Lene Køppen

Lene Køppen
Lene Køppen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	5 May 1953; Copenhagen, Denmark
Highest ranking	1
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Denmark
World Championships
World Games
World Cup
European Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
European Junior Championships

Lene Køppen (born 5 May 1953) is a Danish badminton player who won numerous national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World (1977) and All-England (1979, 1980) singles titles. In the first IBF World Championships in 1977 she captured the mixed doubles (with Steen Skovgaard) as well as women's singles to become the first of only seven players, through 2010, to win two events in the same edition of this tournament. Notably, her badminton success came as she was studying and then practising dentistry.^[2] She was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1998. She is the mother of badminton player Marie Røpke.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden	Gillian Gilks	12–9, 12–11	Gold
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ivana Lie	11–12, 2–11	Bronze

Mixed doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden	Steen Skovgaard	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	15–12, 18–17	Gold
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Steen Skovgaard	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna	11–15, 6–15	Bronze

World Cup

Women's singles
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroe Yuki	11–7, 11–6	Gold
1980	Kyoto, Japan	Hiroe Yuki	11–4, 12–10	Gold
1982	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Verawaty Fadjrin	11–2, 12–10	Gold

World Games

Women's singles
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Zhang Ailing	4–11, 1–11	Bronze

Mixed doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–11, 4–15, 8–15	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1974	Vienna, Austria	Gillian Gilks	6–11, 5–11	Silver
1976	Dublin, Ireland	Gillian Gilks	6–11, 11–12	Silver
1978	Preston, England	Jane Webster	11–4, 9–11, 11–0	Gold
1982	Böblingen, West Germany	Karen Bridge	11–1, 11–9	Gold

Women's doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Karlskrona, Sweden	Annie Bøg Jørgensen	Margaret Beck Julie Rickard	9–15, 7–15	Bronze
1982	Böblingen, West Germany	Anne Skovgaard	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	6–15, 2–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1976	Dublin, Ireland	Steen Skovgaard	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	15–6, 12–15, 15–17	Silver
1978	Preston, England	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	9–15, 10–15	Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1971	Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia	Anne Berglund	Nora Gardner Barbara Giles	15–11, 15–7	Gold

Mixed doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1971	Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia	Viggo Christiansen	Peter Gardner Barbara Giles	13–15, 14–17	Bronze

