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Anders Antonsen

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Anders Antonsen is a Danish professional badminton player, born on 27 April 1997, who competes in men's singles. He took up the sport at six in Viby, learning from his father at the Aarhus AB club alongside his older brother Kasper. At the World Championships he won silver in 2019 and bronze in 2021, 2023 and 2025, and he has been European champion in 2021 and 2024 and won the men's singles at the 2019 European Games. His BWF World Tour titles include the season-ending World Tour Finals in 2020 and Super 1000 events at the 2024 Malaysia Open and 2025 Indonesia Open. He made his Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and has helped Denmark win European team titles and Thomas Cup bronze medals.

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1997 1
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Male 2
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5+ 1
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Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish professional badminton player.
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1. Anders Antonsen (Wikipedia)
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    born 27 April 1997
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    He is a four-time World Championships medallist, a two-time European Champion, a European Games gold medallist, and the current world No. 3 in the men's singles discipline of the BWF World Ranking.
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    Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish professional badminton player.
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    Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish professional badminton player.
  • Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Career, 2020 Tokyo Olympics
    In July, Antonsen made his Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the third seed.
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