Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen
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| Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen | ||
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| Country |  Denmark |
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| Title(s) | 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 All England | |
Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen was a Danish badminton player who won numerous major international titles from the mid 1950's to the mid 1960's. A doubles specialist, Hammergaard Hansen shared six All-England men's doubles titles with Finn Kobbero (1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) and reached the final round of All-England mixed doubles on three occasions[1]. Noted for his powerful smash and strong backhand[2], Hammergaard Hansen took part in five consecutive Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns for Denmark between 1952 and 1964, winning over 80 percent of his matches[3]. In 1998 he was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.
[edit] References
- ^ Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 168, 170.
- ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 155.
- ^ Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 68 - 87.
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