Jesper Helledie (born 5 September 1954) is a Danish
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. Though a highly regarded prospect in men's singles as a young player, he eventually became a doubles specialist. Helledie was the men's doubles gold medalists at the
1983 World Championships. He has played 46 international matches for Denmark from 1974–1986.
He overcoming two ruptures of his achilles tendon during his career.
Career
Helledie is a
Farum
Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,369 (1 January 2025). origin (now parts of Furesø Municipality), started his badminton journey in Hvidovre badminton club trained by Søren Ewald.
He has shown his talent in his youth winning the
1973 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles.
During his career, he has spent most of his career in Hvidovre badminton club, except for 7 years when he lived in
Calgary
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, Canada. He received Honorary Member of Hvidovre Badminton Club in 2000.
Helledie won the gold medal at the
1983 IBF World Championships
The 1983 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in 1983 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Medalists Medal table
Events
References
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in the men's doubles with
Steen Fladberg, defeating
Mike Tredgett
Michael Graham Tredgett (born 5 April 1949) is an English badminton player who specialized in doubles and played at the world level for more than a decade, winning numerous international men's doubles and mixed doubles titles. Partnered with No ...
and
Martin Dew 15-10, 15-10 in the final.
He also won at the
1986 European Championships in the men's doubles with the same partner.
Achievements
World Championships
''Men's doubles''
World Cup
''Mixed doubles''
World Senior Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
European Championships
''Men's doubles''
European Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
''Boys' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
IBF International
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
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1954 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Furesø Municipality
Danish male badminton players
20th-century Danish sportsmen