Iceland International (badminton)
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The Iceland International in badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 is an international open held in Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

 since 1986. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit.

In 2008 the organization of this event had to be cancelled due to the Islandic financial crisis.

Previous winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1986   Wang Junjie   Elinor Allen   Ross Glawin 
  Alistair Baker
  Kristin Magnusdottir 
  Thordis Edwald
  Alistair Baker 
  Elinor Allen
1987   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Thordis Edwald   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

 
  Thorstein P. Haengsson
  Kristin Magnusdottir 
  Thordis Edwald
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

 
  Kristin Magnusdottir
1988   Chris Jogis
Chris Jogis
Hendrik Christopher "Chris" Jogis is a retired male badminton player from the United States.-Career:...

  Gudrun Juliusdottir   Chris Jogis
Chris Jogis
Hendrik Christopher "Chris" Jogis is a retired male badminton player from the United States.-Career:...

 
  John Britton
  Linda French 
  Pam Owens
  John Britton 
  Pam Owens
1989   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Thordis Edwald   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

 
  Thorsteinn P. Haengsson
  Gudrun Juliusdottir 
  Kristin Magnusdottir
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

 
  Thordis Edwald
1990   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Gudrun Juliusdottir   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

 
  Thorsteinn P. Haengsson
  Paula Rip 
  Inga Kjartansdottir
  Thorsteinn P. Haengsson 
  Inga Kjartansdottir
1991   Matthew Smith   Sun Xiaoqing   Armann Thorwaldsson 
  Thorsteinn P. Haengsson
  Kristin Magnusdottir 
  Sun Xiaoqing
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

 
  Sun Xiaoqing
1992   Mike Brown   Jenny Allen   Simon Archer
Simon Archer
Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:...

 
  Julia Robertson
  Jenny Allen 
  Elinor Allen
  Ken Middlemiss 
  Elinor Allen
1993   Steve Butler   Elsa Nielsen   Dave Wright 
  Julien Robertson
  Lorraine Thomas 
  Kerry McKittrick
  Dave Wright 
  Lorraine Thomas
1994   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Elsa Nielsen   Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Birna Petersen 
  Gudrun Juliusdottir
  Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Gudrun Juliusdottir
1995   Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Elsa Nielsen   Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Elsa Nielsen 
  Vigdis Asgeirsdottir
  Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Gudrun Juliusdottir
1996   Easmus Wengberg   Elsa Nielsen   Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Elsa Nielsen 
  Vigdis Asgeirsdottir
  Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Vigdis Asgeirsdottir
1997   Niels Christian Kaldau
Niels Christian Kaldau
Niels Christian Kaldau is a male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:Kaldau won the Portuguese Badminton Champs in 1998, 2002 and 2003, the German Open in 2002, the Bitburger Open in 2004 and the Spanish International Badminton Tournament in 2005.He won the bronze medal at the 2006 European...

  Christina Sorensen   Niels Christian Kaldau
Niels Christian Kaldau
Niels Christian Kaldau is a male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:Kaldau won the Portuguese Badminton Champs in 1998, 2002 and 2003, the German Open in 2002, the Bitburger Open in 2004 and the Spanish International Badminton Tournament in 2005.He won the bronze medal at the 2006 European...

 
  Joachim Fisher
  Christina Sorensen 
  Jane F. Bramsen
  Joachim Fisher 
  Jane F. Bramsen
1998   Steffan Pandya   Jill Pittard
Jill Pittard
Jill Pittard is a female badminton player from England.-Career:Winner , 2006/07 European Badminton Circuit All matches in the following incomplete list were in women's singles....

  Arni Thor Hallgrimsson 
  Broddi Kristjansson
Broddi Kristjansson
-Career:Kristjansson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Teeranun Chiangta, of Thailand, 15-2, 15-12. He won more than 40 titles at the Icelandic National Badminton Championships.-References:***...

  Tracy Dineen 
  Lorraine Cole
  Tomas Viborg 
  Emma Gustafsson
1999   Rasmus Wengberg
Rasmus Wengberg
Rasmus Wengberg is a Swedish badminton player who was bronze medalist in the 2002 European Championships in Malmö.Born and raised in Skåne, Wengberg played until 2005 for IFK umeå...

  Karolina Erikson   Fredrik Bergström
Fredrik Bergström
Fredrik Bergström is a male badminton player from Sweden.Bergstrom competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Johanna Persson. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand...

 
  Henrik Anderson
  Vigdis Asgeirsdottir 
  Drifa Hardardottir
  Fredrik Bergström
Fredrik Bergström
Fredrik Bergström is a male badminton player from Sweden.Bergstrom competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Johanna Persson. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand...

