Badminton descends from Poona, a net-and-shuttlecock game played by British army officers in mid-nineteenth-century Pune, India, first recorded there in 1867. Officers returning home brought the game to England, where the ninth Duke of Beaufort introduced it to guests at his Gloucestershire estate, Badminton House, in 1873, giving the sport its modern name. The Badminton Association of England codified formal rules in 1893, and the International Badminton Federation, now the Badminton World Federation, was established in London on 5 July 1934 with nine founding member associations.
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Origin YearMarks the Duke of Beaufort introduction of the Poona game to England at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, and its renaming. The game itself was already played as Poona in British India from at least 1867; formal English rules followed in 1893, and the international federation in 1934. Originating RegionBritish India (Pune, for the mid-nineteenth-century Poona game); England (Gloucestershire, for the 1873 introduction and naming at Badminton House). 3 International Governing BodyBadminton World Federation (BWF), established in London on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine founding member associations; renamed Badminton World Federation in 2006. 4 Contact Level Identity
SymbolA feathered shuttlecock struck with a racquet across a net. 1 Classification
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Pickleball, Sports Borrowed the badminton court and equipment; not a lineage claim.
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One of many sports on the Asian Games program; badminton is named here as a marquee example, not an exclusive claim.
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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.
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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.
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For all their inventiveness, they called the game simply 'Poona'.
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Current Olympic sports, like badminton, basketball, and volleyball, first appeared on the programme as demonstration sports and were later promoted to full Olympic sports.
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the game of pickleball was created from leftover equipment from several sports; a badminton court, paddleball paddles, a wiffle ball and a net height like that of tennis.
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Badminton and women's judo also became part of the Olympic program, while slalom canoeing returned to the Games after a 20-year absence.
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Badminton (5)
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Because he originally derived the game from badminton, he initially named the sport mintonette.
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was an international badminton player from Northern Ireland
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retired badminton player
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professional badminton player
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professional badminton player
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badminton player
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leading figures in men's singles badminton
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professional badminton player
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one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton
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is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles
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is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles
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is an Indian badminton player
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is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit
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was an Indonesian badminton player specializing in men's doubles
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is an Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles
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is a Chinese badminton player
An Se-young (Wikipedia)
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is a South Korean badminton player
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is a retired Chinese professional badminton player
Yu Yang (badminton) (Wikipedia)
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is a retired Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles
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is a Thai badminton player
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is a South Korean professional badminton player
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is a mixed and women's doubles badminton player from China
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is a Chinese former professional badminton player
Wang Yihan (Wikipedia)
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is an Indonesian former professional badminton player
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is a former Malaysian badminton player
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Matsutomo (松友 美佐紀, Matsutomo Misaki; born 8 February 1992) is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist.
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Ayaka Takahashi (高橋 礼華, Takahashi Ayaka; born 19 April 1990) is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team.
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Kim Dong-moon (Korean: 김동문; Hanja: 金東文; born 22 September 1975) is a retired South Korean badminton player who won titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s (decade).
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Hendrawan (Chinese: 葉誠萬; pinyin: Ye Chengwan; born 27 June 1972) is an Indonesian badminton coach and former player.
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Sony Dwi Kuncoro (born 7 July 1984) is an Indonesian former badminton player.
Pullela Gopichand (Wikipedia)
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Pullela Gopichand (born 16 November 1973) is an Indian former badminton player.
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Zheng Siwei (Wikipedia)
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Mathias Boe (Wikipedia)
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is a South Korean badminton player
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is a Danish badminton player
Christian Hadinata (Wikipedia)
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is an Indonesian former badminton player and coach
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is an Indonesian badminton player who excelled from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s
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was an Indonesian badminton player
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is an Indonesian former badminton player
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was a Chinese badminton player in the 1980s
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is a Chinese badminton player of the 1980s
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is a Chinese former badminton player
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is a Danish former badminton player
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is a Danish badminton player
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is a Malaysian badminton player
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is an Egyptian badminton player
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Arthur Westlake Andrews (12 December 1868-22 November 1959) was a British geographer, poet, rock-climber, mountaineer and amateur tennis and badminton player.
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In badminton, Godfree won eight All England Open Badminton Championships from 1920 through 1925
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Lee Chong Wei (Chinese: 李宗伟; pinyin: Lǐ Zōngwěi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Chong-úi; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player.
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