Erland Kops
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| Erland Kops | |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 14, 1937 |
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| Country |  Denmark |
Erland Kops (born January 14, 1937) is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous international titles from the late 1950's to the early 1970's. Kops was the first Westerner to win major singles titles in the Far East[1]. He combined abundant speed, power, and stamina with impressive shot-making virtuosity. Despite some disappointing results in Thomas Cup (men's international team) competition, Kops was clearly the dominant men's singles player of the early and mid 1960's[2].
He is one of the most successful players ever in the All England Open Badminton Championships with 11 titles between 1958 and 1969, 7 of them in men's singles and 4 in men's doubles[3].
Kops was included in the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997.
[edit] Major achievements
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| European Championships | |||
| 2 | Men's doubles | 1970 | Port Talbot, WAL |
| 3 | Men's doubles | 1972 | Karlskrona, SWE |
| Open Championships | |||
| 1 | Singles | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967 | All England Open |
| Men's doubles | 1958, 1967, 1968, 1969 | ||
| 1 | Men's doubles | 1961, 1962 | French Open |
| 2 | Singles | 1957 | All England Open |
| Men's doubles | 1961, 1964, 1965 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1971) 200, 303.
- ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 123, 155,156.
- ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1971) 163-165.
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