Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[2] Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships partnered with Kim Astrup.[3]

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989
Odder, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (MD wiith Kim Astrup 1 November 2018)
29 (XD with Lena Grebak 16 January 2014)
Current ranking10 (MD with Kim Astrup 30 November 2021)
BWF profile

Career

Rasmussen competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Kim Astrup. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.[4]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Kim Astrup He Jiting
Tan Qiang
16–21, 21–13, 15–21 Bronze

European Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus
Kim Astrup Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge
17–21, 10–21 Silver

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
21–14, 18–21, 13–21 Silver
2017 Sydbank Arena,
Kolding, Denmark
Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
17–21, 22–24 Bronze
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
21–15, retired Gold
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kim Astrup Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Seidel
21–23, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 India Open Super 500 Kim Astrup Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2018 China Open Super 1000 Kim Astrup Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong
21–13, 17–21, 21–14 Winner
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Kim Astrup Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
21–17, 21–19 Winner
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 Kim Astrup Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Seidel
21–16, 21–11 Winner
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Kim Astrup Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
18–21, 12–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Bitburger Open Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
11–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2013 Scottish Open Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
Walkover Runner-up
2014 Bitburger Open Kim Astrup Wang Yilyu
Zhang Wen
14–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2016 Swiss Open Kim Astrup Lee Sheng-mu
Tsai Chia-hsin
21–8, 21–15 Winner
2017 German Open Kim Astrup Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
21–17, 21–13 Winner
2017 Bitburger Open Kim Astrup Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
21–19, 19–21, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Bitburger Open Line Kjærsfeldt He Jiting
Du Yue
18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Iceland International René Lindskow Christopher Bruun Jensen
Thomas Fynbo
21–16, 21–16 Winner
2010 Portugal International Martin Kragh Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Zvonimir Hölbling
21–18, 21–14 Winner
2011 Portugal International Mats Bue Niclas Nøhr
Mads Pedersen
26–28, 21–16, 17–21 Runner-up
2013 Portugal International Kim Astrup Peter Briggs
Harley Towler
21–18, 21–14 Winner
2013 Denmark International Kim Astrup Marcus Ellis
Paul van Rietvelde
23–25, 21–16, 19–21 Runner-up
2013 Kharkiv International Kim Astrup Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
20–22, 21–15, 12–21 Runner-up
2013 Belgian International Kim Astrup Chris Langridge
Peter Mills
28–26, 21–18 Winner
2014 Finnish Open Kim Astrup Huang Po-jui
Lu Ching-yao
21–18, 21–17 Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Kim Astrup Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
21–15, 21–11 Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Kim Astrup Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
19–21, 23–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Dutch International Anne Skelbæk Christian John Skovgaard
Julie Houmann
21–17, 21–12 Winner
2010 Czech International Anne Skelbæk Jelle Maas
Iris Tabeling
21–16, 21–11 Winner
2012 Finnish Open Sara Thygesen Chris Adcock
Imogen Bankier
24–22, 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2013 Finnish Open Lena Grebak Valeriy Atrashchenkov
Anna Kobceva
13–21, 21–15, 21–11 Winner
2013 Portugal International Lena Grebak Jones Ralfy Jansen
Keshya Nurvita Hanadia
16–21, 21–18, 16–21 Runner-up
2013 Denmark International Lena Grebak Kim Astrup
Maria Helsbøl
21–16, 21–8 Winner
2013 Spanish Open Lena Grebak Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Agnieszka Wojtkowska
21–14, 21–18 Winner
2013 Belgian International Lena Grebak Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
21–18, 9–21, 21–15 Winner
2014 Finnish Open Lena Grebak Nico Ruponen
Amanda Högström
22–24, 21–19, 21–13 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Anders Skaarup Rasmussen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. "Rasmussen Anders Skaarup". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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