Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former

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 Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the

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, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the

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. Mogensen was a former world number 1 in the BWF World ranking together with Mathias Boe.

Early life

Mogensen was born in

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

, a city on the island of

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and is currently living in nearby Greve.

Career

He won the silver medal at the

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in men's doubles, with Mathias Boe. Two years later he won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with Helle Nielsen. In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the Denmark Super Series, French Super Series and the Super Series Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All England Super Series. After that they won the Li Ning China Open 2011 and the Li Ning BWF World Superseries Finals 2011. In 2012, Mogensen and Boe won the silver medal in men's doubles at the Olympics in London. He also took the silver medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships. In 2014 Li-Ning BWF World Championships he and Boe was defeated by the world number 1 Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong from Korea in two straight game at the semifinals, then he and Boe just taken the bronze medal in that world championships. In March 2015, Mogensen and Boe again won the All England Super Series. While in Kazan with the

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at the 2016 European Men's Team Championship, Mogensen suffered an

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and had to undergo brain surgery.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Championships

''Men's doubles''

European Games

''Men's doubles''

European Championships

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

European Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour

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

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

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in

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, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

(BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, S ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix

2014 US Open Grand Prix Gold - Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen

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

(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

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

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tournament :

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/ European Circuit tournament

References

External links

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at BadmintonEurope.com
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at Badminton.dk * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mogensen, Carsten Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Roskilde Badminton players from Region Zealand Danish male badminton players Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Denmark European Games medalists in badminton World No. 1 badminton players 21st-century Danish sportsmen