Agnete Friis (badminton)

Agnete Friis
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	1920 (1920) [1]
Died	February 4, 2013(2013-02-04) (aged 92–93) [2]

Agnete Friis (married name Varn) was a Danish badminton player. ^[3] She became Danish Champion in the women's singles in 1941 and 1944 and nine times in women's doubles from 1941 to 1958. She played for the national team until the end of the 1950s. She also reached three All England Championship Finals in all three categories in 1953. In the singles final she lost to Marie Ussing; the two of them lost the doubles final to Iris Cooley and June White of Great Britain and in the mixed doubles with Poul Holm, they were defeated by Eddy Choong and June White. ^{[4] [1]}

Achievements

International tournaments (8 titles, 9 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1946	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	3–11, 11–5, 2–11	Runner-up
1953	All England Open	Marie Ussing	2–11, 11–7, 2–11	Runner-up
1956	Dutch Open	Barbara Carpenter	9–11, 11–1, 11–2	Winner
1959	German Open	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	2–11, 11–7, 2–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1946	Denmark Open	Marie Ussing	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	10–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1952	Denmark Open	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1953	All England Open	Marie Ussing	Iris Cooley June White	15–11, 2–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1956	Dutch Open	Annelise Petersen	Barbara Carpenter June Timperley	9–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1957	German Open	Hanne Jensen	Inger Kjærgaard Bitten Nielsen	18–14, 15–11	Winner
1958	Dutch Open	Inger Kjærgaard	Iris Rogers June Timperley	5–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1959	German Open	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Karin Rasmussen Annette Schmidt	15–12, 15–6	Winner
1959	Norwegian International	Hanne Andersen	Lisbeth Friberg Berit Olsson	15–3, 15–1	Winner
1960	German Open	Inger Kjærgaard	Karin Rasmussen Annette Schmidt	15–13, 15–6	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1953	Denmark Open	Eddy Choong	David Choong Inger Kjærgaard	18–17, 15–5	Winner
1953	All England Open	Poul Holm	David Choong June White	6–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1957	German Open	Erland Kops	Eddy Choong Barbara Carpenter	15–6, 15–10	Winner
1959	German Open	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Arne Rasmussen Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	6–15, 15–13, 15–13	Winner

References

1. "1930-1948: Svømmesucces i krigen skygge". DR (in Danish). Presse Naevnet. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
2. Fischer, Carsten (21 February 2013). "Hun var en stjerne i tre sportsgrene" . Politiken - Den levende avis (in Danish). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
3. "Agnete Friis". Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
4. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.