International tournaments

Women's singles
Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1971	Norwegian International	Eva Twedberg	5–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1973	India Open	Eva Twedberg	11–8, 8–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1973	USSR International	Alena Poboráková	11–0, 11–1	Winner
1973	Norwegian International	Joke van Beusekom	2–11, 12–9, 9–12	Runner-up
1973	Nordic Championships	Eva Twedberg	11–2, 11–3	Winner
1974	Swedish Open	Eva Twedberg	11–9, 11–8	Winner
1974	Denmark Open	Hiroe Yuki	4–11, 12–9, 9–12	Runner-up
1974	Nordic Championships	Anette Börjesson	11–1, 11–2	Winner
1975	Swedish Open	Joke van Beusekom	11–6, 12–10	Winner
1975	Denmark Open	Joke van Beusekom	11–1, 11–6	Winner
1975	Jamaica International	Joke van Beusekom	11–0, 11–10	Winner
1975	Nordic Championships	Imre Rietveld Nielsen	11–2, 11–2	Winner
1975	Norwegian International	Joke van Beusekom	8–11, 11–3, 11–3	Winner
1976	Swedish Open	Gillian Gilks	11–8, 5–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1976	German Open	Gillian Gilks	11–5, 6–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1976	Denmark Open	Joke van Beusekom	11–4, 11–1	Winner
1976	Nordic Championships	Pia Nielsen	11–1, 11–4	Winner
1977	Swedish Open	Gillian Gilks	11–5, 11–2	Winner
1977	All England Open	Hiroe Yuki	11–7, 3–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1977	Nordic Championships	Pia Nielsen	11–2, 11–2	Winner
1978	Swedish Open	Jane Webster	11–5, 11–2	Winner
1978	Denmark Open	Atsuko Tokuda	11–4, 9–11, 11–9	Winner
1978	Nordic Championships	Anette Börjesson	11–2, 11–3	Winner
1979	All England Open	Saori Kondo	13–9, 1–11, 11–8	Winner
1979	Swedish Open	Agnethe Juul	11–3, 11–1	Winner
1979	English Masters	Gillian Gilks	12–10, 11–4	Winner
1979	Dutch Open	Gillian Gilks	10–12, 9–12	Runner-up
1979	Denmark Open	Hiroe Yuki	11–8, 7–11, 11–2	Winner
1979	Nordic Championships	Kirsten Larsen	11–6, 11–1	Winner
1980	All England Open	Verawaty Fadjrin	11–2, 11–6	Winner
1980	Copenhagen Cup	Gillian Gilks	12–9, 11–2	Winner
1980	English Masters	Yoshiko Yonekura	11–5, 11–8	Winner
1980	Taiwan Masters	Jane Webster	12–9, 11–5	Winner
1980	Nordic Championships	Rikke von Sørensen	11–1, 11–5	Winner
1981	All England Open	Hwang Sun-ai	1–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1981	English Masters	Zhang Ailing	6–11, 12–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1981	Dutch Open	Jane Webster	11–3, 11–3	Winner
1981	Scandinavian Cup	Zhang Ailing	11–6, 12–11	Winner
1981	Denmark Open	Saori Kondo	11–1, 11–2	Winner
1981	Nordic Championships	Nettie Nielsen	9–12, 11–1, 11–3	Winner
1982	Scottish Open	Helen Troke	11–8, 11–4	Winner
1982	Hong Kong Open	Xu Rong	4–11, 8–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles
Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Nordic Championships	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Anne Flindt Pernille Kaagaard	8–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1971	Norwegian International	Pernille Kaagaard	Annie Bøg Jørgensen Lotte Berend	15–5, 15–6	Winner
1972	Nordic Championships	Anne Berglund	Bente Flindt Imre Rietveld Nielsen	15–5, 17–14	Winner
1973	India Open	Anne Berglund	Eva Twedberg Joke van Beusekom	1–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1973	USSR International	Karin Lindquist	Tatiana Antropova Tatiana Kochetkova	15–10, 15–3	Winner
1973	Norwegian International	Pernille Kaagaard	Joanne Flockhart Christine Stewart	12–15, 17–15, 15–6	Winner
1973	Nordic Championships	Lonny Bostofte	Pernille Kaagaard Ulla Strand	12–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1974	Nordic Championships	Imre Rietveld Nielsen	Anne Flindt Pernille Kaagaard	12–15, 15–10, 18–15	Winner
1975	Denmark Open	Inge Borgstrøm	Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna	15–3, 3–15, 15–10	Runner-up
1975	Jamaica International	Joke van Beusekom	Lesley Harris Barbara Welch	15–4, 15–12	Winner
1975	Norwegian International	Inge Borgstrøm	Anette Börjesson Joke van Beusekom	15–3, 15–7	Winner
1975	Nordic Championships	Inge Borgstrøm	Liselotte Gøttsche Pia Nielsen	15–2, 15–5	Winner
1976	Denmark Open	Inge Borgstrøm	Marjan Luesken Joke van Beusekom	12–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1976	Nordic Championships	Pia Nielsen	Inge Borgstrøm Pernille Kaagaard	10–15, 15–9, 18–16	Winner
1977	Japan Open	Inge Borgstrøm	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	18–13, 15–9	Winner
1977	Nordic Championships	Inge Borgstrøm	Lonny Bostofte Imre Rietveld Nielsen	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1978	Nordic Championships	Susanne Berg	Inge Borgstrøm Pia Nielsen	15–4, 15–8	Winner
1979	Swedish Open	Joke van Beusekom	Nora Perry Anne Skovgaard	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1979	Nordic Championships	Inge Borgstrøm	Kirsten Larsen Pia Nielsen	15–7, 15–2	Winner
1980	Taiwan Masters	Kirsten Larsen	Nora Perry Jane Webster	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1980	Nordic Championships	Pia Nielsen	Lena Axelsson Carina Andersson	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1981	Nordic Championships	Pia Nielsen	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–13, 17–14	Winner

