Sara Thygesen

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Sara Thygesen
Personal information
Birth nameSara Thygesen
Country Denmark
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 33)
Fredericia, Denmark
ResidenceFrederiksberg, Denmark
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active2008
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking14 (WD 15 January 2019)
15 (XD 12 October 2017)
Current ranking20 (WD), 46 (XD) (25 February 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Mixed doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Huelva Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an awards best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr.[1][2]

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall,
Baku, Azerbaijan 		Denmark Niclas Nøhr France Gaetan Mittelheisser
France Audrey Fontaine 		21–16, 21–16 Gold Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Palacio de Deportes de Huelva,
Huelva, Spain 		Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		10–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France 		Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Netherlands Eefje Muskens
Netherlands Selena Piek 		17–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France 		Denmark Niclas Nøhr Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen 		21–19, 13–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton,
Milan, Italy 		Denmark Morten Bodskov Germany Jonas Geigenberger
Germany Fabienne Deprez 		19–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

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

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Indonesia Greysia Polii
Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu 		21–18, 11–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Denmark Niclas Nøhr England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2018 Orleans Masters Super 100 Denmark Niclas Nøhr Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Olga Konon 		21–19, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2018 German Open Super 300 Denmark Niclas Nøhr Malaysia Goh Soon Huat
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai 		14–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Dutch Open Denmark Mathias Christiansen Denmark Soren Gravholt
Denmark Maiken Fruergaard 		21–18, 20–22, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Scottish Open Denmark Niclas Nøhr Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier 		18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Swedish Masters Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Netherlands Samantha Barning
Netherlands Iris Tabeling 		21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Belgian International Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Malaysia Joyce Choong Wai Chi
Malaysia Yap Cheng Wen 		21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Dutch International Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Netherlands Samantha Barning
Netherlands Iris Tabeling 		16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) RUnner-up
2013 Spanish International Denmark Maiken Fruergaard England Heather Olver
England Kate Robertshaw 		21–18, 13–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) RUnner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Irish Open Denmark Mathias Christiansen Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Cheryl Seinen 		21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Finnish International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Lena Grebak 		21–18, 21–23, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Italian International Denmark Niclas Nøhr England Matthew Nottingham
England Emily Westwood 		21–10, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Irish Open Denmark Niclas Nøhr Germany Peter Kaesbauer
Germany Isabel Herttrich 		21–10, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Dutch International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Myke Halkema 		21–10, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Croatian International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Denmark Mads Pedersen
Denmark Mai Surrow 		21–15, 13–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Orleans International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier 		13–21, 21–19, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Croatian International Denmark Frederik Colberg Denmark Niclas Nøhr
Denmark Rikke S. Hansen 		21–12, 12–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) RUnner-up
2009 Turkey International Denmark Tore Vilhelmsen Indonesia Viki Indra Okvana
Indonesia Gustiani Megawati 		11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Sara THYGESEN". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Sara THYGESEN Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

External links

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