{"id":11090,"date":"2023-04-03T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2023-04-19T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T01:03:07","slug":"female-participation-grant-continues-to-make-a-big-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/whats-new\/female-participation-grant-continues-to-make-a-big-impact","title":{"rendered":"Female Participation Grant Continues to Make a Big Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

SL3 Para badminton player<\/span> Cambell Plant <\/strong><\/em><\/span>refused to be shackled by the stigma those living with disabilities sometimes face.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always wanted to break down disability barriers,\u201d said the 29-year-old recipient of the BWF Female Participation Grant 2023, which supports a new athlete\u2019s participation needs, including classification.<\/p>\n

Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler, Plant was a very active child, taking part in athletics before switching to Para swimming at the age of 10, representing Great Britain at tournaments internationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel it is important to show others that disable people really can do anything. I used to be a swimmer for Great Britain, but I retired from that because I wanted to focus on my degree in Chemical Engineering,\u201d beamed Plant after making her overseas debut at the Spanish Para Badminton International 2023 in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen badminton was announced on the programme for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, I thought I would find out what it was like. I got a coach and I have been playing for a year,\u201d said Plant.<\/p>\n

Playing across three categories, she admitted the discovery of a sport that helps her have fun thanks to the funding received from the BWF.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn’t be here (in Vitoria) if BWF didn\u2019t fund me. It is great to have the experience, I have the motivation within me to get more training and constantly improve. When you\u2019re in my category, it\u2019s quite hard to get through to play these kinds of events and I\u2019m grateful to BWF for this opportunity,\u201d she added referring to Para Category 2 tournaments.<\/p>\n

Plant revealed her badminton inspiration also came from her family and how determined she is to pursue a career in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Grandmother was a really good player and that\u2019s another reason to take up the sport. I\u2019m having so much fun competing.\u201d[vc_single_image image=”11093″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Home hope, Selenia Pla Mompo (SL3)<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/a>from Spain was also a recipient of the grant, making her badminton debut at age 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very nervous to be playing here in Spain. I think it helps to have my team around me,\u201d said Pla Mompo after playing her first match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been playing badminton for a couple of years, but learning about this programme really helped change things for me and I hope I can play more tournaments and experience travel. When I told my school friends where I was going, I got a \u00a0postitive reaction and they told me how proud they are of me.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11092″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Agnieszka Etavard Glemp (WH1)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> from France was introduced to badminton by her children, having previously played basketball.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fell in love with the sport. The funding from BWF has helped me to get classified. What I really wanted to see was how I could play in a singles match. It was very exciting. I had such a rush of good feelings as I came onto court. I do like playing women\u2019s doubles. I have made a lot of new friends and experienced new things. I will continue to play badminton and basketball.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11091″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Anastasiia Zavalii from Ukraine<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> and Dalya Seleman from Germany<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> also received the grant and made their debut at the Spanish Para Badminton International 2023.<\/p>\n

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Five new female players from five different countries received the BWF Female Participation Grant 2023 and made their debut at the Spanish Para Badminton International 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2630,"featured_media":11092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11119,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions\/11119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}