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Interesting Facts about Badminton

  1. BulletBadminton is the world's fastest racket sport. According to the International Badminton     Federation (IBF), the fastest badminton smash was by Chinese doubles player Fu Haifeng, at 332 kilometers per hour. That's about 206 miles per hour. For comparison, tennis player Andy Roddick's record fastest serve clocked in just over 150 miles per hour.

  2. BulletThe best shuttlecocks are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose.

  3. BulletBadminton is the second most popular sport in the world, after soccer. The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was founded in 1934 with nine members and now has over 150 members.

  4. BulletA badminton player can cover more than 2 km in just one match.

  5. BulletBadminton is an Olympic Sport played first in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. More than 1.1 billion people watched the 1992 Olympic Badminton competition on television.

  6. BulletOnly 3 countries have won the Thomas Cup since it's inception in 1948: Malaysia, Indonesia and China. Only 4 countries have won the Uber Cup since its inception in 1956: USA, Japan, China and Indonesia.

  7. BulletDave Freeman is considered to be the greatest American player in badminton history and perhaps the world's best. He was undefeated in Thomas Cup play, and did not lose a singles match from 1939 until his retirement in 1953.

  8. BulletThe record for the world's shortest badminton match is six minutes, between players Ra Kyung-min of South Korea and Julia Mann of England. The record for the longest badminton match is 124 minutes, between Peter Rasmussen of Denmark and Sun Jun of China.

  9. BulletThe world's biggest badminton shuttlecock is located at the Kansas City Museum. It is 18 feet tall and weighs 5,000 pounds. In comparison, a typical shuttlecock weighs between 4.74 and 5.50 grams.

  10. BulletChina and Indonesia are the most successful badminton countries in the world, having won close to 75% of all IBF events between them.

  11. BulletAbout one million Americans play badminton at least 25 times a year.



Sources: www.badmintonsource.com & www.badminton-information.com & https://badmintonlounge.com/