- Yang Wei
Yang Wei (born 13 January 1979 in Guangdong province) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Zhang Jiewen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Jo Novita and Lita Nurlita of Indonesia in the second. In the quarterfinals, Yang and Zhang beat Saralee Thungthongkam and Sathinee Chankrachangwong of Thailand 15-2, 15-4.
- Gao Ling
Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
- Lin Dan
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.
- Gail Emms
Gail Elizabeth Emms (born July 23, 1977 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments.
- Jonas Rasmussen
Jonas Rasmussen (born 28 October 1977 in Aarhus) is a male badminton player from Denmark. Rasmussen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Lars Paaske. They had a bye in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Yim Bang-eun and Kim Yong-hyun of Korea. He also competed in mixed double's with partner Rikke Olsen.
- Robert Blair
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.
- Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian badminton player and his height is 176 cm. He is a former world champion and the current Olympic champion in the men's singles. He also won the Indonesian Open six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006). When he was young, he joined the SGS Club, a badminton club in Bandung. Having been trained by Iie Sumirat, Taufik learned his characteristic confusing and tricky net play.
- Anthony Clark
Anthony Clark (born 1 November 1977 in Derby) is an English badminton player.
- Mia Audina
Mia Audina Tjiptawan (Chinese: 張海麗 (Zhang Haili); born August 22, 1979) is a former female badminton player born in Indonesia, and competing for the Netherlands since 2000. Mia Audina won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Indonesia. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for the Netherlands but lost in the quarterfinals. Audina played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Zhang Ning
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.
- Nathan Robertson
Nathan James Robertson (born May 30 1977, Nottingham) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event.
- Ronald Susilo
Ronald Susilo (born June 6, 1979 in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia) is a Singaporean badminton player. He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Perlita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he understands spoken Chinese. He joined the Singapore Badminton Association at the age of 19.
- Zhang Jun
Zhang Jun (張軍) (born November 26, 1977) is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
- Mette Schjoldager
Mette Schjoldager (born April 21, 1977) is a female badminton player from Denmark. Schjoldager competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Pernille Harder. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won of Korea in the round of 16. She also competed in mixed double's with partner Jens Eriksen.
- Jens Eriksen
Jens Eriksen (born December 30, 1969) is a male badminton player from Denmark. He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In men's doubles, Eriksen and his partern Martin Lundgaard Hansen had a bye in the first round and defeated Howard Bach and Kevin Qi Han of the United States in the second. In the quarterfinals, Eriksen and Hansen beat Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of China 3-15, 15-11, 15-8.
- Camilla Martin
Camilla Martin Nygaard nee Martin (born March 23, 1974 in Aarhus) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. Together with Lene Køppen by far the most winning Danish female player. She primarily played woman's singles. In that discipline she became national championship 13 years in a row, from 1991 to 2003, European champion three times, in 1992, 1996, and 1998, and World champion once in 1999. She won All England in 2002.
- Peter Gade
"' (born December 14, 1976) born Peter Gade Christensen"' is a professional badminton player from Terndrup, Denmark. He currently resides near Charlottenlund in Copenhagen with his wife and accomplished handball player Camilla Høeg. Together they have a daughter, Nanna, born in 2004.
- Kim Dong-Moon
Kim Dong-Moon (born 22 September 1975) is a male badminton player from South Korea.
- Chen Hong
Chen Hong (born November 28, 1979 in Fujian province) is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Chen played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark and Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Chen was defeated by Shon Seung-mo of South Korea 10-15, 15-4, 15-10. He has also won the All-England Champioships 2 times and the China Open twice.
- Wang Chen
Wang Chen is a female badminton player from Hong Kong. Wang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Lorena Blanco of Peru and Jie Yao of the Netherlands in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Wang lost to Zhang Ning of the People's Republic of China 9-11, 11-6, 11-7. She won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in women's singles. zh-yue:王晨
- Roslin Hashim
Muhammad Roslin Hashim (born October 23, 1975) in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia) is a male badminton player from Malaysia.He is one of the successful Malay badminton player aside from the Sidek brothers.He is Muhammad Hafiz Hashim's brother.
- Zheng Bo
Zheng Bo (born 26 November 1983) is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China. Zheng competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Sang Yang. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chan Chong Ming and Chew Choon Eng of Malaysia in the second. In the quarterfinals, Zheng and Sang lost to Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon of Korea 15-7, 15-11.
- Zhang Jiewen
Zhang Jiewen (born 4 January 1981 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Zhang competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Yang Wei. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Jo Novita and Lita Nurlita of Indonesia in the second. In the quarterfinals, Zhang and Yang beat Saralee Thungthongkam and Sathinee Chankrachangwong of Thailand 15-2, 15-4.
- Huang Sui
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.
- Bao Chunlai
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.
- Donna Kellogg
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.
- Lee Wan Wah
Lee Wan Wah (born 24 November, 1975 in Ipoh, Perak) is a male badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. His regular doubles' partner is Choong Tan Fook. Lee competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Choong Tan Fook. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand in the second. In the quarterfinals, Lee and Choong lost to Lee Dong-soo & Yoo Yong-sung of Korea 11-15, 15-11, 15-9.
- Tracey Hallam
Tracey Hallam (born 24 March 1975) is an English badminton player.
- Ra Kyung-Min
Ra Kyung-min (born 25 November 1976) is a female badminton player from South Korea. Ra competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Lee Kyung-won. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the second. In the quarterfinals, Ra and Lee beat Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina of the Netherlands 15-5, 15-2. They lost the semifinal to Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei of China 15-6, …
- Fu Haifeng
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.
- Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei (born October 21, 1982) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia.
- Richard Vaughan
Richard Vaughan (born April 16, 1978 in Caerphilly, Wales) is a male badminton player from the United Kingdom.
- Cheng Wen-Hsing
Cheng Wen-Hsing (born 24 February 1982) is a female badminton player from the Republic of China. Cheng competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chien Yu Chin. They defeated Helen Nichol and Charmaine Reid of Canada in the first round but were defeated by Lee Hyo-jung and Hwang Yu-mi of Korea in the round of 16. Cheng also competed in mixed double's with partner Tsai Chia-Hsin.
- Rikke Olsen
Rikke Olsen (born April 19, 1975) is a female badminton player from Denmark.
- Li Li
Li Li (Simplified Chinese: 李丽, pinyin: Lǐ Lì) (born July 7, 1983) is the top-ranked female badminton player in Singapore. She was born in China and moved to Singapore in 1997. Li won the 2002 Commonwealth Games Women's singles gold medal by beating favourite Tracey Hallam of England in four sets, causing a major upset for the home team. Li also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Gong Ruina of China in the round of 32.
- Pernille Harder
Pernille Harder (born 3 September 1977) is a female badminton player from Denmark. Harder competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Mette Schjoldager. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won of Korea in the round of 16.
- Cai Yun
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.
- Kenneth Jonassen
Kenneth Jonassen (born July 3, 1974 in Herning) is a male badminton player from Denmark, who played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Chen Hong of China. Kenneth was the losing finalist in the Aviva Open Singapore 2006, losing 21-14, 21-10 to compatriot Peter Gade. Currently has the fastest smash recorded in the singles competition, it was 298 km/h (185 mph).
- Zhang Yawen
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.
- Lars Paaske
Lars Paaske (born January 18, 1976) is a male badminton player from Denmark.