2023 BWF World Senior Championships

The 2023 BWF World Senior Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 11 to 17 September 2023 at two stadiums, Hwasan Indoor Stadium and Jeonju Indoor Badminton Hall in Jeonju, South Korea. This was the first time that South Korea held the world championships.

Tournament The 2023 BWF World Senior Championships was the eleventh edition of the BWF World Senior Championships, which had been held biannually since 2003. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association with sanction from the BWF.

Venue This international tournament was held at two stadiums in Jeonju, South Korea: Hwasan Indoor Stadium, which held 2015 Korea Masters. Jeonju Indoor Badminton Hall, which held 2013 and 2014 Korea Masters.

Participants 1185 players from 44 nations competed at this edition of the championships: Nation 35+ 40+ 45+ 50+ 55+ 60+ 65+ 70+ 75+ Entries Players MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD MS WS MD WD XD Africa 1 1 1 0.5 3.5 3 Asia 1 0.5 1 2.5 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0.5 5.5 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 1 4 1.5 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 3.5 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 1.5 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 81.5 76 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 14.5 13 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 2.5 4 3 2 3 157.5 173 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 4 2 3 0.5 1 3 2 1.5 4 1 0.5 28 30 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4.5 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 3 2 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 128.5 113 2 1 3 2 0.5 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0.5 3 1.5 0.5 1 1 17 14 2 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 10 10 (H) 3 1 3.5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 126.5 190 4 1 2.5 0.5 1.5 1 1 4 1 3 1 1.5 2 1 0.5 1.5 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5 2 0.5 34 25 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 2.5 3 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 1 3.5 1 4 3 1 4 3 4 4 1 3 4 2.5 112.5 111 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 0.5 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 25.5 23 Europe 0.5 2 1 2 0.5 0.5 6.5 4 1 1 0.5 2 0.5 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 9 5 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 8.5 5 2 1 1 0.5 0.5 2 1 1 9 5 2 1.5 0.5 1.5 1 1 0.5 1.5 2 1 1.5 2 3 2 2 1.5 2 3 0.5 0.5 2 1.5 0.5 2 1.5 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 44 30 3 1.5 0.5 1.5 3 2 2 1.5 3 4 2 2 1 4 4 2 2.5 2 3.5 4 4 2.5 3.5 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3.5 3.5 3 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 122 81 2 1 1 1 0.5 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 21.5 16 2 2 1 1.5 2 4 1 3 2.5 2 4 3 2 2.5 3 1 1 1 3 2 1.5 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 61 39 1 3 0.5 2 2 2 2 1 1.5 2.5 4 3 2 1.5 3 3 3 1.5 2.5 3 4 2 2.5 1.5 3.5 4 4 1.5 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 0.5 1 97.5 57 1 0.5 0.5 2 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 2.5 2 1 0.5 1.5 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 0.5 0.5 3 2 1.5 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 0.5 22.5 12 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 1 5.5 4 2 1.5 0.5 1.5 1 2 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 15.5 8 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 3 2 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 11 8 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 11.5 7 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 0.5 1 23.5 13 2 3 1 1.5 2 3 4 0.5 1 3 4 1.5 4 3 1.5 3 1 4 2.5 2 1 48.5 30 4 4 3 2 3.5 2 0.5 2 1 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 2 1 0.5 1 1 2 1 33 20 Oceania 3 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 12.5 9 1 1 1 3 3 Pan Am 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 2 1 0.5 1.5 10.5 8 1 0.5 1.5 1 1 1 1 2 0.5 1 0.5 3 1.5 1 1.5 3 2 1 0.5 2 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 26 21 Total (44 NOCs) 49 30 41 32 42 53 31 36 22 41 53 23 34 22 37 57 34 46 29 44 50 31 34 26 39 44 21 33 16 37 45 21 30 16 26 34 7 23 8 16 18 6 13 5 13 1368 1185

