Giraldilla International

The Giraldilla International is the name of an international badminton tournament, which is organized as an open championship of Cuba. The competition is held annually since 2000 and is now a young supraregional Badminton Championship. The organizer was the Cuban Badminton Association ( "Federación Cubana de Badminton") in cooperation with the Badminton Pan Am continental federation.

At 2013, the tournament was classified as "Future Series" by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), since the fifteenth event in March 2014 Giraldilla classified as "International Series" level, which held on to win the tournament before $1,700 now $2,500 points for the world ranking will be credited.^[1]

The tournament is named after the unofficial symbol of the city of Havana, "La Giraldilla" is a bronze weathervane in female figure on the oldest fortress of the city, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Until XIII, Giraldilla 2012 which was held in Pinar del Río, Havana is the host city of the tournament.

The XVI edition held in March 2015 at Havana. Registration of participants is carried out in each case solely on the WBF. On the players who reach at least the semi-finals, a staggered by ranking prize pool of currently $5,000 will be paid.^[2]

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2000	Richard Vaughan	Takako Ida	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Satomi Igawa Hiroko Nagamine	Norio Imai Chikako Nakayama
2001	Shōji Satō	Dayanis Álvarez	Shōji Satō Sho Sasaki	Isaura Medina Yudielis Lazo	Oscar Pérez Yudielis Lazo
2002	Li Yong Ying	Dayanis Álvarez	Christian Bernhard Cristiano Bevilacqua	Dunia Bencomo Yudielis Lazo	Lázaro Yonier Jerez Dayanis Álvarez
2003	Sho Sasaki	Xu Huaiwen	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	Takanori Aoki | Miyuki Tai
2004	Yuichi Ikeda	Isaura Medina	Yunier Álvarez Alexander Hernández	Leydi E. Mora Isaura Medina	Ilian Perez Solángel Guzmán
2005	Toby Honey	Agnese Allegrini	José Antonio Crespo Nicolás Escartín	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	José Antonio Crespo Yoana Martínez
2006	Pablo Abian	Agnese Allegrini	Ilian Perez Lázaro Yonier	Solángel Guzmán Isuara Medina	Yunier Álvarez Isuara Medina
2007	Pablo Abian	Agnese Allegrini	Lenaic Luong Nabil Lasmari	Solángel Guzmán Leydi Edith Mora	Klaus Raffeiner Agnese Allegrini
2008	Yuhan Tan	Solángel Guzmán	Alexander Hernández Osleni Guerrero	Solángel Guzmán Lisandra Suárez	Osleni Guerrero Lisandra Suárez
2009	Ari Trisnanto	Solángel Guzmán	Rizki Yanu Kresnayandi Albert Saputra	Solángel Guzmán Lisandra Suárez	Alexander Hernández María L. Hernández
2010	Osleni Guerrero	Anida Lestari	Berry Angriawan Muhammad Ulinnuha	no competition	Berry Angriawan Ni Made Claudia
2011	Arief Gifar Ramadhan	Putri Muthia Restu Pangersa	Berry Angriawan Christopher Rusdianto	Dwi Agustiawati Ayu Rahmasari	Christopher Rusdianto Dwi Agustiawati
2012	Osleni Guerrero	Cristina Aicardi	Ernesto Reyes Ronald Toledo	Daniela Macías Luz María Zornoza	Luis Camacho Johanny Quintero
2013	Osleni Guerrero	Camila García	Jan Frohlich Zdenek Svata	Camila García Danica Nishimura	Lino Muñoz Cynthia González
2014	Jan Frohlich	Jeanine Cicognini	Jonathan Solis Rodolfo Ramírez	Danica Nishimura Luz María Zornoza	Osleni Guerrero Tahimara Oropeza
2015	Osleni Guerrero	Ebru Tunali	Giovanni Greco Rosario Maddaloni	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	Mario Cuba Katherine Winder
2016	Osleni Guerrero	Elisabeth Baldauf	Leodannis Martinez Ernesto Reyes	Daniela Macias Luz Maria Zornoza	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf

References

External links

• BWF Fansite
• Torneo Internacional de Giraldilla