Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen (c. 1930 – 22 August 2013) was a Danish

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player who won numerous major international titles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.

Career

Though he competed in singles at a strong international level during the first half of his career, it was as a doubles player that he made his mark, capturing six All-England men's doubles titles with

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(1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) and reaching the final round of the All-England mixed doubles on three occasions. Noted for his powerful smash which included an ability to smash off his backhand with the heavy rackets of the day, Hammergaard Hansen took part in five consecutive

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(men's international team) campaigns for Denmark between 1952 and 1964, winning over 80 percent of his matches.Herbert Scheele (1967) ''The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967''. Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd. pp. 68–87. In 1998 he was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame.

Achievements

International tournaments (21 titles, 14 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammergaard Hansen, Jorgen 1930s births Danish male badminton players 2013 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Danish sportsmen