Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with the national team, he won the
European Men's Team Championships in 2016 and 2018; also
European Mixed Team Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021. Antonsen was the champion at the
2019 Minsk European Games,
2021 European Championships, the silver medalist at the
2017 European Championships, and the
2019 World Championships, and the bronze medalist at the
2021 World Championships
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.
Career
Antonsen started his career in badminton at six years of age in Kastanievej,
Viby. Together with his brother
Kasper Antonsen
Kasper Antonsen (born 13 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player. Together with his brother Anders Antonsen
Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in ...
, they learned from his father who worked at one of the badminton clubs in Denmark.
He made his international debut at the 2013 Forza Denmark International tournament. In 2015, he won the
European Junior Championship, defeating German player
Max Weißkirchen
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with a score of 21–9, 15–21, 21–9 in the final. In the same year, he also won several tournaments such as
Dutch International
The Dutch International is an open international badminton tournament held in the Netherlands. The tournament annually held in Wateringen and organized by the VELO badminton since 2000. The Dutch International is a part of the European Badminton ...
,
Belgian International
The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.
Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...
, and
Irish Open, and awarded the 2015 European Young Player of the Year.
In 2016, he won his first Grand Prix, the
Scottish Open Grand Prix. In the same year, he also won several other tournaments such as the
Spanish International,
Austrian Open, and
Swedish Master.
In 2017, he won the silver medal at the
European Championship after being defeated by
Rajiv Ouseph
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Ouseph was born and brough ...
of England with a tight score of 19–21, 19–21. He also reached the semifinals in two
Superseries tournaments, the
2017 French Open where he lost to
Kenta Nishimoto
is a Japanese badminton player. He won a silver medal in the men's singles at the 2017 Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Nishimoto was part of Japan winning team at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships and at the ...
from Japan with a score of 17–21, 15–21, and later the
Hong Kong Open where he was defeated by 2016 Rio Olympics gold medal winner
Chen Long
Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and an Asian champion.
Chen was a former World number 1, occupying the top men's singles ranki ...
from China with a score of 14–21, 21–19, 17–21.
In 2018, Antonsen was chosen to be part of the Danish
Thomas Cup
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team and won a bronze medal. At the
Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, he managed to reach the semifinals but was defeated at that stage by Chinese Taipei player
Chou Tien-chen
Chou Tien-chen (Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won i ...
with a score of 21–19, 11–21, 12–21.
Play for the Aarhus AB, Antonsen won the
National Championships
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title three times in a row from 2017–2019. He won the
BWF World Tour
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title at the
2019 Indonesia Masters, defeating 2018 World Champion and then World number 1
Kento Momota
is a Japanese badminton player. He is known to have a skillful and relentless play style on court. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England ...
from Japan in the final with a score of 21–16, 14–21, 21–16. He emerged as the men's singles champion and took the gold medal at the
2019 Minsk European Games beat
Brice Leverdez of France in the final with the score 21–19, 14–21, 21–10. At the
2019 Indonesia Open a Super 1000 tournament, Antonsen managed to step into the final round but he had to be satisfied as runner-up after losing to Chou Tien-chen with a score of 18–21, 26–24, 15–21. Antonsen captured the silver medal at the
2019 World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, lost to the first seeded, the reigning champion
Kento Momota
is a Japanese badminton player. He is known to have a skillful and relentless play style on court. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England ...
in straight games 9–21, 3–21.
Antonsen won the end of the season
2020 BWF World Tour Finals
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beating
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is the 2017 and 2022 World champion and the 2020 Olympic champion. He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating South Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the ...
in the finals.
In 2021, Antonsen participated at the
European Mixed Team Championships in Finland, and helped the team win the gold medal. At the May
European Championships, he was crowned as the men's singles champion, after organizers decided to cancel the finals, due to his opponent,
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is the 2017 and 2022 World champion and the 2020 Olympic champion. He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating South Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the ...
, tested positive for COVID-19.
Antonsen clinched a bronze medal after he lost in the semifinals of the
2021 World Championships
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to
Loh Kean Yew
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Born in Penang, Ma ...
, the eventual World Champion, in straight games, 21–23, 14–21.
Starting off the season in 2022, Antonsen managed to avenge his loss to Loh Kean Yew in the World Championships semi finals, winning against the reigning world champion in the first round of the
All England Open, in rubber games, 21–15, 18–21, 21–13. He then lost in the next round to
Lakshya Sen
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, in straight games, 16–21, 18–21.
On 30 April, Antonsen won silver at the
European Championships losing to compatriot Viktor Axelsen (17–21, 15–21) in the finals in
Madrid
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, Spain. Antonsen was very upset over the quality of his own play, saying audiences nearly deserved an apology.
Antonsen then pulled out of the Asian leg of tournaments, the Indonesia Masters, the Indonesia Open, the Malaysian Open, the Malaysian Masters and the Singapore Open, citing injuries.
Personal life
Antonsen has an older brother,
Kasper Antonsen
Kasper Antonsen (born 13 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player. Together with his brother Anders Antonsen
Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in ...
. He is a former Danish badminton national player, and has trained with his brother since young.
Antonsen co-hosts a podcast together with fellow Danish badminton player
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (born 16 January 1986) is a Danish badminton player. He was a member of the winning Denmark team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.
Career
Junior
He won 4 junior national titles, 2 in singles in 2003 ...
, called ''The Badminton Experience'', where they cover many different topics on badminton, ranging from players and technical aspects of the game. They also host Q&A sessions from time to time, and sometimes, they invite other badminton players to come on the podcasts as guests, to share their experience and answer questions from the hosts. Notable players that have been on the podcast include
Lee Zii Jia
Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's single ...
,
Greysia Polli,
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (; born October 20, 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. He first rose to prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2020 Olympics, he won bronze in the men's singles event. He became th ...
and former Danish Men's singles player
.
Besides recording podcast episodes with Vittinghus, Antonsen also has a YouTube channel, where he uploads his vlogs, mainly about his training and tour life on the BWF circuit. His YouTube channel has 101,000 subscribers as of July 2022.
Achievements
World Championships
''Men's singles''
European Games
''Men's singles''
European Championships
''Men's singles''
European Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Men's singles''
BWF Grand Prix (1 title)
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 singles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Men's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
:
BWF Future Series tournament
Career overview
Record against selected opponents
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of
28 November 2022.
References
External links
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YouTube
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1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Aarhus
Danish male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Denmark
Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
European Games gold medalists for Denmark
European Games medalists in badminton
21st-century Danish people