Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989 (age 35)
Odder, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (MD with Kim Astrup 17 December 2024)
29 (XD with Lena Grebak 16 January 2014)
Current ranking1 (MD with Kim Astrup 17 December 2024[1])
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Huelva Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Men's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Huelva Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kolding Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Men's team
BWF profile

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player.[2] Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup.[3][4] He also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2021 and later a silver medal in 2023. Together with Astrup, he reached a career high of World number 1 in the men's doubles in December 2024.[5][6]

Rasmussen joined the Denmark winning team at the European mixed team championships in 2015, 2019 and 2021; European men's team championships in 2014, 2016 and 2020; and the grade 1 badminton tournament World men's team championships, the Thomas Cup in 2016.[7]

  1. ^ https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?rid=70&category=474
  2. ^ "Players: Anders Skaarup Rasmussen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Dansk herredouble henter guld ved European Games" (in Danish). Herning Folkeblad. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ https://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&m=8819764&cmsid=239&pageid=5381
  6. ^ Hidayati, Any (27 September 2018). "Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen jadi ganda putra nomor 1 Denmark usai juara China Open 2018" (in Indonesian). Bola. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

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