Overaged participants Player Gender Date of birth Singles Doubles Mixed Event Result Event Result Event Result Maryam Bader Women 50+ 45+ 50+ Reinhard Hechenberger Men 50+ 50+ 45+ Honoree Rovers Women 55+ 55+ 50+ Yu Hin Siu Men 50+ 45+ Muong Setha Men 35+ Chen Huanqin Women 65+ 65+ 60+ Chang Yi-yun Women 35+ Chen Huang-cheng Men 35+ Chuang Tsui-yu Women 50+ Feng Hung-yun Men 45+ 40+ 45+ Ho Yin-shan Women 55+ 60+ Lu Man-ching Women 40+ Shyu Yuh-ling Women 45+ 50+ Su Yu-pei Women 40+ Tu Hsiu-hsia Women 55+ 55+ Weng Chiu-ying Women 55+ 40+ Yu Chen-chu Women 60+ 60+ 55+ Yu Keng-chi Men 35+ 40+ Dorte Steenberg Women 45+ 50+ Gitte Mathiasen Women 50+ 45+ Hanne Bertelsen Women 50+ 55+ Helle Mathiasen Women 50+ 50+ 40+ Janne Vang Nielsen Women 50+ 45+ 50+ Betty Bartlett Women 70+ 65+ 70+ Betty Blair Women 55+ 55+ 45+ Bruce Denison Men 55+ 55+ 55+ Chris Spice Men 40+ 45+ 45+ Desmond Britto Men 50+ 55+ Elizabeth Austin Women 55+ 50+ 55+ Gene Austin Joyner Men 55+ 60+ 60+ John Kindred Men 65+ 60+ Julie Bradbury Women 55+ 50+ Kathleen M. Spillane Women 60+ 65+ Kelly Fairey Women 35+ 40+ Linda Pearcy Women 55+ 60+ Mair Dew Women 55+ 60+ 60+ Mark King Men 50+ 45+ Monica Rossil Women 45+ 40+ 45+ Philip Troke Men 45+ 40+ 40+ Sara Foster Women 50+ 50+ Steven Chung Men 65+ 60+ Carl-Johan Nybergh Men 75+ 70+ Emmi Heikkinen Women 45+ 45+ 40+ Jari Eriksson Men 50+ 50+ Juan Rafols Men 55+ 50+ Aurélie Pérégrina Women 40+ 35+ 40+ Laurence Renon Women 55+ 50+ 55+ Mathieu Seignez Men 40+ 40+ 35+ Philippe Lepage Men 45+ 40+ Sébastien Coto Men 40+ 35+ 40+ Annette Steger Women 60+ 55+ 60+ Dieter Steger Men 60+ 55+ 60+ Frank Naumann Men 50+ 55+ 55+ Heike Vogt Women 40+ 35+ 40+ Jana Felber Women 50+ 55+ Jessica Willems Women 40+ 45+ Klaus Buschbeck Men 60+ 55+ 60+ Stefan Schrader Men 55+ 55+ 50+ Fung Sin Kei Men 40+ 35+ Hsu Chieh Men 50+ Ng Chor Kwan Men 40+ 40+ 35+ Drífa Harðardóttir Women 40+ 45+ Abhinand Shetty Men 35+ Bhawna Sharma Women 40+ Davinder Dhillon Men 40+ Gowramma Veeralinga Women 75+ 70+ 75+ Manjusha Sahasrabudhe Women 60+ 55+ 60+ Maran Thangavelu Men 50+ Rajeev Sharma Men 55+ 50+ Sarita Jethwani Women 40+ 45+ Shylaja Rangaiah Women 45+ Sushil Kumar Patet Men 70+ 65+ Usha Sharma Women 75+ 75+ Varum Sharma Men 35+ Alvent Yulianto Men 35+ Hardawan Panghegar Men 50+ Irene Gunarti Women 50+ 45+ 50+ Oetomo Maslim Men 65+ 60+ Tjendrawati Women 50+ 55+ Akira Hori Men 70+ 70+ 70+ Chihiro Hashio Women 35+ Hiromi Imazu Women 60+ 60+ Hosemari Fujimoto Men 45+ 40+ 45+ Junko Amo Women 65+ 70+ Katsuhiro Suzuki Men 45+ Kazumi Kimura Women 50+ 40+ 50+ Kazutoshi Kawaji Men 60+ 60+ Makiko Okamoto Women 40+ 40+ Miyoko Sato Women 65+ 60+ Miyuki Kasai Women 40+ 40+ 45+ Miyuki Kusanagi Women 45+ 40+ Natsuki Akimoto Women 35+ Noriko Sanada Women 40+ 45+ Seiji Yamamoto Men 70+ 70+ 65+ Shinjiro Matsuda Men 75+ Yuki Homma Men 35+ Loh Soon Cheong Men 55+ 50+ Ong Chong Hwee Men 65+ 60+ Victor Loh Men 45+ 40+ Jeannette van der Werff Women 60+ 55+ 60+ Mariëlle van der Woerdt Women 50+ 45+ 45+ Uun Santosa Men 65+ 