Peter Mikkelsen (born 9 August 1982) is a
Danish
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badminton
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player.
Mikkelsen was a part of the Horsens club and also trained in
Aarhus.
In 2009, he reach the final round at the
national championships
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for the first time.
He reaching the final round after beat
Joachim Persson
Joachim Persson (born 23 May 1983) is a badminton player from Denmark.
Career
Persson was born in Denmark but his family moved to Germany in his early years. He began to playing badminton in Trittau, Germany together with his parents. As Germa ...
and
Jan Ø. Jørgensen, but he lost to
in the rubber game.
In 2006, he won the international tournament in
Cyprus
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. The following year in 2007 he was victorious at the
Portugal International,
Spanish Open
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and
Irish International
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. He conquered the
Croatian International title in 2009 along with the
Finnish International
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.
In Denmark Peter Mikkelsen won many single matches on Vendsyssel's league team giving him a cult status bearing the nickname "mayor" in Northern Jutland. He now is the head coach/trainer at the Horsens Badminton Klub (HBK) in Denmark.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
References
External links
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Translated interviewat ''www.badmintoncentral.com''
Living people
1982 births
Danish male badminton players
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