Pullela Gopichand is a former Indian badminton player. Presently, he is the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone. He runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He received the Arjuna Award in 1999, the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan – India's third highest civilian award – in 2014.
Shin Baek-cheol is a mixed and men's doubles badminton player from South Korea.
Viktor Axelsen is a Danish badminton player. He was the 2010 World Junior Champion, beating Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the first ever European player to hold the title. Axelsen earned his first European crown in May 2016 beating compatriot and defending champion Jan Ø. Jørgensen in the final. At the 2017 BWF World Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland, he became the World Champion by beating Lin Dan in straight sets.
Ko Sung-hyun is an internationally elite badminton player from South Korea. Ko Sung-hyun is a right-handed player who specializes in doubles events. His current partner in the men's doubles is Shin Baek-cheol.
Nozomi Okuhara is a Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist, well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She became the 2017 world champion in Glasgow, Scotland after defeating India's P. V. Sindhu in the finals.
Sapsiree Taerattanachai is a Thai badminton player who competed at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2016 Olympics. In 2009, she was a semi-finalist in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships, and the following year, she was runner-up at the Asian Junior Championships. She won gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2014, Sapsiree became the first player ever to become a Grand Prix Gold finalist in all three disciplines. She won the women's doubles title at the 2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold, then the women's singles title at the 2013 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, then was runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold. With her mixed doubles victory at the 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, she did one better and became the first player to win Grand Prix Gold titles in all three disciplines.
Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung is a male South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Takeshi Kamura is a Japanese badminton player. He competed at the 2014 Asian Games.
Choi Sol-gyu is a South Korean badminton player. He has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.
The Carebaco International is an international badminton tournament of the "Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation" (Carebaco). Until 1999 the tournament was a closed event eligible only for Carebaco members, but to gain BWF World Ranking points since 1999 the Carebaco International tournament became a level 4 open individual event, now part of the BWF Future Series.
Liang Xiaoyu is a Singaporean badminton player. She started playing badminton at a very young age under the influence of her father, a badminton trainer. She became a member of the Singaporean national badminton team in May 2011. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jacob Maliekal is a male badminton player from South Africa. He became the South Africa national team members in 2009 and won gold medals at the 2011 and 2014 African Games in badminton men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ruud Bosch is a Dutch male badminton players. He is a doubles specialist. He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a bronze medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team Championships.
Dechapol Puavaranukroh is a Thai badminton player. He won a gold medal at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren.
Phạm Hồng Nam is a Vietnamese male badminton player, specializing in doubles play. In 2016, he became the runner-up of Portugal International with his partner Do Tuan Duc in men's doubles.
Kalle Koljonen is a Finnish male badminton player. In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel. In 2015, he became the runner up of Slovenia International and won Hungarian International. In 2016, he became the runner-up of Bulgarian International.
Tom Wolfenden is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 6, he won U-19 England national badminton championships five times, and became the England's Young Player of the year 2012-13.
Shiho Tanaka is a Japanese badminton player.
Prakash Vijayanath is a South African badminton player.
Shevon Jemie Lai is a Malaysian badminton player.
