Kasper Antonsen (born 13 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player.[2] Together with his brother Anders Antonsen, he started his career in badminton in Viby, learned from his father who worked at one of the badminton clubs in Aarhus called AB.[3] Antonsen who trained at the Aarhus AB, made his professional debut in 2012, and later, he won the gold medals at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and mixed team events, also a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event.[2]

Kasper Antonsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)
Aarhus, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking32 (MD with Niclas Nøhr 22 September 2016)
56 (XD with Amanda Madsen 23 September 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ankara Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ankara Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ankara Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements edit

European Junior Championships edit

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey   Oliver Babic   Mathias Christiansen
  David Daugaard
21–17, 25–23   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey   Julie Finne-Ipsen   Robin Tabeling
  Myke Halkema
21–23, 21–16, 19–21   Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 3 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Denmark International   Rasmus Bonde   Christian John Skovgaard
  Mads Pieler Kolding
17–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2014 Dutch International   Mikkel Delbo Larsen   Rasmus Fladberg
  Emil Holst
21–15, 21–18   Winner
2014 Finnish International   Oliver Babic   Mathias Bay-Smidt
  Frederik Søgaard
23–25, 21–15, 17–21   Runner-up
2015 Dutch International   Oliver Babic   Johannes Pistorius
  Marvin Seidel
21–9, 21–15   Winner
2015 Spanish International   Oliver Babic   Adam Cwalina
  Przemysław Wacha
17–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2015 Italian International   Niclas Nøhr   Mathias Christiansen
  David Daugaard
24–22, 21–14   Winner
2015 Turkey International   Niclas Nøhr   Adam Cwalina
  Przemysław Wacha
21–16, 21–15   Winner
2017 Hellas Open   Niclas Nøhr   Henri Aarnio
  Iikka Heino
21–17, 21–12   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Estonian International   Amanda Madsen   Max Weißkirchen
  Eva Janssens
21–17, 21–16   Winner
2015 Dutch International   Amanda Madsen   Kristoffer Knudsen
  Maja Rindshøj
21–19, 12–21, 21–18   Winner
2015 Polish International   Amanda Madsen   Wong Fai Yin
  Chow Mei Kuan
21–19, 21–12   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Kasper Antonsen". Victor Europe. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Players: Kasper Antonsen". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ Jørgensen, Martin (9 February 2018). "Far Antonsen laver pølsemix, mens sønnerne spiller DM-semifinaler" (in Danish). Lokalavisen Aarhus. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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