8 OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS FAIL TO GET APPROVAL July 5, 1996 (D.Shuttlenws) - 8 of the 192 badminton players who had qualified to play in the Atlanta Olympic Games according to the criteria set by hte International Badminton Federation have failed to obtain the approval of their respective National Olympic Committees and will not be participating in the world's premier sporting event come July 24. The unfortunate 8 include: Tan Sian Peng of Singapore Nicholas Hall of New Zealand Dariusz Zieba of Poland Hans Sperre of Norway Brenda Beenhakker of the Netherlands Monique Hoogland of the Netherlands Heike Schonharting of Germany Kai Mitteldorf of Germany The badminton federation have replaced these 8 with players from the reserve list. The substitute qualifiers are: Maria Bengtsson and Margit Borg of Sweden Mikail Korchouk of Belarus P.V.V. Lakhsmi of India Maja Pohar of Slovakia Etienne Thobois of France Todor Velkov of Bulgaria Santi Wibowo of Switzerland The latest Olympic players list, issued by the International Badminton Federation on July 3, has 97 men and 95 women, representing 36 countries. Name Country Events Entered =================== ======= ============== Blackburn, Peter AUS MD XD Campbell, Lisa AUS LS XD Cator, Rhonda AUS LD XD Hardy, Amanda AUS LD XD Hocking, Murray AUS MS XD Staight, Paul AUS MD Stevenson, Paul AUS XD Yang, Song AUS LS Fuchs, Hannes AUT MS Koch, Jurgen AUT MS Korchouk, Mikail BLR MS XD Tcherniavskaia, Vlada BLR LS XD Koleva, Diana BUL LS LD Nedjalkova, Neli BUL LS LD XD Velkov, Todor BUL MS XD Dawson, Jamie CAN MS Deng, Sian CAN LD Julien, Denyse CAN LS LD XD Kaul, Anil CAN MD Piche, Doris CAN LS Sydie, Iain CAN MS MD Yung, Darryl CAN XD Chen Xingdong CHN XD Chen Ying CHN LD Dong Jiong CHN MS Ge Cheng CHN MD Ge Fei CHN LD Gu Jun CHN LD Han Jingna CHN LS Huang Zhanzhong CHN MD Jiang Xin CHN MD Liu Jianjun CHN XD Peng Xingyong CHN LD XD Qin Yiyuan CHN LD Sun Jun CHN MS Sun Man CHN XD Tang Yongshu CHN LD Tao Xiaoqiang CHN MD XD Wang Xiaoyuan CHN XD Yao Yan CHN LS Ye Zhaoying CHN LS Yu Lizhi CHN MS Eriksen, Jens DEN MD XD Holst-Christensen, Jon DEN MD Hoyer-Larsen, Poul-Erik DEN MS Jakobsen, Christian DEN MD XD Jorgensen, Ann DEN LD Kirkegaard, Helene DEN LD XD Lund, Thomas DEN MD Martin, Camilla DEN LS Olsen, Lotte DEN LD XD Olsen, Rikke DEN LD XD Sogaard, Michael DEN MD XD Sondergaard, Anne DEN LS Stuer-Lauridsen, Lisbet DEN LD Stuer-Lauridsen, Thomas DEN MS Svarrer, Henrik DEN MD Thomsen, Marlene DEN LD Jantti, Pontus FIN MS Liljequist, Robert FIN MS Dimbour, Sandra FRA LS XD Thobois, Etienne FRA MS XD Archer, Simon GBR MD XD Bradbury, Julie GBR LD XD Gibson, Anne GBR LS Hall, Darren GBR MS MD Hunt, Chris GBR MD XD Knowles, Peter GBR MS MD Morgan, Kelly GBR LS LD Muggeridge, Joanne GBR LS LD XD Ponting, Nick GBR MD XD Robertson, Julian GBR MS MD Wright, Joanne G. GBR LD XD Helber, Michael GER MD Keck, Michael GER MD XD Pongratz, Oliver GER MS Schmidt, Katrin GER LD Stechmann, Karen GER XD Ubben, Kerstin GER LD Erichsen, Kenneth GUA MS Chan Oi Ni HKG XD Chan Siu Kwong HKG MD He Yi Ming (Tim) HKG