 
  Jenny Karlsson
2000   Colin Haughton
Colin Haughton
Colin Haughton is an English badminton singles player from Denton near Manchester who held the No. 1 position in the national rankings and reached as high as 19th in the world rankings....

  Rebecca Pantaney   Peter Jeffrey 
  David Lindley
  Nataly Munt 
  Lisa Parker
  David Lindley 
  Emma Chraffin
2001   Matthew Shuker   Elisabeth Cann   Jochen Cassel 
  Ingo Kindervater
Ingo Kindervater
-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Kristof Hopp.-References:...

  Vigdis Asgeirsdottir 
  Ragna Ingolfsdottir
  Thomas Laybourn
Thomas Laybourn
Thomas Laybourn is a male badminton player from Denmark.Laybourn won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl...

 
  Karina Sörensen
2002   Jan Fröhlich
Jan Fröhlich
Jan Fröhlich is a male badminton player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Frohlich played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Chan Yan Kit, of Hong Kong, 21-15, 21-9. 2005 he won the Kenya International.-External links:*...

  Susan Hughes   Jochen Cassel 
  Ingo Kindervater
Ingo Kindervater
-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Kristof Hopp.-References:...

  Kirsteen Mcevan 
  Yuan Wemyss
  Peter Steffensen 
  Stine Bergstrom
2003   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
-Major achievements:...

  Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva is a female Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

  Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
-Major achievements:...

 
  Jesper Larsen
Jesper Larsen
Jesper Larsen is a male badminton player from Denmark, won the gold medal at the 2000 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with partner Jens Eriksen.-References:...

  Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva is a female Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

 
  Neli Boteva
Neli Boteva
Neli Boteva is a female badminton player from Bulgaria.Boteva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Petya Nedelcheva. They were defeated by Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the round of 32.-References:*...

  Simon Archer
Simon Archer
Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:...

 
  Donna Kellogg
Donna Kellogg
Donna Victoria Kellogg MBE is an English badminton player. She first played badminton at the age of 10.-Career:Her first representative match for England was against China at the World Championships 1997 in Scotland...

2004   Bobby Milroy
Bobby Milroy
Robert William James "Bobby" Milroy is a male badminton player, coach, businessman and spokesman from Canada.-Career:Bobby Milroy won the men's singles at the 1996 Canadian National Junior Championships. Since 1997, Milroy has won one gold medal, two silver medals and five bronze medals at the...

  Susan Hughes   Paul Trueman 
  Ian Palethorpe
  Lisa Parker 
  Suzanne Rayappan
Suzanne Rayappan
Suzanne Rayappan is a professional badminton player and a member of the English badminton team. She specializes in mixed doubles.-External links:**...

  Peter Jeffrey 
  Hayley Connor
2005   Jens Kristian Leth   Sara Persson
Sara Persson
Sara Persson is a female badminton player from Sweden.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. In the 2008 olympic tournament she lost directly in the first round....

  Anders Kristiansen 
  Simon Mollyhus
  Johanna Persson
Johanna Persson
Johanna Persson is a female badminton player from Sweden.Persson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Fredrik Bergström. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in...

 
  Elin Bergblom
Elin Bergblom
Elin Bergblom is a Swedish professional badminton player. She has qualified to play in both singles and doubles, primarily mixed doubles.-Career highlights:...

  Henri Hurskainen 
  Johanna Person
2006   Magnus Sahlberg
Magnus Sahlberg
-Career:Sahlberg played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Roslin Hashim, of Malaysia, 21-17, 21-9.-External links:*...

  Ragna Ingólfsdóttir   Christoffer Bruun Jensen 
  Morten T. Kronborg
  Imogen Bankier
Imogen Bankier
Imogen Bankier is a female badminton player from Scotland. After starting playing the sport at the age of 9, Bankier has won the national championships at every age level from Under 17 upwards. The highlight of her professional career so far was reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the 2011...

 
  Emma Mason
  Henri Hurskainen 
  Emma Wengberg
2007   Petr Koukal   Ragna Ingólfsdóttir   Peter Hasbak 
  Jonas Glyager Jensen
  Katrín Atladóttir 
  Ragna Ingólfsdóttir
  Jonas Glyager Jensen 
  Maria Kaaberböl Thorberg
2008 No competition
2009   Christian Lind Thomsen   Ragna Ingólfsdóttir   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 
  René Lindskow
  Ragna Ingólfsdóttir 
  Snjólaug Jóhannsdóttir
  Theis Christiansen 
  Joan Christiansen

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