Badminton

Players and achievements across the court.

People in Badminton

30 profiles

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Lin Dan

Winning two Olympic badminton singles titles and five world championships.

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P. V. Sindhu

Becoming India’s first badminton world champion.

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Saina Nehwal

Winning India’s first Olympic badminton medal.

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Lee Chong Wei

Becoming a long-standing world number one in badminton.

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Taufik Hidayat

Winning Olympic and world badminton singles titles.

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Rudy Hartono

Winning eight All England badminton singles titles.

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Kento Momota

Winning consecutive badminton world singles titles.

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Viktor Axelsen

Winning consecutive Olympic badminton singles titles.

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Peter Gade

Combining deceptive badminton shots with sustained European success.

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Susi Susanti

Winning Indonesia’s first Olympic gold medal.

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Liliyana Natsir

Winning Olympic mixed-doubles badminton gold.

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Zhang Ning

Winning consecutive Olympic women’s badminton singles titles.

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Carolina Marín

Winning Olympic gold and three world badminton singles titles.

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Tai Tzu-ying

Combining deceptive badminton with long spells at world number one.

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An Se-young

Winning world and Olympic badminton singles titles.

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Hendra Setiawan

Winning Olympic badminton gold and four men’s doubles world titles with two different partners.

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Li Xuerui

Winning the 2012 Olympic women’s badminton singles title.

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Mohammad Ahsan

Winning three badminton world doubles titles with Hendra Setiawan.

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Ratchanok Intanon

The badminton player who became Thailand’s first world champion in 2013, aged 18.

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Lee Yong-dae

Winning Olympic badminton mixed-doubles gold and reaching the top with multiple partners.

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Nozomi Okuhara

Winning Japan’s first women’s singles badminton world title after an epic final in 2017.

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Akane Yamaguchi

Winning three badminton world singles titles with exceptional court coverage and defensive skill.

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Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Winning the 2021 mixed-doubles badminton world title with Dechapol Puavaranukroh.

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Pramote Teerawiwatana

Representing Thailand at four Olympics in men’s doubles.

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Mathias Boe

Winning Olympic doubles silver with Carsten Mogensen.

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Tjun Tjun

Winning the inaugural men’s doubles badminton world title.

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Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Becoming Thailand’s first men’s singles badminton world champion.

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Goh V Shem

Winning Olympic doubles silver with Tan Wee Kiong.

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Wang Shixian

Reaching world number one in women’s badminton

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Lee Hyo-jung

Mixed-doubles gold and women’s-doubles silver at Beijing 2008.