Anne Statt (married Anne Skovgaard) was a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from England, who later represented Denmark.

Career

Statt won the gold medal at the 1978 European Championships in the women's doubles with Nora Perry. Statt represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and won double gold in the team event and women's doubles, at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Statt married to

Steen Skovgaard Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles in both men's doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. He played for the ...

and later changed her family name and switched nationality to represent Denmark. She won the team event at

1980 European Badminton Championships The 7th European Badminton Championships were held in Groningen (Netherlands), between 17 and 20 April 1980, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the ''Nederlandse Badminton Bond''. Medalists Results Semi-finals Finals Med ...

in team event, winning 2 out of 3 matches in group 1. Skovgaard also managed to win German Open with her husband.

Post retirement and death

Skovgaard became coach and managed most of her time in her local club

Gentofte BK Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton Klub), also known as GBK is a badminton club in Gentofte, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is based in Gentofte Sportsby. The club has won more than 100 titles. It experienced its most suc ...

in Denmark. On 31 October 2024, Skovgaard died after a brief period fighting her illnesses. The funeral service took place in the Holte Church.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's doubles''

European Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Mixed doubles''

International tournaments (10 titles, 5 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

European resultsStatistics at badmintonengland.co.ukStatistics at badminton.dk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Statt, Anne 1955 births 2024 deaths English female badminton players Danish female badminton players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen