Steen Skovgaard

Steen Skovgaard
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Mixed doubles
Career title(s) 1977 World Champion
(mixed doubles)

Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s.

He played for the Gentofte BK.

Career

Skovgaard won the gold medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Lene Køppen, defeating Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks by 15-12, 18-17 in the final. They also won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships.

At the European Badminton Championships they won two silver medals, in 1976 and 1978. In 1980 Skovgaard won a bronze medal in men's doubles with Flemming Delfs, and in 1982 another bronze medal in mixed doubles with Anne Skovgaard.

Major achievements

Rank Event Date Venue
World Championships
1 Mixed doubles
(with Lene Køppen)		 1977 Malmö, SWE
3 Mixed doubles
(with Lene Køppen)		 1980 Jakarta, INA
European Championships
2 Mixed doubles
(with Lene Køppen)		 1976 Dublin, IRL
2 Mixed doubles
(with Lene Køppen)		 1978 Preston, ENG
3 Men's doubles
(with Flemming Delfs)		 1980 Groningen, NOR
3 Mixed doubles
(with Anne Skovgaard)		 1982 Böblingen, GER
Open Championships
1 Men's doubles
Mixed doubles		 1977, 1979
1975, 1976, 1977		 Denmark Open
1 Men's doubles
Mixed doubles		 1978
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982		 Nordic Championships
1 Men's doubles
Mixed doubles		 1978, 1979
1976		 Swedish Open
1 Men's doubles
Mixed doubles		 1977
1977		 USSR International
1 Mixed doubles 1978 Canadian Open
2 Men's doubles
Mixed doubles		 1976
1978		 All England
National Championships
1 Men's doubles
Mixed doubles		 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983

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