Kasper Antonsen

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Kasper Antonsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 28)
Aarhus, Denmark
Residence Copenhagen, 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 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Ankara Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Ankara Boys' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Ankara Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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]

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Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Babic Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
21–17, 25–23 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Finne-Ipsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Myke Halkema
21–23, 21–16, 19–21 Med 3.png Bronze

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Denmark International Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Bonde Flag of Denmark.svg Christian John Skovgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pieler Kolding
17–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Delbo Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Fladberg
Flag of Denmark.svg Emil Holst
21–15, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Finnish International Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Babic Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Bay-Smidt
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Søgaard
23–25, 21–15, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Babic Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Pistorius
Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Seidel
21–9, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Spanish International Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Babic Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Wacha
17–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Italian International Flag of Denmark.svg Niclas Nøhr Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
24–22, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Turkey International Flag of Denmark.svg Niclas Nøhr Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Wacha
21–16, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Hellas Open Flag of Denmark.svg Niclas Nøhr Flag of Finland.svg Henri Aarnio
Flag of Finland.svg Iikka Heino
21–17, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Estonian International Flag of Denmark.svg Amanda Madsen Flag of Germany.svg Max Weißkirchen
Flag of Germany.svg Eva Janssens
21–17, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Amanda Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg Kristoffer Knudsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Maja Rindshøj
21–19, 12–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Polish International Flag of Denmark.svg Amanda Madsen Flag of Malaysia.svg Wong Fai Yin
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chow Mei Kuan
21–19, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Kasper Antonsen". Victor Europe. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "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.