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Jesper Bie was a former Danish badminton player. He was the Danish youth champion in 1938, the year that he finished runner up behind Ralph Nichols in the 1938 All England Badminton Championships. [1] This opened up the floodgates of Danish stars that would then grace the Championships and dominate badminton for the next two decades. [2]
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