Badminton Hall of Fame
Professional sports hall of fame; museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Coordinates | 3.1547°N 101.7186°E |
| Type | Professional sports hall of fame; museum |
| President | Patama Leeswadtrakul |
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Hall of Fame is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It honours both players and other contributors to the sport of badminton. The BWF Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization with the goal to preserve, celebrate, and inspire the sport of badminton around the world.
There is also a USA Badminton Hall of Fame[1] and a Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame.[2]
Members
Being inducted into the BWF Hall of Fame is the ultimate honour in badminton. It represents the sum of one's achievements and contributions as being among the most important and transformative in badminton history. A player or contributor must be nominated to be inducted, and then the BWF governance committee reviews their eligibility before the recommendation is submitted to the BWF council for final deliberation.[3] Nominees have to be members of the badminton fraternity who have retired from the sport for at least a period of five years. However, the governance committee will, under special circumstances, consider nominees still active in the sport.[3]
Player category
Contributor category
| Name | Life span | Nationality | Year inducted | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolby, Seymour Sackville Carew | 1857–1921 |  England | 1996 | |
| Lü, Shengrong | 1940–present |  China | 2008 | |
| McCallum, John Dunwoodie Martin | 1883–1967 |  Ireland | 1997 | |
| Mohlin, Stellan | 1925–2018 |  Sweden | 1997 | |
| Reedie, Craig Collins | 1941–present |  Scotland | 1997 | |
| Scheele, Herbert | 1905–1981 | England | 1996 | |
| Sudirman, Dick | 1922–1986 |  Indonesia | 1997 | |
Nationalities
Notes
- A.^Count include Hall of Fame 1997 inductee Judy Devlin, who competed for the United States from 1954 to 1970 and for England from 1971 to 1973, before retiring from the sport.[19][20]
- B.^Count include Hall of Fame 1998 inductee Ong Poh Lim and 1999 inductee Wong Peng Soon, both are Singapore state players and represented the Federation of Malaya (present-day Peninsular Malaysia) when it was still a single nation. Singapore gained independence in 1965.[21]