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Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.
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Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.
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]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Norwegian International |  Winner | ||
| 1959 | Dutch Open |  Ferry Sonneville | 18–13, 15–9 | Winner |
| 1964 | German Open |  Erland Kops | 7–15, 13–15 |  Runner-up |
| 1964 | All England | Henning Borch | 8–15, 17–15, 15–4 | Winner |
| 1966 | Dutch Open |  Wolfgang Bochow | 18–15, 15–9 | Winner |
| 1966 | German Open | Erland Kops | Runner-up | |
| 1966 | Denmark Open | Svend Pri | 3–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1961 | Dutch Open | Ole Mertz |  Wong B. K. Yeoh Kean Hua | 18–15, 15–9 | Winner |
| 1963 | Swedish Open | Henning Borch | Winner | ||
| 1965 | Swedish Open | Erland Kops | Winner | ||
| 1966 | Dutch Open | Elo Hansen | Punch Gunalan Oon Chong Hau | 4–15, 4–15 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1964 | German Open | Kirsten Thorndahl | Finn Kobberø Bente Flindt | 9–15, 10–15 | Runner-up |
The 1964 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton. Beginning in 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter it has been held every two years. Twenty-six national teams, each starting from one of four qualifying zones, vied for the Thomas Cup during the 1963-1964 badminton season. Qualifying zone winners played-off in Tokyo, Japan for the right to face defending champion Indonesia, which was exempt from earlier ties, in a conclusive challenge round tie. Prior to 1964 the defending champion nation had regularly hosted both the inter-zone playoffs and the challenge round, but a rules change effective that year prevented the same defending champion nation from having this advantage for two successive Thomas Cup seasons. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup.
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