Mathias Boe

Mathias Boe
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1980-07-11) 11 July 1980 (age 44) Frederikssund, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse	Taapsee Pannu ​ (m. 2023)​
Retired	23 April 2020
Handedness	Left
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Carsten Mogensen 11 November 2010)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   Denmark Olympic Games 2012 London Men's doubles World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Men's doubles 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team Thomas Cup 2016 Kunshan Men's team 2012 Wuhan Men's team 2018 Bangkok Men's team European Games 2015 Baku Men's doubles European Championships 2012 Karlskrona Men's doubles 2017 Kolding Men's doubles 2006 Den Bosch Men's doubles 2010 Manchester Men's doubles 2014 Kazan Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2006 Thessalonica Men's team 2008 Almere Men's team 2010 Warsaw Men's team 2012 Amsterdam Men's team 2014 Basel Men's team 2016 Kazan Men's team 2020 Liévin Men's team European Junior Championships 1999 Glasgow Boys' doubles 1999 Glasgow Mixed doubles 1999 Glasgow Mixed team
BWF profile

Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a Danish former badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^[1] Boe was a part of the 2016 Thomas Cup winning team. ^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Boe was in an eleven year relationship with Indian actress Taapsee Pannu and was engaged to her for nine years before getting married. ^[4] Following a court marriage in December 2023, ^[5] Boe married Pannu on 23 March 2024 in a traditional wedding ceremony in Udaipur. ^{[6] [7]}

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in men's doubles with Carsten Mogensen. ^[8]

In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the Denmark and French Opens and also the Superseries Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All England Open.

With Mogensen, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2012 Olympics. He took the silver medal with Mogensen in the 2013 World Championships while losing to Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the final.

Boe announced in February 2020, that the Thomas Cup or Olympic Games would be his last tournament, but in April 2020, he decided to retire as professional badminton player at the age of 39. He revealed that, mentally, he is lately simply too exhausted both in training and competition. ^[9]

He was the men's doubles coach for the India national badminton team. Post the defeat of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the Quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024, he announced his retirement from all roles related to Badminton. ^[10]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain	Carsten Mogensen	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	16–21, 15–21	Silver

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Carsten Mogensen	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	13–21, 21–23	Silver
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Carsten Mogensen	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	12–21, 18–21	Bronze

European Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Carsten Mogensen	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–8, 21–13	Gold

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Carsten Mogensen	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	15–21, 17–21	Silver
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Carsten Mogensen	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	22–24, 20–22	Silver
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Carsten Mogensen	Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth	21–11, 21–11	Gold
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Carsten Mogensen	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	19–21, 21–18, 18–21	Bronze
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Carsten Mogensen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–16, 22–20	Gold

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Kasper Kiim Jensen	Przemysław Wacha Piotr Żołądek	15–3, 15–8	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Karina Sørensen	Sebastian Schmidt Anne Hönscheid	15–5, 15–4	Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ^[12]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Carsten Mogensen	Tinn Isriyanet Kittisak Namdash	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Carsten Mogensen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Canada Open	Super 100	Mads Conrad-Petersen	Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2019	Russian Open	Super 100	Mads Conrad-Petersen	Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi	21–18, 21–13	Winner

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	China Open	Carsten Mogensen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–17, 17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Korea Open	Carsten Mogensen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–12, 24–22	Winner
2009	Swiss Open	Carsten Mogensen	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	Denmark Open	Carsten Mogensen	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	22–20, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	World Superseries Masters Finals	Carsten Mogensen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	All England Open	Carsten Mogensen	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	23–21, 19–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2010	Denmark Open	Carsten Mogensen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2010	French Open	Carsten Mogensen	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schottler	21–15, 21–9	Winner
2010	World Superseries Finals	Carsten Mogensen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2011	Korea Open	Carsten Mogensen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	6–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	All England Open	Carsten Mogensen	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	15–21, 21–18, 21–18	Winner
2011	China Open	Carsten Mogensen	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2011	World Superseries Finals	Carsten Mogensen	Chai Biao Guo Zhendong	25–23, 21–17	Winner
2012	Indonesia Open	Carsten Mogensen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–23, 21–19, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	China Open	Carsten Mogensen	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2012	World Superseries Finals	Carsten Mogensen	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2013	Korea Open	Carsten Mogensen	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	21–19, 13–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2014	Korea Open	Carsten Mogensen	Fu Haifeng Hong Wei	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2014	India Open	Carsten Mogensen	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	17–21, 21–15, 21–15	Winner
2014	French Open	Carsten Mogensen	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	18–21, 21–9, 21–7	Winner
2015	All England Open	Carsten Mogensen	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2015	Hong Kong Open	Carsten Mogensen	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	7–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	French Open	Carsten Mogensen	Bodin Isara Nipitphon Phuangphuapet	19–21, 21–18, 3–0 retired	Winner
2016	China Open	Carsten Mogensen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Hong Kong Open	Carsten Mogensen	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Singapore Open	Carsten Mogensen	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2017	Indonesia Open	Carsten Mogensen	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	19–21, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Korea Open	Carsten Mogensen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–19, 19–21, 21–15	Winner
2017	French Open	Carsten Mogensen	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	19–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2017	China Open	Carsten Mogensen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	19–21, 11–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

