Petya Nedelcheva is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.
Yao Jie is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands.
Saina Nehwal is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only female player from India and therafter the second Indian player – after Prakash Padukone – to achieve this feat. She has represented India three times in the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in her second appearance at London 2012.
Wang Yihan is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she began to shine in major tournaments. By October 2009 she was the top ranked Women's singles player in the world.
Wang Shixian is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is a former World No. 1 in women's singles.
Ratchanok Intanon is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by commentators such as Gillian Clark. She became the world champion in women's singles in 2013.
The badminton men's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 5 August at Wembley Arena.
Li Xuerui is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympics in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists in the 2013 and 2014 World Championships. Li Xuerui won fourteen Superseries titles, confirming her status as China's second most successful player after Wang Yihan. She reached a career high of no. 1 in the women's singles for 124 weeks. Li graduated with a BA from Huaqiao University.
Gu Juan is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The 2012 All England Super Series Premier was the third super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Birmingham, England from 6–11 March 2012 and had a total purse of $350,000.
The 2012 Indonesia Open Super Series Premier was the fifth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 12 to 17 June 2012 and had a total purse of $650,000.
These are the results of the women's singles competition, one of two events for female competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
The 2012 Denmark Super Series was a top level badminton competition held from October 16, 2012 to October 21, 2012 in Odense, Denmark. It was the ninth BWF Super Series competition on the 2012 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event was $400,000.
The 2013 Korea Open Superseries Premier was the first super series tournament of the 2013 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea from January 8–13, 2013 and had a total purse of $1,000,000. A qualification was held to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.
Aprilia Yuswandari is a badminton player from Indonesia. She was part of the Indonesia junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Junior Championships. Yuswandari who trained at the Pusdiklat Semen Gresik selected to join the national team in 2006. In 2010, she joined the Asian Games squad that won the women's team bronze after defeated by the Thai team in the semifinal.
The 2014 All England Super Series Premier was the third super series tournament of the 2014 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Birmingham, England from 4–9 March 2014 and had a total purse of $400,000. A qualification draw occurred to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.
The women's team badminton event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon took place from 20 to 22 September 2014 at Gyeyang Gymnasium.
The 2015 Badminton Asia Championships was the 34th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Wuhan, China, from April 21 to April 26.
The 2015 China Open Super Series Premier was the eleventh Super Series tournament of the 2015 BWF Super Series. The tournament was contested in Fuzhou, China from November 10 to November 15, 2015 with a total purse of $700,000. A qualification occurred to fill four places in three disciplines of the main draws.
The Girls' singles tournament of the 2006 BWF World Junior Championships is a badminton world junior individual championships for the Eye Level Cups, held on November 6–11. The defending champion of the last edition is Cheng Shao-chieh from Chinese Taipei. The top seeded Wang Yihan of China won the gold medal in this event after beat Saina Nehwal of India in straight games with the score 21–13, 21–9.
