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Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a Danish former
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player. 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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. Boe was a part of the 2016 Thomas Cup winning team.


Personal life

Boe was in an eleven year relationship with Indian actress
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and was engaged to her for nine years before getting married. Following a court marriage in December 2023, Boe married Pannu on 23 March 2024 in a traditional wedding ceremony in
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.


Career

He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in men's doubles with
Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the Badminton at the 2015 European Games, 2015 European Games, two time European Badminton Championships, European champions winning in 2 ...
. In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the
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and French Opens and also the Superseries Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All England Open. With Mogensen, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles at the
2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. He took the silver medal with Mogensen in the 2013 World Championships while losing to Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the final. Boe announced in February 2020, that the Thomas Cup or Olympic Games would be his last tournament, but in April 2020, he decided to retire as professional badminton player at the age of 39. He revealed that, mentally, he is lately simply too exhausted both in training and competition. He was the men's doubles coach for the India national badminton team. Post the defeat of
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and
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in the Quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024, he announced his retirement from all roles related to Badminton.


Achievements


Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''


World Championships

''Men's doubles''


European Games

''Men's doubles''


European Championships

''Men's doubles''


European Junior Championships

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


BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-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 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
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(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

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
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(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 :
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. ...
/ European Circuit tournament


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Mathias Boe
at Badminton.dk * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boe, Mathias 1980 births Living people People from Frederikssund Municipality 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 Badminton players from the Capital Region of Denmark Danish expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Danish sportsmen