Steen Fladberg is a retired male
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
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, noted for his speed of foot, who excelled during the 1980s. Though a strong international level singles player, his biggest achievements came in doubles.
Career
Fladberg won the gold medal at the
1983 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with
Jesper Helledie, defeating
Mike Tredgett 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 Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Helledie, and the
1988 European Badminton Championships
The 11th European Badminton Championships were held in Kristiansand, Norway, between 10 and 16 April 1988, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the ''Norges Badminton Forbund''.
Medalists
Results Semi-finals
Finals
Medal ...
in mixed doubles with England's
Gillian Clark. Fladberg and Clark are currently a commentary team for televised badminton.
Personal information
He married the former Danish badminton player
Kirsten Larsen
Kirsten Larsen (born 14 March 1962) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.
Career
Larsen won the All England final in 1987 in singles. She also won three bronze medals at the Badminton World Cup in 1980, 1985 and 1986 and a gold meda ...
. Their son
Rasmus Fladberg is also a professional badminton player.
Major achievements
World Championships
''Men's doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Men's doubles''
References
External links
Steen Fladberg's Profile - Badminton.dk
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1956 births
Living people
Danish male badminton players