Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton Klub), also known as GBK is a badminton club in
Gentofte
Gentofte () is a district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Major landmarks include Gentofte Town Hall, Gentofte Hospital and Gentofte Church. Gentofte Lake with surrounding parkland and nature reserves form ...
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Gentofte Municipality
Gentofte Kommune is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the Capital Region of Denmark (''Region Hovedstaden'') on the east coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of , and has a total population ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
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Denmark
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. It is based in
Gentofte Sportsby. The club has won more than 100 titles. It experienced its most successful period in the late 1970s and 1980 when it won
Europe Cup seven times. Former players include some of Denmark's most successful badminton players, including,
Morten Frost
Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen (born 4 April 1958) is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings.
Badminton career
During his career, Frost w ...
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Lene Køppen
Lene Køppen (born 5 May 1953) is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Mar ...
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Poul-Erik Høyer,
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Camilla Martin
Camilla Martin Nygaard (née Martin; born 23 March 1974) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All England and World Championships singl ...
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History
Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton or GBK) was founded on 10 February 1931. The club initially played in rented premises on Maltegårdsvej in
Charlottenlund
Charlottenlund is a suburban area on the coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the administrative seat of Gentofte Municipality. Bordered to the east by the Øresund, to the South by Hellerup and to the north by Klampenborg, it is one of the ...
until inaugurating its current badminton hall in 1936.
Location
The club is based in GBK Hallen in
Gentofte Sportsby. The venue contains 10 badminton courts.
Former players
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Poul Holm
Poul Holm is a former Danish badminton player. He won five All England titles and four Danish singles titles.
Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminto ...
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Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen
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Ole Jensen
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Tonny Ahm
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Per Walsøe
Per Walsøe is a Danish former Supreme Court judge and a retired male badminton player who won a number of Danish national and international doubles titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
Career
Walsoe won the gold medal at the 1970 Europe ...
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Anne Flint
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Marko Daraboš
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Ib Frederiksen
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Bente Flint
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Steen Skovgaard
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Kirsten Larsen
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Flemming Delfs
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Lene Køppen
Lene Køppen (born 5 May 1953) is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Mar ...
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Poul-Erik Høyer
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Pernille Dupont
Pernille Dupont (born 6 October 1967) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.
She won the silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Thomas Lund. She competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in wom ...
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Morten Frost
Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen (born 4 April 1958) is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings.
Badminton career
During his career, Frost w ...
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Grete Mogensen
Grete Mogensen (born 15 May 1963, later Grete Kragekjær) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'e ...
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Camilla Martin
Camilla Martin Nygaard (née Martin; born 23 March 1974) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All England and World Championships singl ...
Achievements
Europe Cup
* Champions: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
* Runner-Up: 1984
Danish Badminton League The Danish Badminton League, is the national team tournament for badminton clubs in Denmark
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* Champion:1949/1950, 1950/1951, 1951/1952, 1974/1975, 1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1977/1978, 1978/1979, 1982/1983, 1983/1984, 1985/1986, 1988/1989, 1989/1990, 1990/1991,1991/1992,1996/1997
Danish National Badminton Championships
References
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External links
Official website
Badminton clubs in Copenhagen
Sport in Gentofte Municipality
1931 establishments in Denmark