Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish

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player. He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the

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and the

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with his partner

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup. He also won the bronze medal at th ...

. 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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. Astrup joined the

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winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in

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, China, where he and his teammates beating

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3–2 in the final. Together with Rasmussen, he reached a career high of World number 1 in December 2024. As junior player, Astrup won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' doubles and team events at the 2011 European Junior Championships.

Career

Astrup picked up a badminton racquet when he was 8 years old in Videbæk, Denmark. He enjoys the sport and continues to train intensely every day. He realized he had talent and pursued that dream through badminton. At the age of 18, he was entrusted to be part of the Danish junior team to compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships in

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, Mexico. Partnered with Rasmus Fladberg, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal. At the 2011 European Junior Championships in

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, Finland, he won three medals. He managed to win the mixed doubles gold with Line Kjærsfeldt, and also bronze medals in the mixed doubles and team events. Despite his young age, Astrup has also made his mark in the senior level. In 2011, he won two men's doubles titles at the Swedish Masters and Croatian International, as well as a mixed doubles title at the Scottish International. Unfortunately in 2012, Astrup was unable to win a single title. He was only being able to reach the mixed doubles final at the Denmark International tournament with Kjærsfeldt. At last, the Astrup Fladberg and Astrup Kjærsfeldt partnerships came to an end, since his partners will focused on single event. He made a new partnership with

in the men's doubles and with

Maria Helsbøl Maria Helsbøl (born 17 September 1989) is a Danish badminton player. She was the bronze medalists at the 2015 European Games in the women's doubles event partnered with Lena Grebak. Helsbøl joined the national squad that won the European Wom ...

in the mixed doubles. Astrup and Rasmussen made it to 6 finals including two Grand Prix in the Bitburger Open in Germany and Scottish Open tournaments, and also won 2 Continental circuits in the

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and

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. Meanwhile, Astrup and Helsbøl were finalists in 2 tournaments,

and Kharkiv International. In 2016, Astrup joined the

winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in

, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final. In 2018, Astrup emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the

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. In the final, Astrup and

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, Astrup and Rasmussen claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title in the China Open after beating host pair

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and

Zhou Haodong Zhou Haodong (, born 20 February 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. Together with his partner Han Chengkai, he was awarded as the 2018 Most Promising Player of the Year by the BWF. He helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Ch ...

in the final. Their victory at that tournament, led them up to 5th place in the BWF ranking. Astrup competed at the

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, and won the silver medal in the men's doubles with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. Astrup competed at the

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in the men's doubles partnering

. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to

Li Junhui Li Junhui (, born 10 May 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2018 World Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Liu Yuchen, two times won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in 2017 and 20 ...

and

Liu Yuchen Liu Yuchen ( zh, s=刘雨辰, p=Liú Yǔchén, born 25 July 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2018, two-time Asian Champion in 2017 and 2018, and also a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics p ...

. At the 2021 World Championships, Astrup and Rasmussen won the bronze medal. The duo were defeated in the semi-finals by the Chinese pair

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and

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, In 2023, Astrup managed to win the gold medal at the

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

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and

Sean Vendy Sean Vendy (born 18 May 1996) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 5 in Orkney, then moved to England at 7. He became part of the England national badminton team in May 2015. In 2022, he partnered with Ben La ...

in a tight match. At the

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, 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

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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 Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

European Junior Championships

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

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

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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, 3 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'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

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

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tournament :

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tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with

against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 13 August 2024.

References

External links

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