Knud Aage Nielsen
Imre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967
Personal information
Country Denmark
Born (1937-03-01) 1 March 1937 (age 86)

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

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1958 Norwegian International 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1959 Dutch Open Indonesia Ferry Sonneville 18–13, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1964 German Open Denmark Erland Kops 7–15, 13–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1964 All England Denmark Henning Borch 8–15, 17–15, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1966 Dutch Open Germany Wolfgang Bochow 18–15, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1966 German Open Denmark Erland Kops 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1966 Denmark Open Denmark Svend Pri 3–15, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1961 Dutch Open Denmark Ole Mertz Malaysia Wong B. K.
Malaysia Yeoh Kean Hua 		18–15, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1963 Swedish Open Denmark Henning Borch 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1965 Swedish Open Denmark Erland Kops 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1966 Dutch Open Denmark Elo Hansen Malaysia Punch Gunalan
Malaysia Oon Chong Hau 		4–15, 4–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1964 German Open Denmark Kirsten Thorndahl Denmark Finn Kobberø
Denmark Bente Flindt 		9–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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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