Let’s enjoy the new edition of our Pan Am Paralympians Magazine – Paris 2024, with pictures, quotes, and information about the participation of our Pan Am Para athletes at 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
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Let’s enjoy the new edition of our Pan Am Olympians Magazine – Paris 2024, with pictures, quotes, and information about the participation of our Pan Am athletes at 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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As part of the Pan Am Training Camp Lima 2024, Juliana Viana Vieira visited the facilities of the Pan Am Badminton Confederation and told us a little about her days in Paris 2024. At this Olympic Games, Juliana, at the age of 20, represented Brazil and the region and managed to become the first Brazilian […]
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Pan Am athletes won the first ever olympic/paralympic medals for the Pan Am region in badminton / Para badminton competitions. Miles Krajewski & Jayci Simon (USA) won the silver medal in Mixed Doubles SH6 event at the Paralympic Games – Para badminton Competition. Vitor Tavares (BRA) got the bronze medal in Men’s Singles SH6 event […]
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Text by BWF A father who drove his son 2-1/2 hours one way to training and back for months. A single mother who juggled two jobs to help her daughter pursue Para badminton. These might seem relatively insignificant stories in the larger scheme of things, but it’s through such long-drawn, mostly unacknowledged efforts that the […]
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Text by BWF Every edition of the Olympics provides an opportunity for lesser-known players to test their mettle against the established stars. While past editions have seen the odd ‘minnow’ impress against the big fish, Paris 2024 saw several of them step up to the challenge and prove they are not far behind. Here are some of […]
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Text by BWF Small in stature but big in ambition, Uriel Francisco Canjura Artiga has gone from playing badminton barefoot on a mud court at the back of his mother’s house in rural El Salvador, to becoming the first to represent his country in the sport at an Olympic Games. “I started playing in our backyard when […]
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Text by BWF “I was thinking about retiring, but I will keep going, I will try 2028,” declared Mexico’s Luis Ramon Garrido, after a sensational spell of badminton that all but took down world No.17 Lee Cheuk Yiu in what could have been the biggest upset of Paris 2024. Garrido made light of the immense gulf in rankings and […]
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Text by BWF Twenty-year-old Juliana Viana Vieira became the first women’s singles player from Brazil to win a match at the Olympics. Vieira had been impressive in her first match as well, in a losing cause to Supanida Katethong, but on Monday she was far more assured in a straight-games result over Hong Kong China’s Lo Sin Yan Happy, […]
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10 Para Pan Am players are officially qualified to the Paralympic Games 2024, including 5 countries representation. Para Pan Am Players Qualified to Paris 2024: MILES KRAJEWSKI – USA JAYCI SIMON – USA GIULIANA POVEDA – PER RUBI FERNANDEZ – PER VITOR TAVARES – BRA PILAR JAUREGUI – PER JAIME ARANGUIZ – CHI YUKA CHOKYU […]
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