Emil Holst (born 9 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He competed at the 2015 European Games and won a silver medal in the men's singles.[2]

Emil Holst
Holst at the 2018 Kazan European men's team championships
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1991-01-09) 9 January 1991 (age 33)
Køge, Denmark
ResidenceFrederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Years active2007
HandednessRight
CoachKenneth Jonnasen
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking37 (MS 26 October 2017)
181 (MD 16 April 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Men's singles
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Boys' singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Milan Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Achievements edit

European Games edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan   Pablo Abián 12–21, 21–23   Silver

European Junior Championships edit

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy   Jamie van Hooijdonk 21–12, 21–11   Gold

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy   Mads Pedersen   Sylvain Grosjean
  Sam Magee
25–27, 21–14, 18–21   Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Norwegian International   Ville Lång 21–19, 11–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2012 Kharkiv International   Vitaly Konov 21–17, 21–18   Winner
2013 Bulgarian International   Wan Chia-hsin 21–16, 21–16   Winner
2014 Finnish Open   Lucas Corvée 21–6, 21–15   Winner
2015 Polish Open   Liew Daren 15–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2015 USA International   Yuhan Tan 21–16, 22–20   Winner
2016 Orleans International   Rasmus Fladberg 21–17, 21–13   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Iceland International   Mikkel Mikkelsen   Frederik Colberg
  Kasper Paulsen
21–15, 21–17   Winner
2014 Dutch International   Rasmus Fladberg   Kasper Antonsen
  Mikkel Delbo Larsen
15–21, 18–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Emil Holst biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Athletes: Emil Holst". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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