Steen Skovgaard

Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark 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.

Steen Skovgaard
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	1950
Event	Doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Denmark World Championships 1977 Malmö Mixed doubles 1980 Jakarta Men's doubles 1980 Jakarta Mixed Doubles World Games 1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles World Cup 1980 Kyoto Men's doubles 1979 Tokyo Men's doubles Thomas Cup 1979 Jakarta Men's team 1982 London Men's team European Championships 1976 Dublin Mixed team 1980 Groningen Mixed team 1976 Dublin Mixed doubles 1978 Preston Mixed doubles 1978 Preston Mixed team 1980 Groningen Men's doubles 1982 Böblingen Mixed doubles 1982 Böblingen Mixed team

Career

The tall, hard-hitting Skovgaard won the gold medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Lene Køppen, defeating Derek Talbot 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 European Badminton Championships they won two silver medals, in 1976 and 1978. In 1980 Skovgaard won a bronze medal in men's doubles with Flemming Delfs, and in 1982 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. 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 Mercuri Urval. 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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Flemming Delfs	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	7–15, 7–15	Bronze

International tournaments

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Japan Open	Flemming Delfs	Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo	15–9, 15–2	Winner
1977	Denmark Open	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1978	Denmark Open	Flemming Delfs	Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	15–6, 15–11	Winner
1978	Canada Open	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	15–9, 10–15, retired	Runner-up
1978	Swedish Open	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	15–18, 15–9, 15–8	Winner
1979	Swedish Open	Flemming Delfs	Steen Fladberg Morten Frost	15–12, 12–15, 15–10	Winner
1980	Copenhagen Cup	Flemming Delfs	Steen Fladberg Morten Frost		Winner
1980	Denmark Open	Flemming Delfs	Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	15–10, 10–15, 15–10	Winner
1980	Chinese Taipei Open	Flemming Delfs	Hadibowo Susanto Bobby Ertanto		Runner-up
1980	Victor Cup	Flemming Delfs	Thomas Kihlström Claes Nordin	5–15, 17–18	Runner-up

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1977	Malmö, SWE
3	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1980	Jakarta, INA
Badminton World Cup
3	Men's doubles	1979	Tokyo, JPN
European Championships
2	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1976	Dublin, IRL
2	Mixed doubles (with Lene Køppen)	1978	Preston, ENG
3	Men's doubles (with Flemming Delfs)	1980	Groningen, NOR
3	Mixed doubles (with Anne Skovgaard)	1982	Böblingen, GER
Open Championships
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1979 1975, 1976, 1977	Denmark Open
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1978 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982	Nordic Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1976	Swedish Open
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1977 1977	USSR International
1	Mixed doubles	1978	Canadian Open
2	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1976 1978	All England
National Championships
1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1977, 1978, 1981, 1983 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983

External links

• Steen Skovgaard - The stars of yesterday - BadmintonDenmark.com
• Steen Skovgaard's Profile - Badminton.dk