Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, popularly known as PV Sindhu, (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. She rose to a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in April 2017.

Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, and four-time European Champion. He has held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in men's singles for a total of 183 weeks (as of August 2024), and he is the current world No. 2. Known for his powerful smashes and solid defence, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest badminton players of all time.

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He is from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has been a member of the club since 2007. He won the 2017 All England Open Super Series Premier with his current partner, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon. He and Gideon were awarded the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collecting seven Super Series titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.

Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player.

Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha (Persian: ثریا آقایی حاجی‌آقا‎, born 28 January 1996) is an Iranian badminton player.

Haramara Gaitán Fausto (born 7 August 1996) is a Mexican badminton player. She competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Gaitan was the bronze medalist at the 2018 Pan Am Championships in the women' singles event.

Daniela Macías Brandes (born 9 October 1997) is a Peruvian badminton player.

Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. In 2015, she became the runner-up of European University Championships in women's doubles and mixed doubles events. In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event with her partner Léa Palermo. She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and Swiss International in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Léa Palermo. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Palermo. In 2019, she captured a bronze medal at the European Games in the mixed doubles event with Thom Gicquel.

Chae Yoo-jung (Korean: 채유정, Hanja: 蔡侑玎, born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.

Liu Yuchen (Chinese: 刘雨辰; pinyin: Liú Yǔchén, born 25 July 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2018, also two times Asian Champion in 2017 and 2018 partnered with Li Junhui. Liu was part of the national team member that won the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 Thomas Cup and 2019 Sudirman Cup. Together with Li, he achieved the men's doubles world number 1 in 6 April 2017, and occupied the top ranking for ten weeks.