Peter Steffensen

Peter Steffensen
Personal information
Birth name	Peter Buur Steffensen
Country	Denmark
Born	(1979-12-04) 4 December 1979 (age 42) West Jutland, Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Handedness	Left
Doubles
Highest ranking	10 (XD, 2006)
BWF profile

Peter Buur Steffensen (born 4 December 1979) is a retired Danish badminton player.^[2]

Career[]

Steffensen was born and raised in a town in western Jutland near Herning. He has lived in Copenhagen since 2001 and has a professional academic background in Pedagogy. As a player, Peter was playing professionally from 2001 to 2009 on the Danish National Badminton Team, where he played doubles alongside Jonas Rasmussen, Mathias Boe and Thomas Laybourn winning several international titles in Europe in Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands. He won two Danish youth titles in 2001, including the Croatia International. In 2002 he won at the Iceland International and the 2003 Dutch International. In 2005 he represented Denmark at the IBF World Championships in the United States. In 2006 he was successful at the International in Italy, Bulgaria and Finland, managing to position itself as number 10 in the world. In 2008 he won at the Swedish International in Stockholm. He currently serves as a Coach for several of the Danish Badminton clubs, having training experience at Lillerød and KBK Copenhagen, where he served as the Senior Head Coach for the first division.^[3]

Achievements[]

IBF Grand Prix[]

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Dutch Open	Thomas Laybourn	Tony Gunawan Howard Bach	8–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Dutch Open	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	11–15, 7–15	Runner-up

IBF International[]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Swedish International		Frédéric Mawet Wouter Claes	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2006	Bulgarian International		Andrej Ashmarin Anton Nazarenko	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2006	Finnish Open	Jonas Rasmussen	Zhang Yi	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2002	Iceland International			Walkover	Winner
2000	Slovenian International		Mathias Boe	Walkover	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Swedish International	Julie Houmann	Mads Pieler Kolding Line Damkjær Kruse	21–8, 21–17	Winner
2006	Italian International	Mette Schjoldager	Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina	22–20, 21–12	Winner
2003	Dutch International	Helle Nielsen	Majken Vange	11–9, 11–6	Winner
2002	Iceland International	Karina Sørensen		Walkover	Winner
2001	Austrian International	Lene Mørk	Mathias Boe Britta Andersen	2–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2001	French Open International	Lene Mørk	Chris Bruil Lotte Jonathans	0–7, 2–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2001	Croatian International	Lene Mørk	Britta Andersen	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1999	Scottish International	Lene Mørk	Britta Andersen	9–15, 15–10, 9–15	Runner-up
1998	Hungarian International	Lene Mørk	Sara Runesten	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]