Frederik Søgaard

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Frederik Søgaard
Personal information
Birth nameFrederik Søgaard Mortensen
CountryDenmark
Born (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 26)
Nyborg, Denmark
ResidenceUllerslev, Denmark
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking17 (MD with Rasmus Kjær, 20 February 2024)
37 (MD with David Daugaard, 23 July 2019)
184 (XD with Alexandra Bøje, 18 February 2020)
Current ranking18 (MD with Rasmus Kjær, 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Men's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima Boys' doubles
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Frederik Søgaard Mortensen (born 25 July 1997) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He was the silver medalist in the boys' doubles at the 2015 World Junior Championships and in the mixed doubles at the 2015 European Junior Championships and also won bronzes in the boys' doubles and the team events at the European Junior Championships.[2] Søgaard was part of the Denmark winning team at the 2019, 2021, 2023 European Mixed Team and the 2020 European Men's Team Championships.

Achievements[edit]

European Championships[edit]

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
Denmark Rasmus Kjær Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Jesper Toft
15–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships[edit]

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru
Denmark Joel Eipe China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei
14–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

European Junior Championships[edit]

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt England Ben Lane
England Sean Vendy
15–21, 21–19, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
Denmark Sara Lundgaard Germany Max Weißkirchen
Germany Eva Janssens
21–19, 12–21, 18–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] 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.[4]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Denmark David Daugaard England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge
21–23, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Canada Open Super 500 Denmark Rasmus Kjær Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
25–23, 16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 5 runners-up)[edit]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Finnish International Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt Denmark Kasper Antonsen
Denmark Oliver Babic
25–23, 15–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Slovenia International Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt Republic of Ireland Joshua Magee
Republic of Ireland Sam Magee
9–21, 22–20, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Czech International Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han
17–21, 22–20, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Portugal International Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt Chinese Taipei Lu Chen
Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei
21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Belgian International Denmark David Daugaard Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Ruben Jille
21–11, 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Hungarian International Denmark David Daugaard Poland Miłosz Bochat
Poland Adam Cwalina
15–21, 21–12, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Portugal International Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding Denmark Emil Lauritzen
Denmark Mads Vestergaard
21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Polish Open Denmark Rasmus Kjær Chinese Taipei Su Ching-heng
Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei
21–16, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Dutch International Denmark Rasmus Kjær England Alex Green
England Jonty Russ
21–9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Irish Open Denmark Rasmus Kjær Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei
18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Welsh International Denmark Rasmus Kjær Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Jesper Toft
21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Canadian International Denmark Rasmus Kjær Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Hashiru Shimono
21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Denmark Masters Denmark Rasmus Kjær Chinese Taipei Lu Ming-che
Chinese Taipei Tang Kai-wei
21–5, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Players: Frederik Søgaard". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ Røsler, Manuel (17 November 2015). "Silver medal for Søgaard & Eipe". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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