Mr. Jean-Guy Poitras received the BWF Lifetime Achievement Award in the framework of the BWF Annual General Meeting in China.
On May 23, BWF president Poul-Erik Høyer presented the award to Poitras at a gala dinner during the Badminton World Federation’s Annual General Meeting in Nanning, China.
Jean-Guy Poitras had a career of more than four decades as an international Technical Official, working for Pan Am and BWF. His career in the chair spanned the very first match in the first Pan Am Championships in 1977, through three Commonwealth Games, and medal matches at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
He later served as BWF Umpire Assessor from 2003 to 2016 and chaired the BWF Umpire Assessors Panel from 2004 to 2016. He contributed a great deal to the current high standard of BWF umpires and the education system now in place for umpires.
Congratulations!!
