Knud Aage Nielsen

Knud Aage Nielsen
Imre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1937-03-01) 1 March 1937
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Thomas Cup
1964 Tokyo Men's team

Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.

Career

With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final.[1] He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64 campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia.[2]

He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion.[3]

Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton.[4]

Achievements

International tournaments (11 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1958 Norwegian International Berndt Dahlberg 15–11, 12–15, 15–9 Winner
1959 Dutch Open Ferry Sonneville 18–13, 15–9 Winner
1959 Belgian International Ferry Sonneville 15–13, 15–2 Winner
1962 Swedish Open Erland Kops 4–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1962 Nordic Championships Bertil Glans 15–9, 15–0 Winner
1963 Swedish Open Erland Kops 2–15, 15–13, 4–15 Runner-up
1963 Nordic Championships Henning Borch 15–8, 6–15, 17–16 Winner
1964 German Open Erland Kops 7–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1964 All England Henning Borch 8–15, 17–15, 15–4 Winner
1964 Nordic Championships Erland Kops 5–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1966 Dutch Open Wolfgang Bochow 18–15, 15–9 Winner
1966 German Open Erland Kops 18–17, 6–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1966 Denmark Open Svend Pri 3–15, 9–15 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1959 Belgian International Bjorn Holst-Christensen Hugh Findlay
Ronald Lockwood 		13–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1959 Swedish Open Henning Borch Berndt Dahlberg
Bertil Glans 		15–6, 13–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1961 Dutch Open Ole Mertz Wong B. K.
Yeoh Kean Hua 		18–15, 15–9 Winner
1962 Swedish Open Henning Borch Finn Kobberø
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 		14–15, 15–7, 4–15 Runner-up
1962 Nordic Championships Poul-Erik Nielsen Bertil Glans
Göran Wahlqvist 		15–3, 14–17, 16–17 Runner-up
1963 Swedish Open Henning Borch Erland Kops
Poul-Erik Nielsen 		15–11, 15–9 Winner
1963 Nordic Championships Henning Borch Berndt Dahlberg
Bertil Glans 		18–13, 18–15 Winner
1965 Swedish Open Erland Kops Henning Borch
Jørgen Mortensen 		15–12, 18–16 Winner
1966 Dutch Open Elo Hansen Punch Gunalan
Oon Chong Hau 		4–15, 4–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1964 German Open Kirsten Thorndahl Finn Kobberø
Bente Flindt 		9–15, 10–15 Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ Herbert Sheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., p. 164.
  2. ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967, Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967, pp. 87, 90.
  3. ^ "Poul-Erik Nielsen". Badminton Denmark.
  4. ^ Make badminton great again (in Danish), Wikidata Q111291001


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