Thomas Haubro Lund (born 2 August 1968) is a retired

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

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who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club.

Career

Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the

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. In

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and

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he won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the IBF World Championships, the first with Sweden's

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and the second with his compatriot

Marlene Thomsen Marlene Thomsen (born 5 May 1971) is a former badminton player from Denmark. Career Thomsen is a world-class level player in badminton especially in mixed doubles during the 90's decade. Thomsen managed to win the 1995 World Badminton Champions ...

. From 1990 through 1994 Lund won five consecutive mixed doubles titles with three different partners at the now defunct

World Badminton Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end wor ...

. At the prestigious All England Open he captured titles in both men's doubles (

) and mixed doubles (

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). Lund was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2008.

Summer Olympics

Lund competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Jon Holst-Christensen. In the first round they defeated Dean Galt and Kerrin Harrison of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by

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and Jalani Sidek of Malaysia. He also competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal ...

in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut ...

and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in the second round.

Major achievements

World Championships

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

World Cup

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

European Championships

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

IBF World Grand Prix (53 titles, 17 runner-ups)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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

Invitation Event (3 titles)

''Men's doubles''

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Thomas 1968 births Living people Badminton players from Aarhus Danish male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Denmark World No. 1 badminton players 20th-century Danish sportsmen