Steen Fladberg Nielsen (born 11 October 1956) 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, noted for his speed of foot, who excelled during the 1980s. Though a strong international level singles player, his biggest achievements came in doubles. He is now works as a director of Sport One Denmark.
Career
Fladberg 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
External links
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in men's doubles with
Jesper Helledie, 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 was a silver medalist at the same tournament in mixed doubles with
Pia Nielsen.
He also won at the
1986 European Championships in the men's doubles with Helledie, and in
1988 in the mixed doubles with England's
Gillian Clark.
Personal information
Fladberg married the former Danish badminton player
Kirsten Larsen. Their son
Rasmus Fladberg is also a professional badminton player.
Achievements
World Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
World Cup
''Mixed doubles''
World Senior Championships
''Men's doubles doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
European Championships
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
IBF International
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
External links
Steen Fladberg's Profile - Badminton.dk
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1956 births
Living people
Danish male badminton players
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Danish sportsmen