Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.
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 Imre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967 | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1937 | ||||||||||||||
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Career edit
With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final.[1] He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64 campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia.[2]
He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion.[3]
Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton.[4]
Achievements edit
International tournaments edit
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1958 | Norwegian International |  Winner
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| 1959 | Dutch Open |  Ferry Sonneville
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18–13, 15–9 | Winner
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| 1964 | German Open |  Erland Kops
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7–15, 13–15 |  Runner-up
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| 1964 | All England | Henning Borch
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8–15, 17–15, 15–4 | Winner
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| 1966 | Dutch Open |  Wolfgang Bochow
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18–15, 15–9 | Winner
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| 1966 | German Open | Erland Kops
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Runner-up
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| 1966 | Denmark Open | Svend Pri
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3–15, 9–15 | Runner-up
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Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1961 | Dutch Open | Ole Mertz
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 Wong B. K. Yeoh Kean Hua
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18–15, 15–9 | Winner
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| 1963 | Swedish Open | Henning Borch
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Winner
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| 1965 | Swedish Open | Erland Kops
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Winner
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| 1966 | Dutch Open | Elo Hansen
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Punch Gunalan Oon Chong Hau
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4–15, 4–15 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1964 | German Open | Kirsten Thorndahl
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Finn Kobberø Bente Flindt
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9–15, 10–15 | Runner-up
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References edit
- ^ Herbert Sheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., p. 164.
- ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967, Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967, pp. 87, 90.
- ^ "Poul-Erik Nielsen". Badminton Denmark.
- ^ Make badminton great again (in Danish), Wikidata Q111291001
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