Thomas Haubro Lund (born 2 August 1968) is a retired

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 from

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who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club.

Career

Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the

1991 IBF World Championships The 1991 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1991. Host city selection Copenhagen and Hong Kong submitted bids to host the championships. Venue *Brøndby Arena Medalists Medal table Me ...

. In

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and

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he won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the

IBF World Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious ...

, the first with Sweden's

Catrine Bengtsson Catrine Bengtsson (born 21 September 1969) is a retired female badminton player from Sweden. Career Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarte ...

and the second with his compatriot

Marlene Thomsen Marlene Thomsen (born 5 May 1971) is a former badminton player from Denmark. Career 1992 Summer Olympics Thomsen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen. In the first round, they defeate ...

. From 1990 through 1994 Lund won five consecutive mixed doubles titles with three different partners at the now defunct

World Badminton Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end worl ...

. At the prestigious All England Open he captured titles in both men's doubles (

) and mixed doubles (

). Lund was elected to the

World Badminton Hall of Fame The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at badminton, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game. There is also a USA Badminton Hall of Fame and a Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame ...

in 2008.

Summer Olympics

Lund competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in men's doubles with

Jon Holst-Christensen Jon Holst-Christensen (born 16 June 1968) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark. Career Summer Olympics Jon Holst-Christensen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Thomas Lund. In the first round they ...

. In the first round they defeated Dean Galt and

Kerrin Harrison Kerrin Charters Harrison (born 27 April 1964/ref>) is a New Zealand badminton player. Along with Glenn Stewart, he won a bronze medal in the badminton men's doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended Westlake ...

of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by

Razif Sidek Datuk Razif Sidek (born 29 May 1962) is a former badminton player from Malaysia and coach. Personal life He is the second eldest of the famous five Sidek brothers. Razif and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their fathe ...

and

Jalani Sidek Datuk Jalani Sidek (born 12 November 1964) is a former badminton player from Malaysia and coach. Personal life He is the third eldest of the five Sidek brothers. Jalani and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their father ...

of Malaysia. He also competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rath ...

in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut in 1992, a ...

and

Kang Kyung-jin Kang Kyung-jin (Hangul: 강경진; Hanja: 姜京珍; born 24 March 1973) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea. He was the men's doubles champion at the 1997 All England Open and 1998 Asian Championships. He competed at the 1 ...

of Korea in the second round.

Major achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Thomas 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Aarhus Danish male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Denmark World No. 1 badminton players