Victor Svendsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 28)
Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark
ResidenceValby, Copenhagen, Denmark
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking43 (21 March 2023)
Current ranking64 (13 June 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ankara Mixed team
BWF profile

Victor Svendsen (born 2 August 1995) is a Danish badminton player.[1] Svendsen has shown his talent as a badminton player since he was young. Trained at the Vendsyssel's talent department, he claimed the national U–13 elite team title and won the bronze medals in the singles and doubles event.[2] In the national event, he previously played for Ikast, and now was part of the Vendsyssel Elite Badminton.[3][4]

Career

He reached the semifinals at the 2022 Korea Open.[5] Because of his good results, he was selected to represent Danish team for the 2022 Thomas Cup and won a bronze medal.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Polish International India Sourabh Verma 29–27, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Hungarian International Denmark Kim Bruun 10–12, 6–11, 6–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Finnish International Finland Kalle Koljonen 11–7, 11–7, 8–11, 10–12, 11–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Portugal International India Subhankar Dey 19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Hungarian International Spain Pablo Abián 21–13, 15–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 KaBaL International India Subhankar Dey 21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Belgian International England Toby Penty 13–21, 21–19, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Czech Open France Toma Junior Popov 16–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Hungarian International Denmark Rasmus Messerschmidt 21–14, 16–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Italian International France Thomas Rouxel 21–12, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Belgian International India Lakshya Sen 14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International Spain Pablo Abián 21–17, 15–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Swedish Open Sweden Felix Burestedt 18–8 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Denmark Masters Canada Brian Yang 21–16, 17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Czech Open Chinese Taipei Huang Yu-kai 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Swedish Open Finland Kalle Koljonen 21–14, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Dutch Open Denmark Karan Rajan Rajarajan 22–20, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Victor Svendsen biography". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Tournament Software.
  2. ^ Christoffersen, Poul (5 March 2008). "Hjørring-dreng blev doublemester for U13" (in Danish). Nordjyske Stiftstidende. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ Egelund, Michael (16 February 2018). "Victor Svendsen fortsætter i Vendsyssel i næste sæson" (in Danish). Skagens Avis. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. ^ Billund, Jeppe (10 February 2016). "Victor Svendsen: Vemodigt farvel til Ikast" (in Danish). Badminton Bladet. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  5. ^ "- Jeg er rigtig skuffet, siger dansk underdog efter semifinaleexit - TV 2" (in Danish). Tv 2 Sport. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

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