Badminton Pan America

{{Short description|Badminton governing body}} {{Infobox Organization |name = Badminton Pan America |image = Badminton Pan Am logo.svg |image_size = 200 |caption = |abbreviation = PANAM |formation = February 13th, 1976 |type = [[List of International Sport Federations|Sports federation]] |headquarters = [[Lima]], [[Peru]] |membership = 37 member associations |leader_title = President |leader_name = [[José Armando Bruni Ochoa]] |website = http://www.badmintonpanam.org/ }}

The '''Badminton Pan Am''' ('''BPA''') organisation is the [[Sport governing body|governing body]] for the [[sport]] of [[badminton]] in the [[Americas]] and is recognized as such by the [[Badminton World Federation|Badminton World Federation - BWF]]. It was founded as a continental governing body on February 13, 1976 in the headquarters of the Mexican Olympic Committee in [[Mexico City]]. The Pan American Badminton Confederation was founded by [[Badminton Canada]], the Jamaica Badminton Association, Federacion Mexicana de Badminton, Comision Nacional de Badminton Peru and the United States Badminton Association.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldbadminton.com/reference/documents/conference_E047-8th_Asian_Studies_Conference_E_047.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084244/http://www.worldbadminton.com/reference/documents/conference_E047-8th_Asian_Studies_Conference_E_047.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> BPAC was founded in Mexico City in 1976 and had nominated Victor Jaramillo of Mexico as President until an official election was scheduled to take place at the first Pan Am Championships the following year. The first Badminton Pan Am Championships was held in [[Moncton]], New Brunswick-Canada, in April 1977.

Jaramillo was confirmed as president and stayed in that position until 1981. During these five years, the [[Pan Am Badminton Championships|Pan American Badminton Championships]] were held in Canada, Peru, Mexico, and USA. [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships|Pan Am Junior Championships]] were held in Mexico, Canada, USA and Peru. From 1981 to 1987, there was no contest until November 1987 when the V Pan Am Badminton Championships was held in Lima, Peru.

Outstanding efforts were made by Helen Baxter of Canada in trying to reactivate the Pan American Badminton Confederation since 1982 and also with the help on the part of the Badminton Peru National Commission President, José Andrés Bellido, Badminton Pan Am once again became an active member of the then International Badminton Federation in 1987. During the 5th Badminton Pan Am Championships, held in Lima, Peru, in November 1987, there was a congress to re-establish Pan Am Badminton Confederation. At the [[Thomas Cup|Thomas]] and [[Uber Cup]] preliminaries for the Pan Am Continent in February 1988, Canadian Pierre Blouin was elected president.

The mission of the Badminton Pan Am includes promoting the sport, organizing regional [[tournament]]s, [[professional certification|certifying]] [[referee|referees and umpires]], maintaining a set of unified rules, and providing a forum for member nations. There are now currently 37 member associations, of which 3 countries are associate members (French Guiana, Guadeloupe & Martinique). Its headquarters are now located in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BWF Member Pan America |url=http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=41546 |publisher=BWF |access-date=2012-03-14 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Following a general meeting held in [[Campinas]], [[Brazil]] back in November, 2006, the confederation decided to change the name from '''Pan American Badminton Confederation''' to '''Badminton Pan Am'''.

==Member associations== Badminton Pan Am has 37 member associations:<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Badminton Pan Am |title=Member Associations |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/member-associations/ |access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref> {{div col|small=yes|colwidth=18em}} *[[Federacion de Badminton de la República Argentina|Argentina]] *[[Aruba Badminton Club|Aruba]] *[[Barbados Badminton Association|Barbados]] *[[Bermuda Badminton Association|Bermuda]] *[[Confederacao Brasileira de Badminton|Brazil]] *[[Federación Boliviana de Badminton|Bolivia]] *[[Badminton Canada|Canada]] *[[Cayman Islands Badminton Association|Cayman Islands]] *[[Federación Deportiva Nacional de Badminton de Chile|Chile]] *[[Federación Colombiana de Badminton|Colombia]] *[[Asociación Costarricense de Badminton|Costa Rica]] *[[Federación Cubana de Badminton|Cuba]] *[[Badminton Bond Curaçao|Curaçao]] *[[Federación Dominicana de Badminton|Dominican Republic]] *[[Federación Ecuatoriana de Badminton|Ecuador]] *[[Federación Salvadoreña de Badminton|El Salvador]] *[[Stanley Badminton Club|Falkland Islands]] *[[Ligue de Guyane de Badminton|French Guiana]] (associate member) *[[Grenada Badminton Association|Grenada]] *[[Ligue de Guadeloupe de Badminton|Guadeloupe]] (associate member) *[[Federación Nacional de Badminton de Guatemala|Guatemala]] *[[Guyana Badminton Association|Guyana]] *[[Federation Haitienne de Badminton|Haiti]] *[[Federación Nacional De Badminton de Honduras|Honduras]] *[[Jamaica Badminton Association|Jamaica]] *[[Ligue de Badminton de Martinique|Martinique]] (associate member) *[[Federación Mexicana de Badminton|Mexico]] *[[Asociación Panameña de Badminton|Panama]] *[[Paraguay Badminton Federation|Paraguay]] *[[Federación Deportiva Peruana de Badminton|Peru]] *[[Federación Puertoriqueña de Badminton|Puerto Rico]] *[[St. Lucia Badminton Association|Saint Lucia]] *[[Surinaamse Badminton Bond|Suriname]] *[[Trinidad and Tobago Badminton Association|Trinidad and Tobago]] *[[USA Badminton|United States]] *[[Asociación Uruguaya de Badminton|Uruguay]] *[[Venezuelan Badminton Association|Venezuela]] {{div col end}}

== Badminton Pan Am Presidents == {| class="wikitable" !align=center|No. !align=center|Years !align=center|Name !align=center|Country |- |1 |1976 – 1981 |[[Victor Jaramillo Villalobos]] |{{MEX}} |- |2 |1988 – 1990 |[[Pierre Blouin]] |{{CAN}} |- |3 |1990 – 1995 |[[Elizabeth de Erichsen]] |{{GUA}} |- |4 |1995 – 2003 |[[Federico Valdez]] |{{PER}} |- |5 |2003 – 2005 |[[Joseph Mervyn Gordon]] |{{BAR}} |- |6 |2005 – 2015 |[[Gustavo Salazar]] |{{PER}} |- |7 |2015 – 2023 |[[Vishu Tolan]] |{{JAM}} |- |8 |2023 – present |[[José Armando Bruni Ochoa]] |{{ESA}} |}

== Tournaments == *[[Pan American Badminton Championships]] *[[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.badmintonpanam.org/}} *[https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpanamoficial/ Official page] at [[Facebook]]

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