Carsten Mogensen

Carsten Mogensen

Carsten Mogensen at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Born (1983-07-24) July 24, 1983
Roskilde, Denmark
Handedness Right
Coach Claus Poulsen
Men's doubles
Highest ranking 1 (11 November 2010)
Current ranking 2[1] (7 May 2015)
BWF profile

Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a male badminton player from Denmark.

Early life

Mogensen was born in Roskilde,[2] a city on the island of Zealand and is currently living in nearby Greve.[3]

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles, with Mathias Boe.[4] Two years later he won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with Helle Nielsen. In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the Denmark Super Series, French Super Series and the Super Series Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All England Super Series. After that they won the Li Ning China Open 2011 and the Li Ning BWF World Superseries Finals 2011. In 2012, Mogensen and Boe won the silver medal in men's doubles at the Olympics in London.[5] In March 2015, Mogensen and Boe again won the All England Super Series.

While in Kazan with the national team at the 2016 European Men's Team Championship, Mogensen suffered an intracranial aneurysm and had to undergo brain surgery.[6]

References

  1. "BMF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. Bech, Rasmus. "Profile of the day: Carsten Mogensen". Badminton.dk. Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. "Carsten Mogensen - Career overview". BMF World Rankins. Tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. "2006 European Championships winners". Tournamentsoftware.com.
  5. "Carsten Mogensen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. "Carsten Mogensen stable after brain surgery½". badmintonplanet.com. Badmintonplanet.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

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