Kenneth Jonassen (born 3 July 1974) is 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
Denmark
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, who won
Danish national and international titles during the first decade of the 21st century. The big, hard fighting Dane was often ranked among the top few singles players of that era, but was rather overshadowed by his fellow countryman
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He played
badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...
in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to
Chen Hong of
China. Jonassen reached the quarterfinals of several
Badminton 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 ...
but never quite made it to the medal rounds.
He won the gold medal at the
2008 European Badminton Championships, late in his career.
This, along with victories in the 2003
Korea Open and the 2004
Singapore Open were perhaps his most impressive achievements.
Major achievements
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Men's singles''
References
External links
BWF Profile
1974 births
Living people
People from Herning Municipality
Danish male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Denmark
Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region
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