Ville Lång is a badminton player from Finland. He won ten consecutive Finland's National Championship men's singles titles in 2005–2014, and 3 men's doubles title in 2010, 2011, and 2017. In 2003, he won bronze at the European Junior Championships. Lång competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He announced his retirement on 31 January 2016, and received a meritorious service award from BWF. After retiring from the international competition, Lång started his coaching career first in Paris where he coached the league team Aulnay-sous-Bois after which he has been the head coach of one local club in Sweden. In 2019, he was elected as vice chairman of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.
Paulien van Dooremalen is a Dutch former badminton player from Duinwijck and she also played for the Badminton Club Amersfoort. She currently resides in Arnhem and was a doubles specialist. She also featured in the Netherlands women's team that won the 2006 European Women's Team Championships, and also the silver medal at the world women's team championships, 2006 Uber Cup in Japan. She won the Dutch National Mixed doubles title in 2008 with Ruud Bosch. She also won the National Women's doubles twice in 2010 and 2011 with Lotte Jonathans.
Marjan Ridder is a retired badminton player of the Netherlands.
Mathias Boe is a Danish former badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Boe was a part of the 2016 Thomas Cup winning team.
Jorrit de Ruiter is a Dutch internationally elite badminton player who, until September 2015, was member of the Dutch national team. After he had played in the 2015 World Championships in Jakarta he decided to put an end to his international career.
Zvonimir Hölbling is a Croatian male badminton player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club and also BV Mülheim in Germany.
Selena Piek is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. She won the gold medals at the European Games in 2019 in the women's doubles, and in 2023 in the mixed doubles. She was part of the Badminton Europe Athletes' Commission from 2016 to 2020.
Jacco Arends is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek. He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships, and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jelle Maas is a Dutch retired badminton player specializing in doubles events. He was the bronze medalists at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Games.
Ruud Bosch is a Dutch former badminton player. He is a doubles specialist. He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a silver medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team Championships. After quitting the men's doubles combination with Koen Ridder after eight years in August 2014, Bosch moved to Taiwan to form a new combination with Tien Tzu-Chieh in men's doubles and Shuai Pei-ling in mixed doubles.
Robin Tabeling is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He started playing badminton in Amstelveen at a club called BV van Zijderveld. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event and a bronze medal in team event. Partnered with Jelle Maas, he won bronze medals at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Games. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and also at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.Tabeling won a gold medal with Selena Piek in the mixed doubles event at the 2023 European Games.
Dave Khodabux is a Dutch retired badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He won a bronze medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships with his partner Ruud Bosch in the boys' doubles event. He won the Dutch National badminton title twice in the mixed doubles event, in 2010 with Samantha Barning and in 2012 with Selena Piek. Khodabux is from Surinamese origin, now a coach at his badminton club BV Almere.
Ilse Vaessen is a Dutch badminton player. Her international career has been hindered by a severe knee injury. She now is the manager of the "topbadminton" department of the Dutch Badminton Association "Badminton Nederland". She used to play at the highest level club team competition in doubles for her club BV Almere in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Lucas Maurice Corvée is a French badminton player affiliated with Issy Les Moulineaux 92 club. Corvée started playing badminton at aged 6 in Alençon badminton club. His mother also a professional badminton player. He became a member of the France national badminton team in 2010, then in 2011, he won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in boys' doubles event. Corvée was the champion of the 2013 Puerto Rico International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Brice Leverdez.
Toma Junior Popov is a French badminton player. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. Popov made history as the first non-Danish male player to win a European Junior team gold as well as the men's singles and doubles in 2017. He joined Peter Gade, Jim Laugesen, and Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen as the only men to have ever completed the treble. He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and claimed the men's singles bronze medal.
Alex Christiaan Vlaar is a Dutch-Bulgarian badminton player. He was born in Lelystad, the Netherlands. His father Chris Vlaar is a Dutch rally car driver and badminton coach, his mother is former badminton player Emilia Dimitrova who is also a coach. She played for Bulgaria at the 1992 Olympics women's doubles.
Mark Lamsfuß is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld. He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships.
Ruben Jille is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. The righthanded Jille, started playing badminton at a small local club in Houten, the place where he grew up. He chose to join the national team in 2014. In 2016, he was semi-finalist at the Dutch Open partnered with Jacco Arends in the men's doubles event. In 2017, this partnership won its first international title at the Spanish International. His sister Debora Jille is also a member of the Dutch National badminton squad.
Sandra Marinello is a German badminton player. She was born in Duisburg, and started to playing badminton in 1995. Marinello was part of the 1. BC Düren from 2008 to 2014, and previously plays for the SV Thomasstadt Kempen, BV RW Wesel, TV Remscheid, SCU Lüdinghausen, PSV Ludwigshafen, and BV Gifhorn. She won the women's doubles title at the national championships from 2009 to 2012 partnered with Birgit Overzier. Together with the German national women's team, she won the bronze medal at the 2006 Uber Cup in Japan. She also won the women's doubles bronze at the 2012 European Championships with Overzier.
Christo Popov is a French badminton player who affiliate with Fos club. He was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020. He then clinched the boys' singles title at the 2020 European Junior Championships. In 2024, he became the first Frenchman to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open.
