Lin Dan (born October 14, 1983, in Longyan (龙岩), Fujian province) is a men's singles badminton player from Fujian, the People's Republic of China. Since 2004, he had been ranked number 1 in the world for two years. As of October 2006, Lin Dan had regained his ranking as #1 in the world, after a short period of being ranked behind Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Lin played in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he lost to Ronald Susilo of Singapore in the early rounds.

Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

Zhang Ning (born 19 May 1975 in Shenyang, Liaoning province) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Zhang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for China. In women's singles, she defeated Marina Andrievskaya of Sweden and Kelly Morgan of Great Britain in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Zhang beat Wang Chen of Hong Kong 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 to advance to the semifinals. There, she defeated countrywoman Zhou Mi 11-6, 11-4.

Anthony Clark (born 1 November 1977 in Derby) is an English badminton player.

Thomas Laybourn (born 30 September 1977) is a male badminton player from Denmark. Laybourn won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl. He also competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles (with Kamilla Rytter Juhl), and were defeated in the quarterfinals by Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms 21-14, 21-17.

Wei Yili (born 24 June 1982) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Wei competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Zhao Tingting. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Gail Emms and Donna Kellogg of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Wei and Zhao beat Lee Hyo-jung and Hwang Yu-mi of Korea 8-15, 15-6, 15-13.

Robert Blair (born 7 August 1981, Edinburgh) is a Scottish badminton player who plays for England. Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he has competed for England since 2001, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. His main motivation for changing nation was the prospect of medals at the Commonwealth Games.

Bao Chunlai (born February 17, 1983 in Changsha, Hunan province) is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Bao played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Shoji Sato of Japan in the first round. In the round of 16, Bao was himself defeated by Park Tae-sang of Korea. Bao reached the men's singles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships losing the final against Lin Dan.

Xie Xingfang was born January 8, 1981, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in China. She is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Her first big title was won in the woman double event, with her provincial team mate Zhang Jiewen, in the world junior championships in 1998. Yet once she entered the Chinese national team, she switched to singles, in between two generations, the one of Gong Ruina, Zhou Mi and Zhang Ning, and the following one, …

Huang Sui (born 8 January 1982 in Hunan province) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Huang competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Gao Ling. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Eei Hui Chin and Pei Tty Wong of Malaysia in the second. In the quarterfinals, Huang and Gao beat Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 15-6, 15-7.

Donna Victoria Kellogg (born January 20 1978 in Derby) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom. She started badminton at the age of 10.

Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Zhang reached the women's doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships together with Wei Yili, losing the final against Gao Ling and Huang Sui.

Fu Haifeng (born 2 January 1984 in Jieyang (揭阳), Guangdong province) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Fu competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Cai Yun. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Keita Masuda and Tadashi Ohtsuka of Japan in the second. In the quarterfinals, Fu and Cai lost to Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark 3-15, 15-11, 15-8.

Cai Yun (born 19 January 1980 in Jiangsu) is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Cai competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Fu Haifeng. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Keita Masuda and Tadashi Ohtsuka of Japan in the second. In the quarterfinals, Cai and Fu lost to Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark 3-15, 15-11, 15-8.

Andrew Smith (born June 3, 1984 in Portsmouth) is an English badminton player.

Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born November 23 1983) is a female badminton player from Denmark. Juhl won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Thomas Laybourn. She also competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles (with Thomas Laybourn), and were defeated in the quarterfinals by Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms 21-14, 21-17.

Roman Spitko (born November 18, 1978 in Bobingen) is a male badminton player from Germany. Spitko played the 2006 IBF World Championships in men's singles, defeating Carlos Longo of Spain in the first round. In the round of 32, he was defeated by Dicky Palyama of Nehterlands. He also played in men's doubles with Michael Fuchs, and they were defeated in the round of 16 by Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia.

Joachim Persson (born March 23 1983) is a badminton player from Denmark.

Chan Yan Kit is a professional badminton player from Hong Kong. He competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships in men's singles and was defeated in first round by Eric Pang. The next year he reached quarterfinals at the 2007 Badminton Asia Championships, losing against Yeoh Kay Bin 13-21, 21-9, 21-14.

John Moody is a male badminton player from New Zealand. In 2002 and 2004 he won the Fiji International, in 2005 the Ballarat Eureka International and the Waikato International, and in 2006 the North Harbour International and the Waikato International. Moody played the 2005 IBF World Championships, and he lost in round of 1/64. He also played the 2006 IBF World Championships and reached the round of 1/32.