Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989 (age 34)
Odder, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking3 (MD with Kim Astrup 31 October 2023)
29 (XD with Lena Grebak 16 January 2014)
Current ranking4 (MD with Kim Astrup 23 January 2024)
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
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
BWF profile

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player.[1] Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup.[2][3] 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 5 in the men's doubles in September 2018.[4]

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.[5]

Career

In 2018, Rasmussen emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the European Championships. In the final, Rasmussen and Kim Astrup received an easy win to their compatriot Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding, after Kolding had to withdraw due to abdominal injury before going into the second game.[2] In September, Rasmussen and Astrup claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title in the China Open after beating host pair Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong in the final. Their victory at that tournament, led them up to 5th place in the BWF ranking.[4]

Rasmussen made his debut at the European Games in 2019, where he won the silver medal with and his partner, Astrup.[6]

At the 2021 World Championships, Rasmussen and Astrup won the bronze medal.[7] The duo were defeated in the semi-finals by the Chinese pair He Jiting and Tan Qiang.[8]

Rasmussen competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Kim Astrup. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.[9]

In 2023, Rasmussen managed to win the gold medal in his second appearance at the European Games with his partner Astrup. As the top seed, they beat the second seeded pair from Great Britain Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in a tight match.[3] At the BWF World Championships, he and his partner then upgraded the bronze to silver that they won in 2021, after battling the final match in Royal Arena against the rising Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae which ended in defeat in a close rubber game.[10]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Denmark Kim Astrup China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang 		16–21, 21–13, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark 		Denmark Kim Astrup South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae 		21–14, 15–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

European Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus 		Denmark Kim Astrup United Kingdom Marcus Ellis
United Kingdom Chris Langridge 		17–21, 10–21 Silver Silver
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland 		Denmark Kim Astrup United Kingdom Ben Lane
United Kingdom Sean Vendy 		21–15, 19–21, 21–19 Gold Gold

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France 		Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		21–14, 18–21, 13–21 Silver Silver
2017 Sydbank Arena,
Kolding, Denmark 		Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		17–21, 22–24 Bronze Bronze
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		21–15, retired Gold Gold
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine 		Denmark Kim Astrup Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Marvin Seidel 		21–23, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[12]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 India Open Super 500 Denmark Kim Astrup Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 China Open Super 1000 Denmark Kim Astrup China Han Chengkai
China Zhou Haodong 		21–13, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Denmark Kim Astrup Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 Denmark Kim Astrup Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Marvin Seidel 		21–16, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Denmark Kim Astrup Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi 		18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Japan Open Super 750 Denmark Kim Astrup China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang 		18–21, 21–13, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Canada Open Super 500 Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Rasmus Kjær
Denmark Frederik Søgaard 		23–25, 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Denmark Kim Astrup Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin 		21–10, 22–24, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Arctic Open Super 500 Denmark Kim Astrup Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 French Open Super 750 Denmark Kim Astrup Indonesia Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Indonesia Bagas Maulana 		21–14, 10–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Denmark Kim Astrup Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin 		12–21, 22–20, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Bitburger Open Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		11–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Scottish Open Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Bitburger Open Denmark Kim Astrup China Wang Yilyu
China Zhang Wen 		14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Swiss Open Denmark Kim Astrup Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu
Chinese Taipei Tsai Chia-hsin 		21–8, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 German Open Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Bitburger Open Denmark Kim Astrup Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		21–19, 19–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Bitburger Open Denmark Line Kjærsfeldt China He Jiting
China Du Yue 		18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Iceland International Denmark René Lindskow Denmark Christopher Bruun Jensen
Denmark Thomas Fynbo 		21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Portugal International Denmark Martin Kragh Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Croatia Zvonimir Hölbling 		21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Portugal International Denmark Mats Bue Denmark Niclas Nøhr
Denmark Mads Pedersen 		26–28, 21–16, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Portugal International Denmark Kim Astrup England Peter Briggs
England Harley Towler 		21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Denmark International Denmark Kim Astrup England Marcus Ellis
Scotland Paul van Rietvelde 		23–25, 21–16, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Kharkiv International Denmark Kim Astrup Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha 		20–22, 21–15, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Belgian International Denmark Kim Astrup England Chris Langridge
England Peter Mills 		28–26, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Finnish Open Denmark Kim Astrup Chinese Taipei Huang Po-jui
Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Denmark Kim Astrup Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha 		21–15, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard 		19–21, 23–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Dutch International Denmark Anne Skelbæk Denmark Christian John Skovgaard
Denmark Julie Houmann 		21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Czech International Denmark Anne Skelbæk Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Iris Tabeling 		21–16, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Finnish Open Denmark Sara Thygesen England Chris Adcock
Scotland Imogen Bankier 		24–22, 12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Finnish Open Denmark Lena Grebak Ukraine Valeriy Atrashchenkov
Ukraine Anna Kobceva 		13–21, 21–15, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Portugal International Denmark Lena Grebak Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Indonesia Keshya Nurvita Hanadia 		16–21, 21–18, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Denmark International Denmark Lena Grebak Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Maria Helsbøl 		21–16, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Spanish Open Denmark Lena Grebak Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Poland Agnieszka Wojtkowska 		21–14, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Belgian International Denmark Lena Grebak Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Selena Piek 		21–18, 9–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Finnish Open Denmark Lena Grebak Sweden Nico Ruponen
Sweden Amanda Högström 		22–24, 21–19, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Kim Astrup against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 September 2023.[13]

References

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  9. ^ "Badminton - RASMUSSEN Anders Skaarup". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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External links

Thomas Cup badminton men's team champions
European Games badminton men's doubles champions
European badminton men's doubles champions
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 30 January 2024
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