60+ Jim Ronny Andersen Men 45+ 40+ Adam Kosz Men 40+ 35+ 40+ Andrzej Grzechnik Men 55+ 45+ 55+ Women 40+ 40+ 35+ Magdalena Kołaczkowska Women 40+ 35+ 40+ José Júnior Men 35+ Aina Mihaela Popa Women 45+ 40+ 45+ Frazer Mcculloch Men 50+ 45+ Lynne Campbell Women 40+ 45+ Foo Kon Fai Men 65+ 60+ 65+ Victor Sim Men 65+ 60+ Vivek Chotteyandamada Men 40+ 35+ 40+ Johan Croukamp Men 70+ 70+ 55+ An Eun-hee Women 35+ Cheon Man-seok Men 50+ 45+ Choi Jae-won Men 35+ 40+ Choi Moon-suk Women 35+ Choi Non-i Women 35+ Jeong Gyeong-ran Women 40+ Kang Bok-ja Women 60+ Kang Hyun-ju Women 40+ Kim Byeong-kwan Men 40+ Kim Eun-sil Women 35+ Kim Hyun-mi Women 35+ Kim Jae-min Men 35+ Kim Mag-rae Women 65+ Kim Seong-ok Women 45+ Kim Suk Men 40+ Kim Won-sik Men 45+ Kim Yong-gyu Men 35+ Kim Young-sam Men 35+ Kim Young-seon Men 45+ Kim Young-sook Women 60+ King Young-chu Men 35+ Kwon Young-hyun Men 75+ Kyoung-lan Hemingway Women 50+ Lee Eun-gang Women 55+ Lee Hyun-jung Women 35+ Lee Jong-kuk Men 50+ Lee Mi-jung Women 40+ Lee Mi-young Women 45+ Lee Pan-soon Women 75+ Lee Soon-ae Women 55+ Moon Yeong-hwa Men 35+ 35+ Oh Jong-hun Men 45+ Park Myung-ja Women 50+ Park Sang-yun Men 35+ Park Seung-hun Men 45+ Park Yong-bok Men 35+ Pank Yun-gyu Men 50+ Pyo Yeong-dal Men 45+ Ryu Sang-nam Men 45+ Seo Jo-yeong Women 35+ Seok Wang-chang Men 45+ Shin Dong-soo Men 75+ 75+ Son Jung-hee Women 40+ Won Geun-ho Women 70+ Yoon Chae-ha Women 35+ You Chun-hee Women 55+ Álvaro Rangil Men 50+ 50+ 40+ Beatriz Martín Women 50+ 50+ 45+ David Hernansanz Men 40+ 35+ 40+ Esther Segarra Women 55+ 40+ 40+ Luis Antonio Morcillo Men 50+ 50+ 40+ Sandra del Busto Women 40+ 35+ 40+ Santiago Martínez Men 45+ 40+ 45+ Vanessa Serrano Women 40+ 35+ 40+ Lakshmi Punchihewa Women 60+ 55+ 40+ Rohan Fernando Men 60+ 60+ Sahan Pradeep Men 45+ 50+ Bo Christer Bertilson Men 60+ 65+ Fredrik Ingemansson Men 45+ 55+ 50+ Jan-Eric Antonsson Men 60+ 60+ 55+ Karl Svensson Men 40+ 50+ 50+ Krister Drake Men 45+ 50+ Markus Thor Men 45+ 50+ Mattias Lundqvist Men 50+ 50+ 45+ Michel Bachtiar Men 45+ 55+ 35+ Mikael Tornemo Men 40+ 50+ Pierre Eriksson Men 40+ 55+ Franziska Striebel Women 45+ 40+ 45+ Jan Fröhlich Men 40+ 35+ Jonas Grape Men 45+ 35+ Paul Dodd Men 65+ 65+ 60+ Thomas Bless Men 40+ 35+ 35+ Apirat Siwapornpitak Men 75+ 75+ Atipong Kitjanon Men 35+ Boonyanuch Tanhammaroj Women 50+ 45+ Chatree Jarutawai Men 50+ 60+ 50+ Jidapa Thongpanangpan Women 55+ 50+ Juan Muanwong Women 50+ 35+ Juthatip Banjongsilp Women 60+ 55+ Mongkol Gumlaitong Men 55+ 60+ Naruenart Chuaymak Men 45+ 45+ 40+ Poonsul Wattananan Women 60+ Poonyaporn Thongmueang Women 60+ 55+ Rungsan Thipsotikul Men 35+ Seri Chintanaseri Men 75+ 75+ Somsak Poebaikul Men 60+ 65+ Suwanna Jarutawai Women 50+ Veeranuch Trairatnopas Women 55+ 50+ Vilailak Sattayapun Women 50+ Pavan Kumar K. V. Men 50+ Vidya Pahlaj Manghnani Women 55+ 50+ Ajit Umrani Men 40+ 35+ Anil Nair Men 40+ Anshuman Mishra Men 45+ 40+ Deepinder Grewal Men 55+ 50+ 55+ Lingxiang Li Women 50+ 55+

Medal summary Medal standings

Medalists