Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish

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player. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the

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and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup. He also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in

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and later a silver medal in

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. Together with Astrup, he reached a career high of World number 1 in the men's doubles in December 2024. Rasmussen joined the

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winning team at the European mixed team championships in

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and

; European men's team championships in

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and

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; and the grade 1 badminton tournament World men's team championships, the Thomas Cup in

Career

In 2018, Rasmussen emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the European Championships. In the final, Rasmussen and Kim Astrup received an easy win to their compatriot Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding, after Kolding had to withdraw due to abdominal injury before going into the second game. In September, Rasmussen and Astrup claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title in the China Open after beating host pair Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong in the final. Their victory at that tournament, led them up to 5th place in the BWF ranking. Rasmussen made his debut at the European Games in

, where he won the silver medal with and his partner, Astrup. At the 2021 World Championships, Rasmussen and Astrup won the bronze medal. The duo were defeated in the semi-finals by the Chinese pair He Jiting and Tan Qiang. Rasmussen competed at the

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in the men's doubles partnering Kim Astrup. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen. In 2023, Rasmussen managed to win the gold medal in his second appearance at the

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with his partner Astrup. As the top seed, they beat the second seeded pair from Great Britain

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and Sean Vendy in a tight match. At the BWF World Championships, he and his partner then upgraded the bronze to silver that they won in 2021, after battling the final match in

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against the rising Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae which ended in defeat in a close rubber game.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

European Games

''Men's doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Tour (10 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 6 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Kim Astrup against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 13 August 2024.

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