Tage Madsen (1919–2004) was male

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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. Madsen won the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1939.

References

All England champions 1899-2007Profile on Badminton Denmark
Danish male badminton players 1919 births 2004 deaths Indian national badminton champions {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub