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 also fielding a very strong team. The Universiade 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 university 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 |
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