Antonio Rangel (badminton)

[1] His father, Dr Raúl Rangel Romero was a dentist who taught his two children about the importance and benefits of practising sports, while his mother Luz Ojeda Lacroix was a school teacher.

[1] Antonio Rangel competed in the Mexican National Open from 1964 to 1968 where he played against players such as Erland Kops, Channarong Ratanaseangsuang, Jamie Paulson, Don Paup and Bill Berry, among others.

However, playing together with the Danish player Knud Christiansen, Antonio Rangel lost the men's doubles final 15-5 and 15-11 against the Peruvian couple integrated by Percy Levi and Miguel Argüelles.

[6] For his involvement, the then Mayor of Lima, Dr Luis Bedoya Reyes, gave Antonio Rangel a plate for his first place in the 1st International Tournament of Peru with an inscription: "Ambassador of Badminton".

[1][9] In February 1967, he competed for the second time with the Mexican team that was eliminated by Canada in the semi-finals of the zone; Antonio Rangel lost against the Canadian champion, Wayne Macdonnell: 12-15, 15-6 y 15-8.

Photo taken in Mexico City in 1969; from left to right: Tony Rangel Ojeda, Erland Kops , unknown and Raúl Rangel Ojeda .
Trophy awarded by the Peruvian Federation of Badminton to Antonio Rangel Ojeda for winning the International Tournament of Peru in 1966
Award given by the Centro Naval del Perú to Antonio Rangel Ojeda in recognition for his contribution to the Badminton in Peru