BADMINTON

Badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world.

It became an official Olympic sport in Barcelona 1992. The competition in Tokyo 2020 will consist of men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

A match consists of best-of-three games, with the first player or pair to reach 21 points winning the game. If the score is 20-all, the side that gains a two-point lead wins that game. If the difference is less than two, the game continues until the two-point difference is achieved. If the score gets to 29-all, the side that reaches 30 first wins the game.

Sonya McGinn represented Team Ireland in Sydney 200 whilst Scott Evans and Chloe Magee are 3 time Olympics having competed in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016

The National Governing body for Badminton is Badminton Ireland  and the International federation is the Badminton World Federation where you can find more information

National Federation: Badminton Ireland

International Federation: Badminton World Federation

BADMINTON NEWS

A RALLYING FORCE IN RACQUET SPORTS | Chloe Magee

Irish badminton has a relatively short but rich Olympic history and women have played a really seminal role in it. Sonia McGinn, a 26-year-old from Howth, was the first player to ever qualify when she competed in Sydney 2000 and she also had a female coach (Mary Dinan). Then came Chloe Magee who was only [...]

Dan Magee – The Team Behind The Team | Badminton

JUST HOW did a Presbyterian church built over 200 years ago in a small Donegal town become such a hotbed for Irish badminton? Raphoe only has a population of a couple of thousand yet its Badminton Club has produced Irish Olympians and multiple European medals. The local badminton club now primarily trains on the four [...]

Badminton Pair Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds Looking To Boost Olympic Qualificaiton

Irish Badminton duo Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds are looking to boost their own Olympic Qualification hopes at the World Championships in Denmark this week 🏸 Having watched @chloenmagee and @scott_evans1 compete in Beijing, it’s given the pair the same dream and motivation to chase that Olympic qualification ☘️ The pair have used the Team Ireland Make a Difference [...]

TEAM IRELAND BADMINTON ATHLETES NAMED FOR KRAKOW EUROPEAN GAMES

A full team of badminton players has been named by the Olympic Federation of Ireland for the European Games which takes place from the 20th of June – 2nd of July in Krakow, Poland. Team Ireland athletes will compete in all five disciplines, with six athletes set to compete. This is the third sport to be announced […]

SELECTED ATHLETES

Nhat Nguyen

Nhat NguyenBADMINTON BIOGRAPHY Nhat is a Team Ireland IOC Scholarship athlete, who first took up badminton when he moved to Ireland from Vietnam when he was six. He won the European U17 title when he was 15, the same year he won his first Irish senior title. He won a European Junior bronze medal in [...]

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