Mixed doubles
Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1971	Norwegian International	Erland Kops	Gert Perneklo Eva Twedberg	15–3, 5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1973	USSR International	Elo Hansen	Roland Maywald Tatiana Antropova	15–9, 6–15, 15–5	Winner
1975	Jamaica International	Elo Hansen	Lucio Fabris Barbara Welch	15–10, 13–18, 15–3	Winner
1975	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Bengt Fröman Karin Lindquist	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1976	Swedish Open	Steen Skovgaard	Peter Bullivant Gillian Gilks	15–6, 15–3	Winner
1976	German Open	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Gardner	9–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1976	Denmark Open	Steen Skovgaard	David Eddy Barbara Giles	15–8, 15–4	Winner
1976	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Elo Hansen Pernille Kaagaard	15–0, 15–6	Winner
1977	Swedish Open	Steen Skovgaard	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	6–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1977	Denmark Open	Steen Skovgaard	David Eddy Barbara Giles	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1977	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Mogens Neergaard Inge Borgstrøm	15–3, 15–2	Winner
1978	All England Open	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	7–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1978	Swedish Open	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	2–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1978	Denmark Open	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–9, 15–11	Winner
1978	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Lars Wengberg Anette Börjesson	15–11, 15–10	Winner
1979	Swedish Open	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–12, 17–18, 16–18	Runner-up
1979	Denmark Open	Steen Skovgaard	Ray Stevens Nora Perry	12–15, 15–11, 13–15	Runner-up
1979	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Jan Hammergaard Hansen Inge Borgstrøm	15–6, 15–2	Winner
1980	Denmark Open	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	11–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1980	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Lars Wengberg Anette Börjesson	15–6, 15–5	Winner
1981	English Masters	Morten Frost	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	5–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1981	Nordic Championships	Steen Skovgaard	Lars Wengberg Anette Börjesson	17–14, 15–9	Winner
1982	Scottish Open	Morten Frost	Billy Gilliland Gillian Gilks	13–18, 9–15	Runner-up

References

^ "Lene Koppen regains world No. 1 ranking" (PDF). World Badminton. Vol. 7, no. 5. May 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 155.

External links

[1] "Lene Koppen regains world No. 1 ranking" (PDF). World Badminton. Vol. 7, no. 5. May 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[2] Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 155.

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Members of the Badminton Hall of Fame
Men's players	Cai Yun Chen Long David E. L. Choong Eddy Choong Frank Devlin David Guthrie Freeman Morten Frost Fu Haifeng Ha Tae-kwon Christian Hadinata Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Rudy Hartono Hou Jiachang Kim Dong-moon Kim Moon-soo Finn Kobberø Erland Kops Lee Chong Wei Lee Yong-dae Li Yongbo Liem Swie King Lin Dan Thomas Lund Rexy Mainaky Ng Boon Bee Ralph Nichols Ong Poh Lim Park Joo-bong Ricky Subagja Tan Yee Khan Tang Xianhu Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet Tian Bingyi Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi Charoen Wattanasin Wong Peng Soon Zhang Jun
Women's players	Tonny Ahm Bang Soo-hyun Margaret Varner Bloss Chen Yuniang Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Gao Ling Ge Fei Gil Young-ah Gillian Gilks Gong Zhichao Gu Jun Han Aiping Judy Devlin Huang Sui Ethel Thomson Larcombe Li Lingwei Meriel Lucas Liliyana Natsir Nora Perry Ra Kyung-min Ulla Strand Susi Susanti Kirsten Thorndahl Margaret Tragett Betty Uber Susan Whetnall Ye Zhaoying Hiroe Yuki Zhang Ning Zhao Yunlei
Contributors	S. S. C. Dolby Lü Shengrong John McCallum Stellan Mohlin Craig Reedie Herbert Scheele Dick Sudirman