Kenneth Jonassen

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Kenneth Jonassen
Personal information
Date of birth	July 3, 1974 (1974-07-03) (age 33)
Place of birth	Herning
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	81 kg (180 lb/12.8 st)
Men singles
Country	Denmark
Handedness	Right
Highest Ranking	2 (April 14, 2005[1])
Current Ranking	5 (February 21, 2008[2])
BWF Profile

Kenneth Jonassen (born July 3, 1974 in Herning) is a male badminton player from Denmark, who formerly had the fastest smash record in the singles competition, with a 298 km/h (185 mph) shot^[3]. This record was broken by Taufik Hidayat.

He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Chen Hong of China.

Kenneth was the losing finalist in the Aviva Open Singapore 2006, losing 21-14, 21-10 to compatriot Peter Gade, after having won that tournament in 2004.

He won the gold medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships^[4].

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
European Championships
1	Singles	2008	Herning, DEN
2	Singles	1998	Sofia, BUL
		2002	Malmö, SWE
		2004	Geneva, SWI
		2006	Den Bosch, NED
3	Singles	2000	Glasgow, SCO
Team competition
2	Team	2004	Thomas Cup
		2006
3		1998
		2000
		2002
International Opens
1	Singles	1996, 2001	Austrian International
1	Singles	2001	German Open
1	Singles	2003	Korea Open
1	Singles	2004	Dutch Open
1	Singles	2004	Singapore Open
National Championships
1	Singles	2004, 2008	Danish National Championships

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BWF Profile