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- 1. History timeline of Badminton in the Philippines Badminton was introduced in the Philippines by British and American. 1950 Philippines is the 21st member country of the IBF or International Badminton Federation PBA or Philippine Badminton Association became the first international badminton group 1952 Jonny Yan and Stephen Cheng were the country’s first doubles champion at the Hong Kong Open. 1962 1920 1966 1981 The Philippine team achieved its first team championship in the men’s division during the 1966 triangular meet in Vietnam. The Philippine badminton team participated in the ASEAN games for the first time. The Philippines made its first appearance in the Thomas cup competitions. 1984 Ferdinand Albento BEED 2
- 2. Weena Lim and kennie Asuncion were the first Philippine entry to win gold medal in A u s t r a l i a i n t e r n a t i o n a l c h a m pi o n s h i p . Weena Lim became the first Philippine badminton player to qualify and participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games. Weena Lim and kennie Asuncion were the first Philippine bronze medalist in Jakarta Sea games. The Philippine hosted the Asian preliminaries of the thomas cup and uber cup both world’s men’s and women’s team championship. Kennevic Asuncion Became the first bronze medalist in the men’s singles and kennie Asuncion in the mixed doubles at the Bangkok open. Kennevic and kennie Asuncion were the first Philippine players to qualify and participate in both men’s single and mixed doubles individual events at the 13th world championship held in Birmingham England. Melvin Llanes the first Philippine champion at the prince Asian championship for the 16 – under age group. • 1992 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2001 • 2003 Ferdinand Albento BEED 2