Jamaica national badminton team

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Jamaica
AssociationJamaica Badminton Association (JBA)
ConfederationBPA (Africa)
PresidentSheldon Townsend
BWF ranking
Current ranking60 Increase 10 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking54 (5 April 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2013)
Best resultFourth place (2016)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2010)
Best resultThird place (2018)
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best resultGroup stage

The Jamaica national badminton team represents Jamaica in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Jamaica Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Jamaica. The Jamaican mixed team participated three times in the Sudirman Cup and were eliminated in the group stages.

The Jamaican mixed team also finished in fourth place at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships. The national team's best result was achieving a third place position at the 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships after defeating Peru in the bronze medal tie with a score of 3-0.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in Pan American Badminton Championships

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Samuel Ricketts (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 27) 146 180 86
Bradley Evans (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23) 329 180 539
Joel Angus (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 23) 827 511 958
Nathaniel Finzi (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 (age 18) 827 511 958

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Tahlia Richardson (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 22) 183 204 86
Katherine Wynter (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28) 326 204 539
Mikaelah Mustafaa (2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 (age 20) 682 435 958
Rihanna Rust (2006-09-11) 11 September 2006 (age 17) 682 435 958

References

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.