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| Morten Frost |
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| Personal information |
| Nickname(s) |
Mr Badminton |
| Birth name |
Morten Frost Hansen |
| Date of birth |
April 4, 1958 (1958-04-04) (age 50) |
| Place of birth |
Nykøbing Sjælland[1] |
| Men's singles |
| Country |
 Denmark |
| Handedness |
Right |
Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen, aka "Mr Badminton",[2] (born April 4, 1958) of Denmark was at one time the greatest badminton player in the world. He spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings.
[edit] Badminton Career
As the saying goes, he won everything there was to be won, except the World Badminton Championships where he scored a silver medal twice (1985 and 1987). When he lost his second World Championship in the finals, the headlines rang out "The World's greatest badminton player may never be World Champion." While this may be the enduring footnote to his career, Frost dominated at the much coveted All England Open Badminton Championships (comparable to Wimbledon in tennis). He won that tournament in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987. He also was European champion in 1984 and 1986. He won the Nordic championship each year from 1978 through 1984 and again in 1988.
Frost is also distinguished by winning all of the invitational Grand Prix tournaments at least once, including his home country's Denmark Open, of which he was champion 1980-1986 and 1989. Morten Frost represented his home country on the national team from 1976 to 1991, longer than anyone else.
After his playing years were over, he went on to successfully coach the Danish national team. During his tenure as coach, the Danish national squad achieved over 20 major international wins, including an Olympic gold medal in 1996, six gold medals and three silver medals at the European Championships in 1996, the men's singles titles at the 1995 and 1996 All England Championships, and a gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the World Championships in 1995. He later coached the national teams of Malaysia and South Africa[3].
Morten Frost was elected to the BWF Hall of Fame in 1998.
[edit] Medals achieved
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] BWF tournaments finals
[edit] Singles
[edit] Runner-ups
[edit] Continental tournaments finals
[edit] Singles
[edit] Runner-ups
[edit] International tournaments finals
[edit] Singles
[edit] Runner-ups
[edit] Doubles
[edit] National championships finals
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Tournament |
Opponent in final |
Score |
| 1978 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1979 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1980 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1982 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1983 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1984 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1987 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1990 |
Danish National Championships |
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| 1991 |
Danish National Championships |
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[edit] Doubles
[edit] Quotes
- "Jeg hader at tabe mere end de fleste. Jeg har en vilje til at vinde HVER gang!" - Morten Frost
- "I hate to lose more than most. I have the will to win EVERY time!" - Morten Frost (translation of above)
- "He used to give international players in England a 14-0 start. And if they won, the bet was they would take the money. And most of the players would take the bet, but they made very little money. After that they found they couldn't win, so they never took the bet. But that's how you train not to make errors."
[edit] References
- Cited
- General
[edit] Further reading
[edit] External links
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