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๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐พ๐ค๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐จ
I grew up in a small city in Honduras. I was an only child, and I lived with my mother and grandmother. My mother always was keen that I participate in sports, so I was in baseball and then in swimming. I really enjoyed those sports.
I once received a badminton set as a birthday present, but I didnโt know what badminton was. So I played tennis with the badminton rackets!
I first saw badminton about 14 years ago at the National University of Honduras when I was practicing aerobics. A coach came over and introduced us to badminton.
I looked like a fast and fun sport, and I fell in love with it. I started to practice and later substituted for the team coach. These days I still compete, and I am the Shuttle Time Coordinator in Honduras. I also teach and promote badminton through my YouTube channel.
๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐One of my most memorable moments was attending the BWF Annual General Meeting 2019 in Nanning where I represented Honduras and met delegates from many countries.
Representing my country at international tournaments in Honduras and El Salvador between 2014 and 2019 was also special for me.
Many years ago, I organised two competitions with about 200 competitors. That was quite satisfying. It is very important is to make friends around the world, and to be part of the global badminton family.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐Badminton to me is more than a sport; itโs a way of being healthy, a way of living. It is safer than many other sports because there is no direct contact with your opponent. I feel it is an honest and clean sport.
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐It has been hard, hard work to develop the sport in a country where people knew little about badminton to begin with. Working without a big budget is challenging, but it has also been interesting to work with children from various regions, and to show them the different, exciting and fun sides of badminton so they can develop physically and mentally.
The opportunity to receive Shuttle Time courses helps me improve my knowledge about the sport and train better athletes.
