The USSR International in badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 was an international open held in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics since 1973, and finished in 1992 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in its place.

The Russian International is the continuation of this tournament.

Winners

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Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1973	Wolfgang Bochow Wolfgang Bochow Wolfgang Bochow is a retired male badminton player from West Germany who rated among the world's best in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tall and powerful, he had one of the strongest backhands in the game.-Career:...	Lene Køppen Lene Køppen Lene Køppen is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World and All-England ...	Thomas Kihlström Thomas Kihlström Thomas Kihlström is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles....   Bengt Fröman Bengt Fröman Bengt Fröman is a retired male badminton player of Sweden noted for his doubles play. He won the prestigious All-England men's doubles title in 1976 and the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in men's doubles both in partnership with Thomas Kihlstrom.-References:...	Lene Køppen Lene Køppen Lene Køppen is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World and All-England ...   Karin Lindquist	Elo Hansen Elo Hansen Elo Hansen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who won international titles in all three events from the late 1960s through the mid 1970s.-Career:...   Lene Køppen Lene Køppen Lene Køppen is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World and All-England ...
1975	Anatoliy Skripko	Alena Poboráková	Anatoliy Skripko   Viktor Schwatschko	Alena Poboráková    Éva Cserni	Ladislav Šrámek   Alena Poboráková
1976	Nikolaj Nikitin	Alla Zvonareva	Anatoliy Skripko   Vitaliy Shmakov	Alla Zvonareva   Ljudmila Markova	Anatoliy Skripko   Alla Zvonareva
1977	Morten Frost Morten Frost Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen, aka "Mr Badminton", is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark...	Lonny Bostofte	Morten Frost Morten Frost Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen, aka "Mr Badminton", is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark...   Steen Skovgaard Steen Skovgaard Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s.He played for the Gentofte BK.-Career:...	Eva-Maria Kranz   Vera Martini	Steen Skovgaard Steen Skovgaard Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s.He played for the Gentofte BK.-Career:...   Pia Nielsen Pia Nielsen -Career:One of Europe's better all-around female players in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nielsen played particularly well in the IBF's first three World Championships...
1978	Anatoliy Skripko	Monika Cassens Monika Cassens Monika Cassens is former a German badminton player.She started her career in her birthplace, Tröbitz. For this club she won 15 national titles. After her marriage to Claus Cassens, she changed to SG Gittersee, a badminton club from Dresden. In her career she won 101 international tournaments...	Konstantin Wawilow   Nikolay Peshekhonov	Monika Cassens Monika Cassens Monika Cassens is former a German badminton player.She started her career in her birthplace, Tröbitz. For this club she won 15 national titles. After her marriage to Claus Cassens, she changed to SG Gittersee, a badminton club from Dresden. In her career she won 101 international tournaments...   Angela Michalowski	Mogens Neergaard   Jette Boyer
1979	Anatoliy Skripko	Svetlana Belyasova	Bandid Jaiyen Bandid Jaiyen Bandid Jaiyen is a former badminton player who won numerous Thai national titles and also excelled internationally between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. Thailand's leading singles player for a decade, the diminutive Jaiyen performed exceptionally well in Thomas Cup competition...   Preecha Sopajaree	Monika Cassens Monika Cassens Monika Cassens is former a German badminton player.She started her career in her birthplace, Tröbitz. For this club she won 15 national titles. After her marriage to Claus Cassens, she changed to SG Gittersee, a badminton club from Dresden. In her career she won 101 international tournaments...   Angela Michalowski	Anatoliy Skripko   Svetlana Belyasova
1980	No competition
1981	Anatoliy Skripko	Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson is a retired female Swedish badminton player.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson. She also represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996...	Bengt Svenningsen   Henrik Svarrer Henrik Svarrer Henrik Svarrer is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.Svarrer competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Jan Paulsen. They lost in quarterfinals to Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi, of China, 15-11, 12-15, 17-14....	Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson is a retired female Swedish badminton player.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson. She also represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996...   Maria Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson -Career:She won two silver medals at the World Badminton Championships, one in 1985 in mixed doubles with Stefan Karlsson and another in 1991 in women's doubles with Christine Magnusson...	Duncan Bridge   Jill Pringle
