Kenya International

Kenya International
Sport	Badminton
Founder	Kenya Badminton Association
Country	Kenya

The Kenya International is an annual open international badminton tournament held in Kenya. This tournament organized by the Kenya Badminton Association, with the sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF).

History

In 1965, badminton is already played by the Kenyan people, when the Kenya Gazette implied the change of the name of Nairobi Badminton Association to Kenya Badminton Association.^[1] This tournament is one of the oldest badminton tournament in Africa, and established before the BCA was founded in 1977, which the former All England Open champion, Punch Gunalan of Malaysia, won the men's doubles title in 1972.^[2]^[3] In 2006, the tournament was a Future Series event, and since 2009 upgrading to International Series with the total prize money $5,000.^[4] In 2008, the tournament was held at the Premier Club in Nairobi, with players from ten countries compete.^[5] In 2009, it was held at the Moi Sports Centre, Kasarani, in the same time with African Badminton Championships.^[6]^[7] The Moi Sports Centre continues to host the tournament,^[8]^[9] and in 2014, was moved to Safaricom Stadium Kasarani.^[10]

Tournament winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1989	Satish Narasimhan	Christine Joshi	Vijai Maini Adelhafid Sedk	no competition	no competition
1990	Geenesh Dussain	Vandanah Seesurun	Geenesh Dussain Jean-Michel Duverge	Vandanah Seesurun ?	Geenesh Dussain Vandanah Seesurun
1991	Agarawu Tunde	Martine de Souza	Danjuma Fatauchi Sesan Gbajobi	Obiageli Olorunsola Dayo Oyewusi	Sesan Gbajobi Obiageli Olorunsola
1992	Simon Kihara	Anna Nganga	Simon Kihara Tom Manda	Christine Joshi Fatma Juma	Tom Manda Jasmin Nzambu
1994	Mehul Joshi	Annet Nakamya	Abraham Wogute Fred Gituku	Anna Nganga Edith Wamalwa	Frank Nsubuga Edith Wamalwa
1995	Frank Nsubuga	Annet Nakamya	Frank Nsubuga Mehul Joshi	Annet Nakamya Helen Luziika	Frank Nsubuga Edith Wamalwa
1996	Abraham Wogute	Helen Luziika	Abraham Wogute Fred Gituku	Annet Nakamya Helen Luziika	Abraham Wogute Monica Githii
1998	Abraham Wogute	Sandra Moses	Abraham Wogute Fred Gituku	Annet Nakamya Helen Luziika	Abraham Wogute Monica Githii
1999	Bertrand Gallet	Juliette Ah-Wan	Bertrand Gallet Robert Mbugua	no competition	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan
2001	Sydney Lengagne	no competition	no competition	no competition	no competition
2002	Ola Fagbemi	Grace Daniel	Stephan Beeharry Hyder Aboobakar	no competition	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar
2005	Abhinn Shyam Gupta	Trupti Murgunde	Jan Fröhlich Jan Vondra	Shama Aboobakar Amrita Sawaram	Eddy Clarisse Amrita Sawaram
2007	Greg Orobosa Okuonghae	Shannon Pohl	Abraham Otagada Ocholi Edicha	Delphine Nakanyika Ogar Siamupangila	Greg Orobosa Okuonghae Ogar Siamupangila
2008	Chetan Anand	Ana Moura	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzane	no competition	Greg Orobosa Okuonghae Grace Daniel
2009	Ali Shahhosseini	Dina Nagy	Dorian James Chris Dednam	Dhanya Nair Anita Ohlan	Chris Dednam Michelle Edwards
2010	Oscar Bansal	Anne Hald Jensen	Dorian James Wiaan Viljoen	Anna Viljoen Michelle Edwards	Wiaan Viljoen Anna Viljoen
2011	Vladimir Malkov	Ozge Bayrak	Manu Attri Jishnu Sanyal	Neslihan Yigit Ozge Bayrak	Le Ha Anh Le Thu Huyen
2012	cancelled
2013	Subhankar Dey	Grace Gabriel	Enejoh Abah Victor Makanju	Grace Gabriel Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Patrick Kinyua Mercy Joseph
2014	Farzin Khanjani	Jeanine Cicognini	Vatannejad-Soroush Eskandari Hasan Motaghi	Negin Amiripour Pegah Kamrani	Donald Mabo Ogar Siamupangila

References

↑ "The Kenya Gazette". Nairobi: Authority of the Republic of Kenya. 1966. p. 23.
↑ Brahms, Bernd-Volker (2014). Badminton Handbook: Training, Tactics, Competition. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. p. 148. ISBN 978-178-255-042-6.
↑ "About Punch Gunalan". Sports-chest.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Kenya (Ken)" (in French). africa-badminton.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Kenya: Badminton - Championship Starts On Friday". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Badminton: African Championship and Kenya International-Seychelles lose team event title". Nation. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Kenya to Host Badminton Championships". China Radio International. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Kenyans fall to rivals at badminton championship". The Standard. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Kenya: Nation's International Championships Attracts 20 Countries". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Kenya International Badminton event to serve as build up for Scotland". Sports News Arena. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

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[1] "The Kenya Gazette". Nairobi: Authority of the Republic of Kenya. 1966. p. 23.

[2] Brahms, Bernd-Volker (2014). Badminton Handbook: Training, Tactics, Competition. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. p. 148. ISBN 978-178-255-042-6.

[3] "About Punch Gunalan". Sports-chest.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[4] "Kenya (Ken)" (in French). africa-badminton.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[5] "Kenya: Badminton - Championship Starts On Friday". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[6] "Badminton: African Championship and Kenya International-Seychelles lose team event title". Nation. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[7] "Kenya to Host Badminton Championships". China Radio International. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[8] "Kenyans fall to rivals at badminton championship". The Standard. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[9] "Kenya: Nation's International Championships Attracts 20 Countries". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[10] "Kenya International Badminton event to serve as build up for Scotland". Sports News Arena. Retrieved 27 July 2017.