Steen Skovgaard is a retired male

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player from

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who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles in both men's doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. He played for the Gentofte BK.

Career

The tall, hard-hitting Skovgaard won the gold medal at the

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in mixed doubles with

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, defeating Derek Talbot and

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by 15-12, 18-17 in the final. They also won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships. At the

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they won two silver medals, in

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and 1978. In 1980 Skovgaard won a bronze medal in men's doubles with Flemming Delfs, and in 1982 another bronze medal in mixed doubles with his wife,

Anne Skovgaard Anne Statt (married Anne Skovgaard) is a retired female badminton player from England, who later started for Denmark. Career Statt won the gold medal at the 1978 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Nora Perry. She repres ...

Later life

After ending his active career, Skovgaard became a coach in

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. He has also been used as a badminton commentator by TV2 Sporten. He has since 1981 worked for companies such as IBM Denmark, Errpege IBS, Kraks Forklag and Mercuri Urval. In 2004, he became a co-owner of People Capital Partner. In 2010, he became partner in the recruitment company Hansen Toft A/S.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

International tournaments

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

Steen Skovgaard - The stars of yesterday - BadmintonDenmark.com

Steen Skovgaard's Profile - Badminton.dk
Living people Danish male badminton players World Games medalists in badminton World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 1981 World Games 1950 births {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub