In 2010, became the first European to win the World Junior Championships, winning five out of his six games.
This 25 year old Chinese player started as the junior world champion and has now reached the no 2 spot among male players.
The following age groups are competed across each of the 5 disciplines in badminton: 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+.
In both attempts, she ended up losing in the quarterfinals and the round of 16 at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games.
Player Date started Date ended Consecutive weeks Total weeks 1 1 October 2009 28 October 2009 4 4 2 29 October 2009 10 November 2010 54 54 3 11 November 2010 22 June 2011 32 32 4 23 June 2011 20 June 2012 52 52 5 21 June 2012 8 August 2012 7 7 9 August 2012 15 August 2012 1 53 16 August 2012 19 September 2012 5 12 20 September 2012 26 September 2012 1 54 27 September 2012 31 October 2012 5 17 1 November 2012 29 May 2013 30 62 6 30 May 2013 20 November 2013 25 25 7 21 November 2013 13 August 2014 38 38 8 14 August 2014 9 November 2016 117 117 9 10 November 2016 15 March 2017 18 18 10 16 March 2017 5 April 2017 3 3 11 6 April 2017 12 April 2017 1 1 13 April 2017 14 June 2017 9 12 15 June 2017 21 June 2017 1 63 22 June 2017 5 July 2017 2 3 6 July 2017 12 July 2017 1 64 13 July 2017 30 August 2017 7 10 31 August 2017 27 September 2017 4 68 28 September 2017 192 204 Weeks ranked world no.
However, depending on the level of tournament that you are playing in, you may see some variations in the format.