1982	Anatoliy Skripko	Svetlana Belyasova	Vitaly Shmakov   Anatoliy Skripko	Wendy Massam   Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers is a retired female badminton player from England.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier....	Vitaliy Shmakov   Svetlana Belyasova
1983	Harald Klauer	Svetlana Belyasova	Thomas Künstler   Harald Klauer	Svetlana Belyasova   Ljudmila Okuneva
1984	Poul Larsen Poul Larsen Poul Larsen was a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm....	Tatyana Litvinenko	Par-Gunnar Jonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson is a retired male badminton player from Sweden.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Peter Axelsson.-References:...   Jan-Eric Antonsson Jan-Eric Antonsson Jan-Eric Antonsson is a retired male badminton player from Sweden.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Astrid Crabo. They also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics and lost in the round of 16 to Trikus Heryanto and Minarti...	Tatyana Litvinenko   Viktoria Pron	Vitaliy Shmakov   Svetlana Belyasova
1985	Syed Modi Syed Modi Syed Modi was an Indian badminton player, and an eight-time National Badminton champion . He won the Austrian International in 1983 and 1984 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, Men's singles title...	Tatyana Litvinenko	Thomas Künstler   Stefan Frey	Svetlana Belyasova   Elena Rybkina
1986	Claus Thomsen	Svetlana Belyasova	Peter Axelsson Peter Axelsson Peter Axelsson is a retired male badminton player from Sweden.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Pär-Gunnar Jönsson....   Jens Olsson Jens Olsson Jens Olsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:...	Tatyana Litvinenko   Viktoria Pron	Andrey Antropov   Viktoria Pron
1987	Jens Olsson Jens Olsson Jens Olsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:...	Vlada Belyutina	Andrey Antropov   Sergey Sevryukov	Svetlana Belyasova   Elena Rybkina	Jon Holst-Christensen Jon Holst-Christensen Jon Holst-Christensen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.-Summer Olympics:Jon Holst-Christensen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Thomas Lund...   Charlotte Madsen
1988	Andrey Antropov	Catrine Bengtsson Catrine Bengtsson -Career:Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarterfinals to Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua, of China, 15-4, 15-9....	Andrey Antropov   Sergey Sevryukov	Elena Rybkina   Irina Serova	Vitaliy Shmakov   Viktoria Pron
1989	Andrey Antropov	Elena Rybkina	Andrey Antropov   Sergey Sevryukov	Svetlana Belyasova   Irina Serova	Vitaliy Shmakov   Vlada Cherniavskaya
1990	Andrey Antropov	Elena Rybkina	Andrey Antropov   Sergey Sevryukov	Elena Rybkina   Vlada Cherniavskaya	Michail Korshuk   Vlada Cherniavskaya
1991	Park Sung-woo Park Sung-woo Park Sung-Woo is a manga-style South Korean manhwa artist. He had his debut in 1993 in IQ Jump. He was awarded a "Manhwa of Our Time" prize in 2002.-Works:*Anima Cal Livs*Black God*Chun Rhang Yul Jun*Dark Striker...	Elena Rybkina	Park Joo-bong Park Joo-bong Park Joo-bong is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid 1990s....   Kim Moon-soo Kim Moon-soo (badminton) Kim Moon-Soo is a former badminton player from South Korea.He has won 2 titles in the World Badminton Championships in men's doubles. He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics and 3 All England Open Badminton Championships in men's doubles...	Natalia Ivanova   Julia Martinenko	Vitaliy Shmakov   Vlada Cherniavskaya
1992	Andrey Antropov	Marina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva is a female badminton player from Russia.Yakusheva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nikolai Zuyev. They were defeated by Anggun Nugroho and Eny Widiowati of Indonesia in the round of 32. In her home country Russia she won 13 national...	Andrey Antropov   Nikolay Zuev	Marina Andrievskaia   Marina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva is a female badminton player from Russia.Yakusheva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nikolai Zuyev. They were defeated by Anggun Nugroho and Eny Widiowati of Indonesia in the round of 32. In her home country Russia she won 13 national...	Nikolay Zuev   Marina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva is a female badminton player from Russia.Yakusheva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nikolai Zuyev. They were defeated by Anggun Nugroho and Eny Widiowati of Indonesia in the round of 32. In her home country Russia she won 13 national...