Bach's father took him to the Golden Gate YMCA in San Francisco's Tenderloin District when he was five. It was here that over the next 11 years, Howard Bach would be coached by his father in badminton.
In his younger years, he was also coached by USA coach of the year, Dick Ng.
When Bach was sixteen, he decided to dedicate himself to Badminton. He moved to Colorado Springs to train at the U.S. Olympic Site.
"One thing I always tell people. If you want to be a gold medalist, you partner one." -H. Bach
He trained with his father and some other coaches when he was younger; when he got older he trained and played in matches with other gold medalists.
He didn't earn any medals for the Olympics, however, he's earned a good bit in other events. He's gotten seven gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals in all. The events were the World Championships, World Cup, Pan American Games, and Pan Am Championships. Though he normally just does men's doubles, in these it varied with Men's Doubles, Mixed doubles, and Men's singles.
California
California is home to the “Avocado Capital of the World.” Every year, Fallbrook holds an avocado festival to celebrate.
The world's largest tree is in Sequoia National Park. It's called General Sherman, and it's 275 feet tall and a circumference of 102 feet.
Death Valley is in Eastern California; during summer, it is one of the hottest places on Earth.
California is where the internet was invented. The first message was "LO", an attempt at the word "LOGIN", by Charley S. Kline who was trying to log into the SRI computer from UCLA.
The Windows EX wallpaper is in California. "Bliss", was taken just off Highway 121 in Sonoma County.
California has 12% of the USA's population. With 39.51 million people.
California grows the most grapes than any other state, they grew 5.6 million tons of grapes in 2020.
The California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower.
The flag is also known as, 'The Bear Flag', and his name is Monarch.
In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), ranked the flag 13th in 'most beautiful'.
The red star on the flag was inspired by Texas.