title: 2017 BWF World Senior Championships
text: # 2017 BWF World Senior Championships
  
  The 2017 BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament which was held from 11 to 17 September at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi, India.
  
  ## Players
  
  663 players from 39 countries participated this edition of championships.
  
  * Australia (3)
  * Austria (6)
  * Bahrain (1)
  * Bangladesh (8)
  * Belgium (3)
  * Brunei (3)
  * Canada (5)
  * Chinese Taipei (2)
  * Croatia (1)
  * Czech Republic (3)
  * Denmark (29)
  * England (68)
  * Finland (1)
  * France (39)
  * Germany (39)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hong Kong (3)
  * Hungary (4)
  * India (178) (H)
  * Indonesia (15)
  * Ireland (3)
  * Israel (1)
  * Japan (48)
  * Malaysia (23)
  * Nepal (1)
  * Norway (9)
  * Poland (5)
  * Russia (32)
  * Scotland (3)
  * Singapore (2)
  * Slovenia (1)
  * South Africa (2)
  * South Korea (1)
  * Spain (3)
  * Sri Lanka (24)
  * Sweden (33)
  * Switzerland (11)
  * Thailand (43)
  * Uzbekistan (6)
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  * Host nation (India)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | England | 10.5 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 30.5 |
  | 2 | Thailand | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
  | 3 | Russia | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 8.5 |
  | 4 | Japan | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 |
  | 5 | Germany | 4 | 3.5 | 5 | 12.5 |
  | 6 | Denmark | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 7.5 |
  | 7 | Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | India* | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 |
  | 9 | Scotland | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 3.5 |
  | 10 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 11 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 |
  | 11 | Hungary | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 |
  | 13 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
  | 14 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 15 | Malaysia | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 5.5 |
  | 16 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 17 | Ireland | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 |
  | 18 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 19 | Sweden | 0 | 0.5 | 5 | 5.5 |
  | 20 | Austria | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
  | 21 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
  | 22 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 22 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 22 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 22 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 26 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
  | Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 40 | 40 | 80 | 160 |
  
  ### Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 35+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Stanislav Pukhov | Naruenart Chuaymak | Felix Hoffmann |
  | Men's singles | Stanislav Pukhov | Naruenart Chuaymak | Nikhil Kanetkar |
  | Women's singles | Olga Arkhangelskaya | Maria Koloskova | Rie Matsumoto |
  | Women's singles | Olga Arkhangelskaya | Maria Koloskova | Noriko Sanada |
  | Men's doubles | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | J. B. S. Vidyadhar Valiyaveetil Diju | Naruenart Chuaymak Thitipong Lapoe |
  | Men's doubles | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | J. B. S. Vidyadhar Valiyaveetil Diju | Hosemari Fujimoto Matsumoto Masayuki |
  | Women's doubles | Olga Arkhangelskaya Maria Koloskova | Rie Matsumoto Noriko Sanada | Mhairi Armstrong Suzanne Brewer |
  | Women's doubles | Olga Arkhangelskaya Maria Koloskova | Rie Matsumoto Noriko Sanada | Miriam Mantell Claudia Vogelgsang |
  | Mixed doubles | Stanislav Pukhov Maria Koloskova | Felix Hoffmann Claudia Vogelgsang | Abhinand K. Shetty K. Neelima Choudhary |
  | Mixed doubles | Stanislav Pukhov Maria Koloskova | Felix Hoffmann Claudia Vogelgsang | Morten Eilby Rasmussen Lynn Swan |
  | 40+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Hosemari Fujimoto | K. A. Aneesh | Joy T. Antony |
  | Men's singles | Hosemari Fujimoto | K. A. Aneesh | C. M. Shashidhar |
  | Women's singles | Claudia Vogelgsang | Chandrika de Silva | Yana Katerinich |
  | Women's singles | Claudia Vogelgsang | Chandrika de Silva | Rebecca Pantaney |
  | Men's doubles | Phongthep Imkaew Worapoj Somchariya | Kah Kok Cheong Lum Chee Meng | Jaseel P. Ismail Jaison Xavier |
  | Men's doubles | Phongthep Imkaew Worapoj Somchariya | Kah Kok Cheong Lum Chee Meng | Deepak Amarnath Ajit Wijetilekk |
  | Women's doubles | Louise Culyer Dorte Steenberg | Olga Bryant Olga Kuznetsova | Supriya Devgun Nancy Tandon |
  | Women's doubles | Louise Culyer Dorte Steenberg | Olga Bryant Olga Kuznetsova | Rebecca Pantaney Lynne Swan |
  | Mixed doubles | Carsten Loesch Dorte Steenberg | Carl Jennings Joanne Muggeridge | Hosemari Fujimoto Ayumi Takakura |
  | Mixed doubles | Carsten Loesch Dorte Steenberg | Carl Jennings Joanne Muggeridge | Vadim Nazarov Olga Kuznetsova |
  | 45+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Wu Chang-jun | Carsten Loesch | Ulf Svensson |
  | Men's singles | Wu Chang-jun | Carsten Loesch | Jaison Xavier |
  | Women's singles | Gondáné Fórián Csilla | Dorota Grzejdak | Caroline Hale |
  | Women's singles | Gondáné Fórián Csilla | Dorota Grzejdak | Marika Wippich |
  | Men's doubles | Chatchai Boonmee Wittaya Panomchai | Srikant Bakshi Navdeep Singh | Teerachai Jaruwat Yodchay Laothoedpong |
  | Men's doubles | Chatchai Boonmee Wittaya Panomchai | Srikant Bakshi Navdeep Singh | Stefan Edvardsson Ulf Svensson |
  | Women's doubles | Tracey Middleton Joanne Muggeridge | Tanja Eberl Marika Wippich | Hanne Bertelsen Caroline Hale |
  | Women's doubles | Tracey Middleton Joanne Muggeridge | Tanja Eberl Marika Wippich | Sangeeta Rajgopalan Poonam Tatwawadi |
  | Mixed doubles | Nick Ponting Julie Bradbury | Patrik Bjorkler Gondáné Fórián Csilla | Teerachai Jaruwat Puangthip Kaosamaang |
  | Mixed doubles | Nick Ponting Julie Bradbury | Patrik Bjorkler Gondáné Fórián Csilla | Stefan Edvardsson Hanne Bertelsen |
  | 50+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Karoon Kasayapanan | Narong Vanichitsarakul | Edi Ismanto |
  | Men's singles | Karoon Kasayapanan | Narong Vanichitsarakul | Murli Subramaniam |
  | Women's singles | Zhou Xin | Tanja Eberi | Betty Blair |
  | Women's singles | Zhou Xin | Tanja Eberi | Ye Wang |
  | Men's doubles | Bobby Ertanto Ting Wei Ping | Graham Henderson Mark Topping | Bhushan Akut George Thomas |
  | Men's doubles | Bobby Ertanto Ting Wei Ping | Graham Henderson Mark Topping | Mongokol Gumlaitong Karoon Kasayapanan |
  | Women's doubles | Betty Blair Debora Miller | Ye Wang Zhou Xin | Kavita Dixit Suzanne Venglet |
  | Women's doubles | Betty Blair Debora Miller | Ye Wang Zhou Xin | Grace Kakiay Berit Thyness |
  | Mixed doubles | Alexander Tandun Rosiana Tendean | Mark Topping Debora Miller | Erik Soderberg Anki Gunners |
  | Mixed doubles | Alexander Tandun Rosiana Tendean | Mark Topping Debora Miller | Magnus Nytell Grace Kakiay |
  | 55+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Pornroj Banditpisut | Basant Kumar Soni | Harjit Singh |
  | Men's singles | Pornroj Banditpisut | Basant Kumar Soni | Loke Poh Wong |
  | Women's singles | Heidi Bender | Sue Sheen | Manjusha Sudhir Sahasrabudhe |
  | Women's singles | Heidi Bender | Sue Sheen | Kuniko Yamamoto |
  | Men's doubles | Pornroj Banditpisut Nattapol Sanlekanun | Eric Plane Roger Taylor | Bovornovadep Devakula Chongsak Suvanich |
  | Men's doubles | Pornroj Banditpisut Nattapol Sanlekanun | Eric Plane Roger Taylor | Per Juul Bengt Meliquist |
  | Women's doubles | Birte Bach Steffensen Heidi Bender | Miyoko Sato Kuniko Yamamoto | Liudmila Postnova Irina Shalmanova |
  | Women's doubles | Birte Bach Steffensen Heidi Bender | Miyoko Sato Kuniko Yamamoto | Sue Sheen Susan C. Tooke |
  | Mixed doubles | Bobby Ertanto Heidi Bender | Bovornovadep Devakula Juthatop Banjongsilp | Noriaki Matsunari Miyoko Sato |
  | Mixed doubles | Bobby Ertanto Heidi Bender | Bovornovadep Devakula Juthatop Banjongsilp | Bengt Meliquist Sue Sheen |
  | 60+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Dan Travers | Arnold Dendeng | Chan Wan Seong |
  | Men's singles | Dan Travers | Arnold Dendeng | Ong Then Lin |
  | Women's singles | Christine M. Crossley | Christine Black | Sugako Morita |
  | Women's singles | Christine M. Crossley | Christine Black | Sayoko Takebayashi |
  | Men's doubles | Sergey Bushuev Vladimir Koloskov | Tariq Farooq Karsten Meier | Tadao Aoyama Toshio Kawaguchi |
  | Men's doubles | Sergey Bushuev Vladimir Koloskov | Tariq Farooq Karsten Meier | John Kindred Ian M. Purton |
  | Women's doubles | Sugako Morita Sayoko Takebayashi | Christine Black Christine M. Crossley | Anna Bowskill Sylvia Penn |
  | Women's doubles | Sugako Morita Sayoko Takebayashi | Christine Black Christine M. Crossley | Siew Har Hong Marcia Jackson |
  | Mixed doubles | Ian M. Purton Christine M. Crossley | Dan Travers Christine Black | Toshio Kawaguchi Sayoko Takebayashi |
  | Mixed doubles | Ian M. Purton Christine M. Crossley | Dan Travers Christine Black | Robin Wells Janet B. Williams |
  | 65+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Johan Croukamp | Henry Paynter | Hubert Miranda |
  | Men's singles | Johan Croukamp | Henry Paynter | Carl-Johan Nybergh |
  | Women's singles | Betty Bartlett | Siew Har Hong | Yuriko Okemoto |
  | Women's singles | Betty Bartlett | Siew Har Hong | Chizuko Oketani |
  | Men's doubles | Peter Emptage Graham Holt | Somrak Arnamwat Chaiwat Hanthanom | Sushil Kumar Patet Surendra Singh Pundir |
  | Men's doubles | Peter Emptage Graham Holt | Somrak Arnamwat Chaiwat Hanthanom | Johan Croukamp Carl-Johan Nybergh |
  | Women's doubles | Betty Bartlett Eileen M. Carley | Haruko Asakoshi Yasuko Kataito | Sumiko Kaneko Yuriko Okemoto |
  | Women's doubles | Betty Bartlett Eileen M. Carley | Haruko Asakoshi Yasuko Kataito | Fumiko Sakuma Masai Suzuki |
  | Mixed doubles | Henry Paynter Siew Har Hong | Christian Hansen Gitte Attle Rasmussen | Peter Emptage Betty Bartlett |
  | Mixed doubles | Henry Paynter Siew Har Hong | Christian Hansen Gitte Attle Rasmussen | Frirs Mainaky Rohini Jaywardena |
  | 70+ (details) ||||
  | Men's singles | Jim Garrett | Yoshio Terasaki | Foo Lai Loon |
  | Men's singles | Jim Garrett | Yoshio Terasaki | Paweł Gasz |
  | Women's singles | Elvira Richter | Sumiko Kaneko | Viviane Bonnay |
  | Women's singles | Elvira Richter | Sumiko Kaneko | Satoko Nakamura |
  | Men's doubles | Akira Hirota Shinjiro Matsuda | Jim Garrett Ray Sharp | Masaki Furuhashi Yoshio Terasaki |
  | Men's doubles | Akira Hirota Shinjiro Matsuda | Jim Garrett Ray Sharp | Ching Kon Kong Loo Ah Hooi |
  | Women's doubles | Sumiko Ishikawa Satoko Nakamura | Beryl Goodall Mary Jenner | Susan Awcock Victoria Betts |
  | Women's doubles | Sumiko Ishikawa Satoko Nakamura | Beryl Goodall Mary Jenner | Elvira Richter Elisabeth Schonfeld |
  | Mixed doubles | Jim Garrett Susan Awcock | Masaki Furuhashi Sumiko Kaneko | Roger Baldwin Victoria Betts |
  | Mixed doubles | Jim Garrett Susan Awcock | Masaki Furuhashi Sumiko Kaneko | Knud Danielsen Margrethe Danielsen |
  
