Per Walsøe
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| Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1943 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career title(s) | 1970 European Men's doubles champion | |||||||||||||||||
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Per Walsøe is a Danish former Supreme Court judge[1] and a retired male badminton player who won a number of Danish national and international doubles titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
Career
[edit]Walsoe won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Elo Hansen. He also captured the mixed doubles crown at the prestigious All-England Championships with Pernille Molgaard Hansen in 1970, having previously reached the final with the same partner in 1966 and 1967.[2] Walsoe was also a runner-up with Svend Andersen (Pri) in the 1967 All-England men's doubles to fellow Danes Erland Kops and Henning Borch.[3] One of the physically largest men to have played world class badminton, Walsoe represented Denmark in Thomas Cup (world men's team) competition in the '66-'67, '69-'70, and '75-'76 seasons.[4][5]
Achievements
[edit]Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1967 | Swedish Open |  Svend Pri
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Henning Borch Erland Kops
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 Winner
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| 1967 | All England | Svend Pri
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Henning Borch Erland Kops
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8–15, 12–15 |  Runner-up
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| 1970 | Swedish Open | Svend Pri
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Poul Peterson Elo Hansen
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Winner
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| 1970 | Denmark Open | Svend Pri
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Henning Borch Erland Kops
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Runner-up
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| 1971 | Swedish Open | Svend Pri
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Henning Borch Erland Kops
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Winner
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References
[edit]- ^ "Højesteretsdommer med fjerboldøje fylder 75". fyens.dk (in Danish). 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 168.
- ^ Scheele, 165.
- ^ Scheele, 82.
- ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 126.
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