermo Laurent Constantin
Lorraine Baumann Yoann Julien Phlippe Turlan
Marie Batomene Lucas Claerbout
Anne Tran Bastian Kersaudy
Germany
Isabel Herttrich Peter Ludwig Kaesbauer
Franziska Volkmann Fabian Holzer
Linda Efler Mark Lamsfuss
Fabian Roth
Ghana
Pearl Mamah Michael Opoku Baah
Hong Kong, China
Yeung Hiu Tung Ng Ka Wai
Yeung Lee Ling Tang Ho Kan
Yuen Pak Ho
India
Leela Lakshmi Rachapalli Arjun Kumar Reddy Malgari
Maneesha Kukkapalli Venkata Sai Vijetha Nandula
Meghana Jakkampudi Saraswathisantosh Radhakrishna Ravuri
Vaishnavi Vikas Bhale Shreyansh Kumar Jaiswal
Rituparna Das Rohit Yadav Chittaboina
Ruthvika Shivani Gadde Hema Nagendrababu Thandrangi
Indonesia
Devi Tika Permatasari Agrippina Primarahmanto Putera
Aprilia Yuswandari Hidayat Setiawan
Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo
Febby Angguni Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Japan
Mako Urushizaki Yosei Yamaguchi
Natsumi Uratani Ryo Kanda
Shiho Tanaka Kazuki Okamura
Mirai Shinoda Taishi Sakaki
Natsumi Shimoda Akira Koga
Aya Fukunaga Kenta Nishimoto
Miki Kashihara Tomoki Arai
Miyuki Kato Kohtaro Miyajima
Masato Takano
Jordan
Ahmad Alwaqfi
Korea
Sung Ji Hyun Ko Sung Hyun
Go Ah Ra Son Wan Ho
Yoo Hae Won Lee Yong Dae
Lee So Hee Kim Sa Rang
Shin Seung Chan Kim Gi Jung
Kim Hyo Min Jeon Hyeok Jin
Lebanon
Russelle Mouawad Jad Farjallah
Malaysia
Daphne Ng Vountus Indra Mawan Saniru
Lyddia Cheah Mohamad Arif Bin Ab Latif
Yang Li Lian Muhammad Syawal Mohd Ismail
Erica Khoo Zulfadli Zulkiffli
Wei Chyi Ti Jagdish Singh Dhanoa Kuldip Singh
Sylvia Kavita Kumares Low Juan Shen
Mauritius
Marie Yeldy Louison Jean Christopher Paul
Nepal
Tamang Nangsal Deepak Bohara
Niger
Ruth Chineye Ebere
Nigeria
Serah Uyoh Samuel Ifraimu Jinkam Bulus
Nguamo Patricia Akpusugh Victor Gbolahan Makanju
Ruth Chineye Ebere Minaphee Isaac
Augustina Sunday Clement Ebiowo Krobakpo
Philippines
Jean Marie Lucas Petronilo Jr. Nim
Gilly Chavez JC Clarito
Gielyn Erika Ochoa Graham Jr. Lim
Poland
Aneta Wojtkowska Pawel Pietryja
Weronika Grudzina Mateusz Dubowski
Karolina Gajos Mateusz Swierczynski
Russia
Irina Khlebko Andrei Ivanov
Elena Komendrovskaya Anton Ivanov
Anastasiia Cherviakova Nikita Khakimov
Mariia Shegurova Gordei Kosenko
Olga Morozova Vasily Kuznetsov
Olga Lipkina Andrei Parakhodin
Viktoriia Dergunova Denis Grachev
Elizaveta Tarasova Sergei Sirant
Serbia
Milica Simic Igor Bjelan
Slovenia
Sabina Magyar Matevz Bajuk
Primoz Flis
Urban Turk
Mitja Semrov
Sri Lanka
Sandaru Nisansala Weerasinghe U.G. Yasitha Sakmal Kariyawasam
Achini Narmada Herath Chinthaka Manimel Wadu
Achini Nimeshika Rathnasiri Kapuru Mudiyanselage Pramud Rachintha Weerasuriya
A.L.A. Pamuditha Lahiru Ambegoda
Sweden
Ann Karolina Kotte
Amanda Andren
Isabella Berfin Aslan
Switzerland
Sanya Herzig Christoph Heiniger
Cendrine Hantz Thomas Heiniger
Ayla Huser Christian Kirchmayr
Tajikistan
Dilnoza Kodirova
Thailand
Chayanit Chaladchalam Jakkit Tuntirasin
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Suppanyu Avihingsanon
Jongkolphan Kititharakul Sermsin Wongyaprom
Rawinda Prajongjai Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk
Phataimas Muenwong Bodin Isara
Busanan Ongbamrungphan Nipitphon Phuangphuapet
Uganda
Aisha Nakiyemba Ivan Mayega
Bridget Shamin Bangi Yakoub Musisi
Jovia Abwooli Komuhendo Herbert Ebayo
Daisy Nakalyango Aston Bruno David Msaba
Brenda Nabusindo Daniel Mihigo Sebunya
United Kingdom
Caitlin Pringle Martin Campbell
Rebekka Findlay Patrick Machugh
Kerri Scott Matthew Carder
Victoria Williams Angus Pedersen
Chloe Birch
United States of America
Erika Sporkert Derrick Long
Adrienne Lin Chetan Potu
Stephanie Lam Timothy Hsu
Angela Zhang Ashwin Narkar
Zambia
Julius Mbewe
Don Hearn

About Don Hearn

Don Hearn is an Editor and Correspondent who hails from a badminton-loving town in rural Canada. He joined the Badzine team in 2006 to provide coverage of the Korean badminton scene and is committed to helping Badzine to promote badminton to the place it deserves as a global sport. Contact him at: don @ badzine.net