Jesper Helledie

Last updated
Jesper Helledie
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1954-05-09) 9 May 1954 (age 69)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Copenhagen Men's Doubles
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 London Men's team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Uppsala Men's Doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Uppsala Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Edinburgh Boys' singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Edinburgh Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1973 Edinburgh Boys' doubles

Jesper Helledie is a retired badminton player from Denmark. Though a highly regarded prospect in men's singles as a young player, he eventually became a doubles specialist, overcoming two ruptures of his Achilles tendon during his career.

Contents

Career

Helledie won the gold medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Steen Fladberg, defeating Mike Tredgett and Martin Dew 15-10, 15-10 in the final.

He also won at the 1986 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with the same partner.

Major achievements

RankEventDateVenue
European Championships
1Men's doubles (with Steen Fladberg) 1986 Uppsala, SWE

World Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983 Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
15–10, 15–10 Med 1.png Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983 Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
4–15, 18–13, 15–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1984 Chinese Taipei Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Karlsson
3–15, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1984 Scottish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost Flag of England.svg Nigel Tier
Flag of England.svg Duncan Bridge
15–11, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1985 Hong Kong Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Kjeldsen
15–8, 7–15, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1985 Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Kjeldsen
15–8, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1985 Scandinavian Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Dipak Tailor
15–12, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1986 German Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Moon-soo
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Joo-bong
8–15, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1986Scandinavian Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Dipak Tailor
15–9, 15–18, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1986Carlton-Intersport Cup Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Dipak Tailor
9–15, 14–18Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Related Research Articles

Tri Kusharjanto is a badminton player from Indonesia. His name also appears variously as Tri Kusharyanto, Trikus Harjanto, Trikus Heryanto, and Trikus Haryanto.

Sigit Budiarto is a male badminton player from Indonesia noted for his reflexes and deft handling of the racket. A men's doubles specialist, he won numerous international titles between 1995 and 2005, most of them in partnership with Candra Wijaya. He was a member of Indonesia's world champion Thomas Cup teams of 1998, 2000 and 2002. Budiarto shared the World Men's Doubles title with Wijaya in 1997 and they were runners-up in this event in 2003 and 2005. They claimed the prestigious All-England Championship in 2003. Among other titles, Budiarto has won doubles at the Asian Championships, and at the French (1995), Indonesia ; Malaysia ; China ; Japan (2001); and Singapore Opens.

Jonas Rasmussen is a retired badminton player from Denmark.

Martin Lundgaard Hansen is a badminton player from Denmark. He started his career in badminton as a singles player, and competed in the 1993 IBF World Championships. But as the years went by, he made a choice to play doubles. Teamed-up with Lars Paaske, they emerged as the men's doubles champion at the 1999, 2001 Denmark Open, and in 2000, he and Paaske participated at the Olympic Games. The career highlights for Hansen was when he partnered with Jens Eriksen. The duo won the 2004 and 2006 All England Open, won gold at the European Championships, and was at the time a half years as No.1 in the world.

Christian Hadinata is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.

Ricky Subagja is a former Indonesian badminton player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.

Rexy Ronald Mainaky is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appointed as the new deputy coaching director of the Badminton Association of Malaysia.

Ardy Bernardus Wiranata is an Indonesian-born Canadian former badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world during most of the 1990s.

Icuk Sugiarto is an Indonesian former badminton player.

Park Joo-bong is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.

Kim Moon-soo is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the early-1990s

Sun Jun is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World Cup, Asian Championship and All England men's singles titles. He was known for his all-round defensive ability as well as his never-say-die attitude on court as exemplified by his famous match with Peter Rasmussen whereby he suffered a severe leg cramp during mid-match but basically carried on to finish an entire set limping on one leg, at one point leading by 10-3 due to intelligent play before succumbing to his opponent.

Eddy Hartono Arbie is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and fluent strokes. His two siblings, Hastomo and Hariyanto were world class shuttlers in men's singles.

Steen Fladberg is a retired male badminton player from Denmark, noted for his speed of foot, who excelled during the 1980s. Though a strong international level singles player, his biggest achievements came in doubles.

Denny Kantono is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. He shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Antonius Ariantho including the French (1993), Hong Kong (1993), Denmark (1994), Thailand (1994), Chinese Taipei, and Indonesia (1996) Opens; as well as the Badminton World Cup (1996) and World Badminton Grand Prix (1998) events. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1995 and bronze medalists at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Johan Wahjudi was an Indonesian badminton player. Though he played some singles at the international level early in his career, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his alert and consistent play alongside his more mercurial partner Tjun Tjun.

Jens Peter Nierhoff is a retired badminton player of Denmark, noted for his powerful smash, who won a number of international titles in singles and men's doubles during the 1980s.

Stefan Karlsson is a retired badminton player from Sweden who competed at the highest world level. He later changed name to Stefan Mellgård.

Jesper Alsing Larsen is a badminton player from Denmark who affiliated with Hvidovre BK. He won the men's doubles gold medal along with partner Jens Eriksen at the 2000 European Championships. Larsen and Eriksen competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and finished in the quarter-finals stage.

Dorte Kjær is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.

References