Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen

Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Died 22 August 2013
Doubles
Career title(s) 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 All England

Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen (about 1930 – 22 August 2013) was a Danish badminton player who won numerous major international titles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.[1] 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 Finn Kobberø (1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) and reaching the final round of the All-England mixed doubles on three occasions.[2] Noted for his powerful smash which included an ability to smash off his backhand with the heavy rackets of the day,[3] 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.[4] In 1998 he was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ↑ "Badminton World Federation - Remembering Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen". Bwfbadminton.org. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. ↑ Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 168, 170.
  3. ↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 155.
  4. ↑ Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 68 - 87.