- 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.
- 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.
- Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone is a famous badminton player from Karnataka, India.
- 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.
- Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei (born October 21, 1982) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia.
- Thomas Laybourn
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Xie Xingfang
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, …
- 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 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.
- Richard Vaughan
Richard Vaughan (born April 16, 1978 in Caerphilly, Wales) is a male badminton player from the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- Howard Bach
Howard Bach is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.
- 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.
- Gao Ling
Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
- Pullela Gopichand
Pullela Gopichand (born on November 16,1973 in Nagandla, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian Badminton player. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 defeating Chen Hong of China in the finals. He became the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone, who won it in 1980. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2000-2001. But later on, his game was affected due to injuries and his ranking dropped to 126 in the year 2003.
- Anup Sridhar
Anup Sridhar is a male badminton player from India. In 2005 he won the 30th Hungarian International. He is currently the highest ranked badminton player in India. However, he failed to defend his National title in 2007.
- Anthony Clark
Anthony Clark (born 1 November 1977 in Derby) is an English badminton player.
- 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.
- Tony Gunawan
Tony Gunawan (born April 9, 1975) is an Indonesian professional doubles badminton player whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful doubles players of all time. He is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and now represents the United States. At the age of 31, he is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players of all time.
- Koo Kien Keat
Koo Kien Keat is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. Besides being a men's doubles player, he also represents Malaysia in the mixed doubles event. He started his career at seventeen years of age and has won the Asian Junior title.
- 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.
- Lee Hyun-Il
Lee Hyun-Il (born April 17, 1980) is a male badminton player from South Korea. He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles. Lee played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Stuart Brehaut of Australia in the first round. In the round of 16, Lee was himself defeated by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.
- Pi Hongyan
Pi Hongyan (born 25 January 1979) is a female badminton player from France. She was born in Chongqing, China. Pi played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Seo Yoon-hee of South Korea in the round of 32. Pi won the Aviva Open Singapore 2006 Women's Singles title beating Holland's Mia Audina 22-20, 22-20 in the finals. In 2007, she won the Women's Singles title at the French National Badminton Championships.
- Tracey Hallam
Tracey Hallam (born 24 March 1975) is an English badminton player.
- Claudia Rivero
Claudia Rivero is a Peruvian professional badminton player.
- 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.
- Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith (born June 3, 1984 in Portsmouth) is an English badminton player.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Rexy Mainaky
Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born March 9, 1968 in Ternate) is a men's doubles badminton player from Indonesia who is simply known as Rexy.
- 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.
- Wong Choong Hann
Wong Choong Hann is a professional Malaysian badminton player. He currently resides in Seri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
- 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.
- Wong Mew Choo
Wong Mew Choo is a female badminton singles player from Malaysia. She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round. In the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006, she helped Malaysia clinch the gold medal in the mixed team event, taking the crucial point that gave Malaysia the lead 2-1. Eventually the team won 3-1 over England for the first time in Games history.
- Simon Archer
Simon Archer (born June 27, 1973) is an English badminton player.
- Zhou Mi
Zhou Mi is a Chinese female badminton player who represents Hong Kong. In her early career she represented the People's Republic of China.