Closing the Pan Am Women’s Month, Constanza Moreno, Chair of the Gender Equity Committee encourages us to continue participating in the various badminton activities throughout the region and join the World Badminton Day on July 5.

Badminton Coach, Shuttle Time National Coordinator and Secretary of the Aruba Badminton Federation, started in our sport very young and learned more about it at the University in Netherlands. “I started playing badminton at a local club when I was very young. When I went to university in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), I joined a university […]

Olympian athletes from USA who is currently competing at BWF World tour, remember that she started in badminton very young but could not play because she was younger than her peers, however her persistence allowed her to reach the highest level of badminton she has today. “When I was 8 years old, I tagged along […]

Olympian in Sydney 2000 and Pan Am Games champion (in 1999), Milaine Cloutier started badminton as a child and went on to great achievements. Now she continues to be involved with our sport as a Pan Am Accredited Umpire but she faced some challenges early on in her career. “My older brother taught me badminton […]

With almost 12 years working for the benefit of Pan Am badminton, Mirtha Rosales, Administrative Manager of the Badminton Pan Am Confederation, is an outstanding woman in our sport who carries out silent work from the Confederation offices in Lima, Peru, with great relevance in the growth of Pan American badminton. With a degree in […]

Nikte Sotomayor, made history for the sport in her country and her name has been recorded as a symbol of Guatemalan sport. She managed to fulfill her dreams, but also this whole process exceeded her sporting expectations. “Being the first woman from Guatemala to win a medal at the Pan Am Games and to qualify […]

In addition to the players and coaches, the technical officials are also actively involved during a match. Irma Villalpando, a Pan Am Certified umpire, is Mexican and has years of experience serving as an umpire in various parts of the world. Irma began her story with badminton as an athlete and competed at the national […]

Each sporting event has many people involved in areas such as finance, logistics, marketing, etc., areas that are often not as recognized, but have great professionals involved. Angela Scherer is one of these people who work hard for the benefit of our sport and the development of Brazilian badminton. Financial administrative manager of the Brazilian […]