Steen Skovgaard is a retired male

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player from

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who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles in both men's doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. He played for the Gentofte BK.

Career

The tall, hard-hitting Skovgaard won the gold medal at the

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in mixed doubles with Lene Køppen, defeating

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and Gillian Gilks by 15-12, 18-17 in the final. They also won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships. At the

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they won two silver medals, in

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and

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. In 1980 Skovgaard won a bronze medal in men's doubles with

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, and in

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another bronze medal in mixed doubles with his wife, Anne Skovgaard.

Later life

After ending his active career, Skovgaard became a coach in

Gentofte BK Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton Klub), also known as GBK is a badminton club in Gentofte, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is based in Gentofte Sportsby. The club has won more than 100 titles. It experienced its most s ...

. He has also been used as a badminton commentator by TV2 Sporten. He has since 1981 worked for companies such as IBM Denmark, Errpege IBS, Kraks Forklag and

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. In 2004, he became a co-owner of People Capital Partner. In 2010, he became partner in the recruitment company Hansen Toft A/S.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

International tournaments

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

Steen Skovgaard - The stars of yesterday - BadmintonDenmark.com

Steen Skovgaard's Profile - Badminton.dk
Living people Danish male badminton players World Games medalists in badminton World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 1981 World Games 1950 births {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub