European future?

[mirko]

What´s the future of europe´s badminton?:confused:

Joachim Persson?:confused:

Do you know others?:confused:

[Sgbad]

From what i see at aviva open 08, joachim persson is still far far away from the top10 players.

[george@chongwei]

jan o jorgensen of denmark

[mirko]

jan o jorgensen played well today ... won against peter gade but ... don´t think that will happen again

[limsy]

wacha...poland md,wd and xd...

[Dreamzz]

morgensen and boe have a bright future in MD for DEN, if they can keep injury-free.

[Dato A]

Wacha is good player.

[babystar]

i just know a Finnish player recently...
Anu Nieminen
wife of Jarko Nieminen, tennis player

[ctjcad]

..and with the 2012 Olympics coming, in the UK, the badminton world is in need of some new, fresh, talented badminton bloods from Europe to replace the current aging fleet of top European shuttlers.....:(

[Jagdpanther]

..and with the 2012 Olympics coming, in the UK, the badminton world is in need of some new, fresh, talented badminton bloods from Europe to replace the current aging fleet of top European shuttlers.....:(
And if this new, fresh, talented European badminton bloods are indeed scarce, badminton's fate in Olympics is doomed then?:o

[huangkwokhau]

wacha...poland md,wd and xd...
Wacha is not young anymore.....so Wacha is not the future..

Olga Konon,.....is one of them...

[huangkwokhau]

:rolleyes:
i just know a Finnish player recently...
Anu Nieminen
wife of Jarko Nieminen, tennis player


She is not future of European badminton player at all....:rolleyes:

[SibugiChai]

Andrew Smith from KLRC, he looks good...

should be able to make progress palying in KLRC!

[**KZ**]

yea olga konon....european junior champ I think in WD....plays well in singles too....

[demolidor]

i just know a Finnish player recently...
Anu Nieminen
wife of Jarko Nieminen, tennis player




:rolleyes:
She is not future of European badminton player at all....:rolleyes:

Anu has reached the ripe age of 30 already ;)

Definitely Olga Konon, Jan Jorgensen. Maybe Scott Evans, Mads Kolding (in doubles), Dieter Domke, Marie Roepke (doubles) http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/icons/icon5.gif. Mads Conrad, Rasmus Bonde (doubles)...

[Mark P]

I agree with your assesment that Olga Konon has a bright future. We must remember that she came back from 5 months out due to injury picked up a racket for first time in the 5 months and won European Junior championship gold in doubles and bronze in singles. Remarkable!!! She also won in Toulouse recently beating some good seasoned players en route. She won the Finnish International at the tender age of 14 and we must remember she is still only 18 years old.

And on top of all that she is a really really nice person.

Keep an eye out on BADZINE for an article I am about to publish about her. She also has a website at www.olgakonon.com (http://www.olgakonon.com)

Mark

[demolidor]

Keep an eye out on BADZINE for an article I am about to publish about her. She also has a website at www.olgakonon.com (http://www.olgakonon.com)

Mark

Any talk about Beavis & Butt-Head? ;) Looking forward to it :cool:.

[metalmon1188]

go go olga go go!

[Jagdpanther]

After this Olympics, I guess many European players will retire. And I mean, many of them are those whose names I often see in many SS tournaments. Especially Denmark players.
DEN MD uncles, Peter Gade, and Kenneth. They're all above 30 already.
Sad indeed.

[metalmon1188]

yea lots of top denmark players are hitting their 30's or above.
Tine should have partnered doubles with Camilla before she retired.
They could have been a good pair!
But anyway, Denmark need to 'polish' some new youngters.

[metalmon1188]

Will Kamilla juhl start looking for a new partner for XD? she is only 24 (25 in november) and his current partner thomas is 30.
They sure almost upset the 3rd seed indonesians
21-17 , 15-21 , 21-17

[Jagdpanther]

Well, the only young Dane shuttlers I know are... Boe/Mogensen, Jan O. Jorgensen, Rune Ulsing, and... I forget the rests.

Sigh, why doesn't Roman Abramovich invest more to Russian badminton?

[metalmon1188]

Well, the only young Dane shuttlers I know are... Boe/Mogensen, Jan O. Jorgensen, Rune Ulsing, and... I forget the rests.

Sigh, why doesn't Roman Abramovich invest more to Russian badminton?
Lol, i dont think he even knows what Badminton is!:mad:

[victory]

Wacha is good player.

Agree Wacha is a good player but he is not the future of eurpore. He is getting old. If I am not mistaken he is 28 years old. The future of eurpoe must be coming from the young talents that Peter Gade is training now. May be they have not make their name. But soon they will rise. I hope to see more young talents come form more european countries like UK, the Netherland, German and france. It will be good for the sport in the long term.

[azabaz_ipoh]

i think poland had shown promise. that mateusiak guy was quite good. :)

[victory]

i think poland had shown promise. that mateusiak guy was quite good. :)

Oh yes I left out Poland. Indeed they are quite good and on the rise.:)

[Krisna]

Badminton Europe's future needs more funding! Especially for prize money in tournaments and training + travelling funds... Without enough money [Euros] not enough young people want to choose Badminton as their career occupation of choice... :o

Forget the government support. They are hopeless! Get the private sector to be involved. A possible jump-start can be: involving the Euro billionarres.... imagine:
Roman Abramnovich investing in Russian Badminton
Richard Branson [Virgin Record owner] investing in English Badminton
Kjeld Kristiansen [Lego owner] investing more in Denmark Badminton
Ingvar Kamprad [IKEA owner] investing more in Swedish Badminton
etc.

