Kim Astrup
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Birth name | Kim Astrup Sørensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Herning, Denmark | 6 March 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Copenhagen, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Left[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 5 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 1 November 2018) 32 (XD with Line Kjærsfeldt 13 April 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 10 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 30 November 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player.[2] As junior player, he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' doubles and team events at the 2011 European Junior Championships.[3] He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[4] Astrup emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the 2018 European Championships.[5]
Career[]
Astrup competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.[6]
Achievements[]
World Championships[]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | He Jiting Tan Qiang |
16–21, 21–13, 15–21 | Bronze |
European Games[]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus |
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge |
17–21, 10–21 | Silver |
European Championships[]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France |
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
21–14, 18–21, 13–21 | Silver |
2017 | Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark |
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
17–21, 22–24 | Bronze |
2018 | Palacio de Deportes, Huelva, Spain |
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
21–15, retired | Gold |
2021 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel |
21–23, 17–21 | Bronze |
BWF World Junior Championships[]
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico |
Rasmus Fladberg | Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng |
16–21, 25–27 | Bronze |
European Junior Championships[]
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland |
Rasmus Fladberg | Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham |
17–21, 17–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland |
Line Kjærsfeldt | Matthew Nottingham Helena Lewczynska |
19–21, 21–14, 21–16 | Gold |
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)[]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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.[8]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | India Open | Super 500 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo |
14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | China Open | Super 1000 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong |
21–13, 17–21, 21–14 | Winner |
2020 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin |
21–17, 21–19 | Winner |
2021 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel |
21–16, 21–11 | Winner |
2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi |
18–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-up)[]
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Bitburger Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
11–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Scottish Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
Walkover | Runner-up |
2014 | Bitburger Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen |
14–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Swiss Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin |
21–8, 21–15 | Winner |
2017 | German Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
21–17, 21–13 | Winner |
2017 | Bitburger Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
21–19, 19–21, 21–18 | Winner |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)[]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Swedish Masters | Rasmus Fladberg | Lukasz Moren Wojciech Szkudlarczyk |
14–21, 25–23, 21–16 | Winner |
2011 | Croatian International | Rasmus Fladberg | Niclas Nohr Mads Pedersen |
18–21, 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2013 | Portugal International | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Peter Briggs Harley Towler |
21–18, 21–14 | Winner |
2013 | Denmark International | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Marcus Ellis Paul van Rietvelde |
23–25, 21–16, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Kharkiv International | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha |
20–22, 21–15, 12–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Belgian International | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Chris Langridge Peter Mills |
28–26, 21–18 | Winner |
2014 | Finnish Open | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Huang Po-jui Lu Ching-yao |
21–18, 21–17 | Winner |
2015 | Swedish Masters | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha |
21–15, 21–11 | Winner |
2016 | Swedish Masters | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard |
19–21, 23–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Croatian International | Line Kjærsfeldt | Zvonimir Durkinjak Stasa Poznanovic |
13–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2011 | Scottish International | Line Kjærsfeldt | Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska |
15–21, 21–15, 21–13 | Winner |
2012 | Denmark International | Line Kjærsfeldt | Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann |
19–21, 9–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Denmark International | Maria Helsbøl | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak |
16–21, 8–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Kharkiv International | Maria Helsbøl | Robert Blair Imogen Bankier |
22–20, 9–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References[]
- ^ Sørensen, Ida Marie (7 October 2020). "Kim Astrup: – Jeg har været som en løve i et bur". badminton.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Players: Kim Astrup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Astrup Kim". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links[]
- Kim Astrup at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Herning Municipality
- Danish male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of Denmark
- Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for Denmark
- European Games medalists in badminton