Best US Badminton Players
Tony Gunawan is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title. Wikipedia Tony Gunawan
Ben Lee
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Lee is the current USAB Board of Directors Chair. Lee was elected in 2017 to take over the spot of David Simon. Lee is a former Olympian, having competed at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. He was also formerly the head coach of Team USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Additionally, Lee is a nine-time United States doubles champion and has also been inducted into the United States Badminton Walk of Fame.
Beiwen Zhang
Zhang Beiwen - Indonesia Open 2017
Beiwen Zhang is one of the most accomplished United States professional badminton players. She has a record of 290 wins and 170 losses. Zhang has made over $250,000 in prize money from her accomplishments. She is currently ranked 16th in the world.
Beiwen Zhang started playing badminton at the age of eight. The reason she started playing was because her immune system did not function properly, and Zhang's parents encouraged her to participate in a sport in order to strengthen it. Zhang started playing competitively in 2004.[10]
David Guthrie Freeman
(6 September 1920 – 28 June 2001) was an American badminton player from California who became an icon in the sport's history.[1]
From early in 1939, at the age of eighteen, through his final tournament match fourteen years later, Freeman was undefeated in badminton singles competition.[3] Displaying his characteristic quickness, agility, and shot-making precision, Freeman won the prestigious All-England Championship on his only try (1949) and remains the sole American to win the men's singles there.[4] In this one-time-only badminton stint in Europe he also won Thomas Cup singles matches against eventual champion Malaya, and captured the Danish Open. In all, he won three matches each against Ooi Teik Hock and the formidable Wong Peng Soon.