Boe with his partner Carsten Mogensen at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	German Open	Carsten Mogensen	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Jesper Larsen	15–6, 17–14	Winner
2004	U.S. Open	Carsten Mogensen	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Singapore Open	Carsten Mogensen	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	15–8, 8–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Carsten Mogensen	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	13–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2006	Swiss Open	Carsten Mogensen	Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat	14–17, 15–8, 14–17	Runner-up
2006	Bulgaria Open	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	Anders Kristiansen Simon Mollyhus	18–21, 21–18, 25–23	Winner
2006	Denmark Open	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	21–18, 10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2007	Bitburger Open	Carsten Mogensen	Robert Blair David Lindley	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Carsten Mogensen	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2008	Bitburger Open	Carsten Mogensen	Kristof Hopp Johannes Schottler	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2008	Bulgaria Open	Carsten Mogensen	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	25–23, 21–16	Winner
2010	Bitburger Open	Carsten Mogensen	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schottler	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2013	London Open	Carsten Mogensen	Berry Angriawan Ricky Karanda Suwardi	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2014	U.S. Open	Carsten Mogensen	Maneepong Jongjit Nipitphon Phuangphuapet	17–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Syed Modi International	Carsten Mogensen	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–9, 22–20	Winner
2016	U.S. Open	Carsten Mogensen	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2017	Syed Modi International	Carsten Mogensen	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	21–14, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	U.S. Open	Majken Vange	William Milroy Denyse Julien	7–2, 7–3, 7–1	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Romanian International	Michael Jensen	Harald Koch Jürgen Koch	15–4, 15–3	Winner
2000	Slovenian International	Michael Jensen	Kristian Langbak Peter Steffensen	Walkover	Winner
2001	Dutch International	Thomas Hovgaard	Martin Delfs Jonas Glyager Jensen	15–4, 15–9	Winner
2001	Austrian International	Thomas Hovgaard	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	13–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2003	Portugal International	Michael Lamp	Jim Laugesen Michael Søgaard	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2003	Spanish International	Michael Lamp	Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev	15–4, 15–9	Winner
2007	Spanish Open	Carsten Mogensen	Richard Eidestedt Robin Middleton	21–4, 21–10	Winner
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Carsten Mogensen	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	22–24, 21–12, 21–9	Winner
2007	Italian International	Carsten Mogensen	Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki Rian Sukmawan	21–18, 16–21, 21–11	Winner
2019	Spanish International	Mads Conrad-Petersen	Joel Eipe Rasmus Kjær	21–11, 21–10	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Portugal International	Karina Sørensen	Valeriy Strelcov Natalia Golovkina	15–4, 15–12	Winner
2000	Dutch International	Karina Sørensen	Tijs Creemers Betty Krab	15–8, 15–9	Winner
2000	Romanian International	Britta Andersen	Michael Jensen Lene Mørk	15–7, 15–8	Winner
2000	Czech International	Britta Andersen	Jonas Glyager Jensen Lene Mørk	16–17, 15–7, 15–7	Winner
2000	Slovenian International	Britta Andersen	Russell Hogg Kirsteen McEwan	15–9, 15–3	Winner
2001	Austrian International	Britta Andersen	Peter Steffensen Lene Mørk	15–2, 15–5	Winner
2002	BMW International	Rikke Olsen	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	9–11, 11–3, 9–11	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series / European Circuit tournament

References

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6. "Taapsee Pannu marries Mathias Boe in intimate Udaipur ceremony — Who is he?". Mint. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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11. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
12. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Mathias Boe at BWF Badminton.com
• Mathias Boe at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Mathias Boe at Badminton.dk
• Mathias Boe at Olympedia
• Mathias Boe at Olympics.com
• Mathias Boe on Instagram