Viktor Axelsen
Keeping this in consideration, who won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in men’s single for badminton what country was he from?
Olympic Badminton 2016: Men’s Singles Medal Winners, Scores and Results. World champion Chen Long was crowned Olympic champion in men’s singles badminton on Saturday, as he got the better of Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) in the final. The world No.
Keeping this in view, who is No 1 badminton player in the world? BWF World Rankings
| RANK | COUNTRY / TERRITORY | PLAYER |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN | Kento MOMOTA |
| 2 | DEN | Viktor AXELSEN |
| 3 | DEN | Anders ANTONSEN |
| 4 | TPE | CHOU Tien Chen |
Correspondingly, who is the No 1 female badminton player?
BWF World Rankings
| RANK | COUNTRY / TERRITORY | PLAYER |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TPE | TAI Tzu Ying |
| 2 | CHN | CHEN Yu Fei |
| 3 | ESP | Carolina MARIN |
| 4 | JPN | Nozomi OKUHARA |
Who is the best Olympic badminton player?
Gao Ling
| rank | name | Gold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gao Ling | 2 |
| 2 | Fu Haifeng | 2 |
| =3 | Kim Dong-moon | 2 |
| =3 | Zhang Nan | 2 |
Where is badminton most popular?
Whilst badminton is a minority sport in the US it is widely played in Britain, Denmark, Sweden, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and several other countries. Britain alone has 4 million players, about 8% of the population. As a spectator sport it is very popular in the far east.
What was the first name of badminton?
Poona