MD XD Odor, Andrea HUN LS Antonius, S. INA MD Arbi, Heryanto INA MS Audina, Mia INA LS Budi Kusuma, Allan INA MS Eliza INA LD Finarsih INA LD Flandy, Nimpele INA XD Gunawan, Rudy INA MD Heryanto, Trikus INA XD Kantono, Denny INA MD Mainaky, Rexy INA MD Riseu, Rosalina INA XD Sentoso, Yuliani INA LS Subagja, Ricky INA MD Suprianto, Bambang INA MD Suprianto, Joko INA MS Susanti, Susi INA LS Tampi, Lili INA LD Timur, Minarti INA XD Zelin, Rosiana INA LD Bhattacharya, Deepankar IND MS Lakshmi, P.V.V. IND LS Nielsen, Elsa ISL LS Machida, Fumihiko JPN MS Matsuo, Tomomi JPN LD Miyamura, Aiko JPN LD Miyamura, Akiko JPN LD Mizui, Hisako JPN LS Mizui, Yasuko JPN LS Sakamoto, Masako JPN LD Bang Soo Hyun KOR LS Chung Jae Hee KOR LD Gil Young Ah KOR LD XD Ha Tae Kwon KOR MD Jang Hye Ock KOR LD Kang Kyung Jin KOR MD Kim Dong Moon KOR MD XD Kim Ji Hyun KOR LS Kim Mee Hyang KOR LD Kim Shin Young KOR LD Kim Hak Kyun KOR MS Lee Kwang Jin KOR MS Park Joo Bong KOR XD Park Soo Hyun KOR LD Park Sung Woo KOR MS Ra Kyung Min KOR LS XD Yoo Yung Sung KOR MD Chan Chia Fong MAS LS Cheah Soon Kit MAS MD Ong Ewe Hock MAS MS Sidek, Rashid MAS MS Soo Beng Kiang MAS MD Tan Kim Her MAS MD Yap Kim Hock MAS MD Beeharry, Stephane MRI MS MD XD Clarisse, Eddy MRI MS MD XD De Souza, Martine MRI LS LD XD Marie-Josephe,Jean-Pierre MRI LS LD XD Coene, Eline NED LD Michels, Ron NED MS XD van den Heuvel, Erica NED LD XD van Dijk, Jeroen NED MS van Soerland, Joris NED MS Akinsanya, Kayode NGR MS XD Olorunsola, Obigeli NGR LS XD Jenkins, Tammy NZL LD Robertson, Rhona NZL LS LD Carulla Schultz, Mario PER MS Lim, Amparo PHI LS Krasowska, Katarzyna POL LS Antropov, Andreij RUS MS MD Rybkhina, Elena RUS LS LD Uvarov, Pavel RUS MS Yakusheva, Marina RUS LS LD XD Zuev, Nikolaj RUS MD XD Abdullah, Zarinah SIN LS Pohar, Maja SLO LS Wapp, Thomas SUI MS Wibowo, Santi SUI LS Brandon, Oscar SUR MS Antonsson, Jan-Eric SWE XD Axelsson, Peter SWE MD XD Bengtsson, Catrine SWE LS XD Bengtsson, Maria SWE LD Borg, Margit SWE LS LD Crabo, Astrid SWE XD Johansson, Tomas SWE MS Jonsson, Par-Gunnar SWE MD Lim Xiaoqing SWE LS Olsson, Jens SWE MS Jaroensiri, Somharuthai THA LS Kitikul, Kitipon THA MS Plungwech, Pornsawan THA LS Siripool, Siripong THA MD Sudhisodhi, Khunakorn THA MD Teerawiwatana, Pramote THA MD Thongsari, Sakrapee THA MD Chang Jeng-Shyong TPE MS Huang Chia-Chi TPE LS Jeng Shwu-Zen TPE LS Liu En-Horng TPE MS O'Connor, Debra TRI LS Druzchenko, Vladislav UKR XD Evtoushenko, Victoria UKR XD Nosdran, Elena UKR LS French, Linda USA LD Han, Kevin USA MS von Heiland, Erika USA LS LD (Legend - Country:AUS-Australia,AUT-Austria,BLR-Belarus,BUL-Bulgaria, CAN-Canada,CHN-China,DEN-Denmark,FIN-Finland,FRA-France,GBR-Great Britain,GER-Germany,GUA-Guatemala,HKG-Hong Kong,INA-Indonesia,IND- India,ISL-Iceland,JPN-Japan,KOR-Korea,MAS-Malaysia,MRI-Mauritius, NED-Netherlands,NGR-Nigeria,NZL-New Zealand,PER-Peru,PHI-Philippines, POL-Poland,RUS-Russia,SIN-Singapore,SUI-Switzerland,SUR-Surinam,SWE- Sweden,THA-Thailand,TPE-Taipei,TRI-Trinidad,UKR-Ukraine,USA-United States of America. 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