Chen Changjie (badminton) Chen Changjie (badminton) Chen Changjie is a former badminton player from China who rated among the world's leading singles players for a short period of time after China joined the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation) in 1981. The powerful Changjie won the first major IBF sanctioned event in which China participated, the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California by beating Prakash Padukone and Morten Frost successively in the semifinal and final rounds. He helped China to win the 1982 Thomas Cup (world men's team championship) by winning three of his four matches in the last two rounds
Pan Am Badminton Championships Championships have a Grand Prix status. Pan Am Badminton Championships The Pan Am Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan Am (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas. The tournament was held every two years from 1977 until 2007. It is now organized annually, except once every four years when the Pan Am Games multi-sports event is held. Badminton is part of the Pan Am Games since 1995. Since then, 2007 was the only year both events (the Pan Am Badminton Championships and the Pan Am Games) were held simultaneously in the