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BWF president Høyer reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis

BWF president Poul-Erik Hoyer (L) at 2019 Total BWF Sudirman Cup in Nanning, China (Photo by Peng Huan/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

Poul-Erik Høyer, president of the Badminton World Federation, has revealed that he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

Høyer has told media in his native Denmark that he was diagnosed with the condition in 2015.

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