Peter Steffensen

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Peter Steffensen
Personal information
Birth namePeter Buur Steffensen
CountryFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Born (1979-12-04) 4 December 1979 (age 45)
West Jutland, Denmark
Residence Copenhagen, Denmark
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
HandednessLeft
Doubles
Highest ranking10 (XD, 2006)
BWF profile

Peter Buur Steffensen (born 4 December 1979) is a retired Danish badminton player. [2]

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Career

Steffensen was born and raised in a town in western Jutland near Herning. He has lived in Copenhagen since 2001 and has a professional academic background in Pedagogy. As a player, Peter was playing professionally from 2001 to 2009 on the Danish National Badminton Team, where he played doubles alongside Jonas Rasmussen, Mathias Boe and Thomas Laybourn winning several international titles in Europe in Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands. He won two Danish youth titles in 2001, including the Croatia International. In 2002 he won at the Iceland International and the 2003 Dutch International. In 2005 he represented Denmark at the IBF World Championships in the United States. In 2006 he was successful at the International in Italy, Bulgaria and Finland, managing to position itself as number 10 in the world. In 2008 he won at the Swedish International in Stockholm. He currently serves as a Coach for several of the Danish Badminton clubs, having training experience at Lillerød and KBK Copenhagen, where he served as the Senior Head Coach for the first division. [3]

Achievements

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004 Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Laybourn Flag of the United States.svg Tony Gunawan
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
8–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004 Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lena Frier Kristiansen Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Laybourn
Flag of Denmark.svg Kamilla Rytter Juhl
11–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Swedish International Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Andersen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Mawet
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wouter Claes
21–12, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Bulgarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Andersen Flag of Russia.svg Andrej Ashmarin
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Nazarenko
21–12, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Finnish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Andersson
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yi
21–9, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002 Iceland International Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg Bo Rafn
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Christensen
WalkoverGold medal icon.svgWinner
2000 Slovenian International Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Langbak Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jensen
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Swedish International Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Houmann Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pieler Kolding
Flag of Denmark.svg Line Damkjær Kruse
21–8, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Italian International Flag of Denmark.svg Mette Schjoldager Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Sorokina
22–20, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2003 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Helle Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Glyager Jensen
Flag of Denmark.svg Majken Vange
11–9, 11–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002 Iceland International Flag of Denmark.svg Karina Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Jensen
Flag of Denmark.svg Stine Borgström
WalkoverGold medal icon.svgWinner
2001 Austrian International Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Mørk Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Britta Andersen
2–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2001 French Open International Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Mørk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Chris Bruil
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lotte Jonathans
0–7, 2–7, 1–7Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2001 Croatian International Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Mørk Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Langbak
Flag of Denmark.svg Britta Andersen
15–10, 15–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Scottish International Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Mørk Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Langbak
Flag of Denmark.svg Britta Andersen
9–15, 15–10, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1998 Hungarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Mørk Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Bruun
Flag of Denmark.svg Sara Runesten
11–15, 3–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF/IBF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "VEB har ny herredouble på plads". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). 6 March 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Profile:Peter BUUR STEFFENSEN". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "GSB udvider trænerteamet for senior- og ungsenior…". www.grevebadminton.dk (in Danish). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.