Steen Skovgaard

Steen Skovgaard
Steen Skovgaard
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Mixed doubles
Career title(s)	1977 World Champion; (mixed doubles)
Badminton
Representing Denmark
World Games

Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles in both men's doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s.

He played for the Gentofte BK.

Career

The tall, hard-hitting Skovgaard won the gold medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Lene Køppen, defeating Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks by 15-12, 18-17 in the final. They also won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships.

At the European Badminton Championships they won two silver medals, in 1976 and 1978. In 1980 Skovgaard won a bronze medal in men's doubles with Flemming Delfs, and in 1982 another bronze medal in mixed doubles with his wife, Anne Skovgaard.

Later life

After ending his active career, Sjovgaard became a coach in Gentofte BK. He has also been used as a badminton commentator by TV2 Sporten.

He has since 1981 worked for companies such as IBM Denmark, Errpege IBS, Kraks Forklag and Mercuri Urval. In 2004, he became a co-owner of People Capital Partner. In 2010, he became partner in the recruitment company Hansen Toft A/S.^[1]

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1977	Malmö, SWE
3	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1980	Jakarta, INA
European Championships
2	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1976	Dublin, IRL
2	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1978	Preston, ENG
3	Men's doubles (with Flemming Delfs)	1980	Groningen, NOR
3	Mixed doubles (with Anne Skovgaard)	1982	Böblingen, GER
Open Championships
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1977, 1979 1975, 1976, 1977	Denmark Open
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1978 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982	Nordic Championships
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1978, 1979 1976	Swedish Open
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1977 1977	USSR International
1	Mixed doubles	1978	Canadian Open
2	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1976 1978	All England
National Championships
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1977, 1978, 1981, 1983 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983

References

↑ "Verdensmester i badminton fylder 60". mypresswire.com (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2017.

External links

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[1] "Verdensmester i badminton fylder 60". mypresswire.com (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2017.