Conny Jepsen (18 January 1921 - 3 February 1989) was a

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 p ...

player from

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and Sweden. He won the Danish Championships in 1939 and 1941 but emigrated to England and then Sweden during the Second World War. He won the

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, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1947 when representing Sweden.

References

All England champions 1899-2007Article about Conny Jepsen
Swedish male badminton players Danish male badminton players 1989 deaths 1921 births People from Vejle Municipality Badminton players from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Sweden-badminton-bio-stub