Pan Am Games Champion and currently 8th in the BWF Ranking, Michelle Li has been nominated for the BWF Player of the Year Awards in Most Improved Player of the Year category.
The top performers of the year will be honoured at the Badminton World Federation’s Player of the Year Awards, to be presented at the opening ceremony and gala dinner of the second edition of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.
The prestigious awards recognise the achievements of our elite badminton players and pairs in six categories, including two in Para badminton. The nominees were selected by the BWF Awards Commission based on their performances throughout the year.
Michelle Li is the only Pan Am player among the nominees. The Canadian has been nominated for Most Improved Player of the Year, along with Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti.
- FULL LIST OF NOMINEES
Most Improved Player of the Year
Michelle Li (Women’s Singles, Canada)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (Men’s Doubles, India)
Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong (Women’s Doubles, Korea)
Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Mixed Doubles, Indonesia)
Male Player of the Year
Kento Momota (Men’s Singles, Japan)
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Zheng Si Wei (Mixed Doubles, China)
Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (Men’s Doubles, Indonesia)
Female Player of the Year
Tai Tzu Ying (Women’s Singles, Chinese Taipei)
Huang Ya Qiong (Mixed Doubles, China)
Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Women’s Doubles, Japan)
Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (Women’s Doubles, China)
Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year
An Se Young (Women’s Doubles, Korea)
Koki Watanabe (Men’s Singles, Japan)
Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin (Men’s Doubles, Indonesia)
Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Men’s Singles, Thailand)
Male Para Badminton Player of the Year
Lucas Mazur (France)
Qu Zimo (China)
Pramod Bhagat (India)
Dheva Anrimusthi (Indonesia)
Female Para Badminton Player of the Year
Sarina Satomi (Japan)
Liu Yutong (China)
Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia)
Ayako Suzuki (Japan)
The BWF Player of the Year Awards will be held this December 9 in Guangzhou, China, at the opening ceremony and gala dinner of the second edition of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.
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