Howard Bach
| Howard Bach | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  United States |
| Born | February 22, 1979 Ho Chi Minh City |
| Handedness | Right |
| Event | Men's doubles |
Medal record | |
| BWF profile | |
Howard Bach (born 22 February 1979) is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.
Early life
He was born in Vietnam, Howard Bach came to the U.S. at the age of two, when his father, Cam Sen Bach, emigrated to San Francisco with his family in 1982.[1]
From 1991–1993, he attended Marina Middle School in San Francisco.
When he was five years old, Howard Bach was brought by his father to the Golden Gate YMCA in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. It was here that over the next 11 years, Howard Bach would be coached by his father in badminton. Bach was a 16-year-old student at Galileo High School when he decided to dedicate himself to the sport of badminton.
During his early years, he was also coached and mentored by USA coach of the year, Dick Ng.
At age 16, he moved to Colorado Springs to train at the U.S. Olympic Site.
2004 Olympics
Bach competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Kevin Han. They defeated Dorian James and Stewart Carson of South Africa in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark.
2005 World Badminton Championships
From a modest 13th seeded position Howard Bach partnered with Tony Gunawan to win the final of the men's doubles 15-11, 10-15, 15-11, against the Indonesian pair, Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto. Thus winning the United States's first ever gold at the World Championships.
The Championships were held at the Arrowhead Pond arena in Anaheim, California.
2008 Olympics
He partnered with Bob Malaythong in Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, advancing to the quarterfinals – the furthest any American has ever reached. They were defeated by the Chinese pair, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.
2012 Olympics
Bach and Tony Gunawan competed in the 2012 London Olympics. They were eliminated during the pool play.
References
External links
- Orange County Badminton Club Team Member's Profile: Howard Bach
- Howard Bach at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Howard Bach". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- American male badminton players
- Olympic badminton players of the United States
- Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from San Francisco
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
- 1979 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
- Pan American Games gold medalists
- Pan American Games silver medalists
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States