Elo Hansen is a retired male

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player from

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who won international titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s.

Career

Hansen won the gold medal at the

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in men's doubles with Per Walsøe and the silver medal in singles in the same tournament. He was a singles silver medalist again at the European Championships in

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. A highly impressive shotmaker, Hansen played in four consecutive Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns for Denmark, ( '66–'67, '69–'70, '72–'73, '75–'76), but never overtook his contemporary,

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, as Denmark's leading player of that era. Hansen's international singles titles included the

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(1969), the

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(1970), the

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(1971), the

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(1973), and the

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(1974). His finest moment in badminton probably came in Denmark's narrow (4–5)

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semi-final loss to defending champion

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in Kuala Lumpur when he defeated both

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and

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in straight games.Herbert Scheele (ed.) (1971) ''The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971''. Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. p. 29.

Achievements

International tournaments

''Men's doubles''

References

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