Knud Aage Nielsen

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Knud Aage Nielsen
Imre Rietveld Knud Aage Nielsen 1967.jpg
Imre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1937-03-01) 1 March 1937 (age 88)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Thomas Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1964 Tokyo Men's team

Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.

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Career

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

International tournaments (11 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1958 Norwegian International Flag of Sweden.svg Berndt Dahlberg 15–11, 12–15, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1959 Dutch Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Ferry Sonneville 18–13, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1959 Belgian International Flag of Indonesia.svg Ferry Sonneville15–13, 15–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1962 Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops 4–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1962 Nordic Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Bertil Glans 15–9, 15–0Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1963Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops2–15, 15–13, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1963Nordic Championships Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch 15–8, 6–15, 17–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1964 German Open Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops7–15, 13–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1964 All England Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch8–15, 17–15, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1964Nordic Championships Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops5–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1966Dutch Open Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Bochow 18–15, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1966German Open Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops18–17, 6–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1966 Denmark Open Flag of Denmark.svg Svend Pri 3–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1959 Belgian International Flag of Denmark.svg Bjorn Holst-Christensen Flag of England.svg Hugh Findlay
Flag of England.svg Ronald Lockwood
13–15, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1959 Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch Flag of Sweden.svg Berndt Dahlberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Bertil Glans
15–6, 13–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1961 Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Mertz Flag of Malaysia.svg Wong B. K.
Flag of Malaysia.svg Yeoh Kean Hua
18–15, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1962Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch Flag of Denmark.svg Finn Kobberø
Flag of Denmark.svg Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen
14–15, 15–7, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1962 Nordic Championships Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Nielsen Flag of Sweden.svg Bertil Glans
Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Wahlqvist
15–3, 14–17, 16–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1963Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops
Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Nielsen
15–11, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1963Nordic Championships Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch Flag of Sweden.svg Berndt Dahlberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Bertil Glans
18–13, 18–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1965Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops Flag of Denmark.svg Henning Borch
Flag of Denmark.svg Jørgen Mortensen
15–12, 18–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1966Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Elo Hansen Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Oon Chong Hau
4–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1964 German Open Flag of Denmark.svg Kirsten Thorndahl Flag of Denmark.svg Finn Kobberø
Flag of Denmark.svg Bente Flindt
9–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

References

  1. Herbert Sheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., p. 164.
  2. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967, Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967, pp. 87, 90.
  3. "Poul-Erik Nielsen". Badminton Denmark.
  4. Make badminton great again (in Danish), Wikidata   Q111291001