[**KZ**]

i think poland had shown promise. that mateusiak guy was quite good. :)

mateusiak is quite old already....yea he is good but seems to fall short on achievements because of not so good partners....surprisingly enough he has one of the best records against the chinese pair of He/Yu...

[victory]

Badminton Europe's future needs more funding! Especially for prize money in tournaments and training + travelling funds... Without enough money [Euros] not enough young people want to choose Badminton as their career occupation of choice... :o

Forget the government support. They are hopeless! Get the private sector to be involved. A possible jump-start can be: involving the Euro billionarres.... imagine:
Roman Abramnovich investing in Russian Badminton
Richard Branson [Virgin Record owner] investing in English Badminton
Kjeld Kristiansen [Lego owner] investing more in Denmark Badminton
Ingvar Kamprad [IKEA owner] investing more in Swedish Badminton
etc.

Yes getting the private sectors to sponsor badminton is a must. Really hope Europe badminton will do well in years to come. That way the sport will flourish and all of us will have more fun. Whoa If what is say become a truth I want to join them! But I am waaaay too old!:D:)

[metalmon1188]

Badminton Europe's future needs more funding! Especially for prize money in tournaments and training + travelling funds... Without enough money [Euros] not enough young people want to choose Badminton as their career occupation of choice... :o

Forget the government support. They are hopeless! Get the private sector to be involved. A possible jump-start can be: involving the Euro billionarres.... imagine:
Roman Abramnovich investing in Russian Badminton
Richard Branson [Virgin Record owner] investing in English Badminton
Kjeld Kristiansen [Lego owner] investing more in Denmark Badminton
Ingvar Kamprad [IKEA owner] investing more in Swedish Badminton
etc.
absolutely, badminton needs offer high prize money so people will actually start to take notice, i mean look at sports like tennis or golf, prize money can reach as high as million dollars.
as much as i would like the rich bastards above to sponsor/invest in badminton, i just dont see a chance of that happening at all >.<
speaking of prize money, which tournament offers the highest prize money? the All England Open?

[metalmon1188]

Well this sounds good :D
What's more worrisome for Europeans is that most of the real competitors from the Europe are over 30, including 31-year-old Peter Gade from Denmark in men's singles, 38-year-old Jen Eriksen from Denmark in men's doubles, 31-year-old Gail Emms from Britain in mixed doubles, who all announced their impending retirement in one or two years.
On the contrary, men's singles champion Lin Dan from China, men's doubles champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia are still at their prime age, while women's doubles champions Du Jing and Yu Yang from China, mixed doubles champion Lee Yong-dae from South Korea are just up-and-coming, and set to dominate their respective events for a couple of years.
It is encouraging that some players from other European countries are fledging on the support of the three training centers sponsored by the BWF, among whom Olga Konon from Belarus and Kestutis Navickas from Lithuania had drastically increased their world rankings after the training, and reached the round of 16 in women's singles and men's singles surprisingly.
The BWF is considering more investment on a four-year training program, hosting a two-week-long camp four times a year for athletes from developing and less developed countries to obtain a high level training, According to Roger Johansson, Development Committee Chairman of the BWF.
"This time we have brought players from 50 NOCs, and the next goal is medals in London," said Johansson, hoping that the players trained at the centers could make some breakthrough at the next Olympics.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/18/content_9475136.htm

[metalmon1188]

STAPUSAITYTE Akvile (http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/8000828.shtml)
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/images/flags/small/LTU.gifLTU - Lithuania


Date of Birth:Mar 25 1986Height(cm/ft in):166cm / 5'5"http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/images/athlete_photo/normal/8/8000828.jpgGender:FemaleWeight(kg/lbs):56 kg / 123 lbs Place of Birth:Taurage (Lithuania)Residence:Kaunas (Lithuania)Sport:Badminton Event(s):Women's Singles

[Jagdpanther]

She's pretty. Haven't seen her playing, tho.:p

[demolidor]

She's pretty. Haven't seen her playing, tho.:p

If you had you'd know this was posted in the wrong thread ;).

[metalmon1188]

She's pretty. Haven't seen her playing, tho.:p

she lost in round 32 to Tine Rasmussen
21-6 , 21-8 :p

[metalmon1188]

http://www.badzine.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1162:white-nights-double-gold-for-russia-on-home-soil&catid=8:international&Itemid=39

"After missing out on Olympic qualification, there was reason for the Russian players to celebrate at the White Nights International Challenge in Russia. Anastasia Russkikh and Ekaterina Ananina (photo) captured the women’s doubles event with a 21-12, 21-18 win over their compatriots Nina Vislova and Valeri Sorokina. The top Russian pair and number one seeds played a faultless tournament without dropping a game. The win was made all the more sweet for Russkikh as the victory came in her home town of Gatchina."
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Ekaterina Ananina lost to Wong Mew Choo in the 2007 BWF Championship WS second round, by 21-14, 22-20:eek: Not bad

Anastasia Russkikh is the current number 1 Russian Womens doubles player and along with her partner Ekaterina Ananina they are currently world ranked 17.
http://www.anastasia-russkikh.com/

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