Finn Kobberø (13 March 1936 – 21 January 2009) was a

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player from

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, who won numerous international titles in all of badminton's three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.

Career

He was one of the most successful players in the history of the

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with 15 titles between 1955 and 1966, 7 in men's doubles, mainly with hard-hitting

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, and 8 in mixed doubles. He was also a three-time singles finalist at the All-Englands despite a storied disdain for physical conditioning. A leading player on all of Denmark's

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(men's international) teams from 1954 through 1964, he won 55 of 64 individual matches. Powerful, quick, and deceptive, he has been rated among the most talented players in the sport's history. He won 22 Danish national championships in all. He also won each of the three events at the Danish Open Championships though the tournament was not held during most of the years that he was active as a player. Kobberø was inducted into the

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in 1997. He later worked as a sports journalist for national television in Denmark. He died January 21, 2009.

Achievements

International tournaments

''Men's doubles''

References

Finn Kobberø's Profile - Badminton.dk
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