  ### Players who won multiple medals
  
  | Rank | Player | | | | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Heidi Bender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Christine M Crossley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Jim Garrett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Maria Koloskova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 6 | Betty Bartlett | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 7 | Dorte Steenberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Bobby Ertanto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Olga Arkhangelskaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Stanislav Pukhov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Pornroj Banditpisut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 12 | Siew Har Hong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 12 | Claudia Vogelgsang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 14 | Henry Paynter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Carsten Loesch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Debora Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Joanne Muggeridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Zhou Xin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Gondáné Fórián Csilla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Dan Travers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 21 | Sayoko Takebayashi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 22 | Betty Blair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 22 | Ian M Purton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Peter Emptage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Susan Awcock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Elvira Richter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Satoko Nakamura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Sugako Morita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Johan Croukamp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Karoon Kasayapanan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 31 | Christine Black | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 32 | Sumiko Kaneko | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 33 | Tanja Eberl | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 33 | Mark Topping | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 35 | Sue Sheen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 35 | Hosemari Fujimoto | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 37 | Felix Hoffmann | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Marika Wippich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Ye Wang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Kuniko Yamamoto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Masaki Furuhashi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Miyoko Sato | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Noriko Sanada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Rie Matsumoto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Yoshio Terasaki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Olga Kuznetsova | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Bovornovadep Devakula | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 37 | Naruenart Chuaymak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 49 | Hanne Bertelsen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Caroline Hale | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Rebecca Pantaney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Victoria Betts | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Carl-Johan Nybergh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Jaison Xavier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Toshio Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Yuriko Okemoto | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Grace Kakiay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Bengt Meliquist | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Stefan Edvardsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Ulf Svensson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 49 | Teerachai Jaruwat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  