Thomas Lund

Thomas Lund
Thomas Lund
Personal information
Birth name	Thomas Haubro Lund
Country	Denmark
Born	2 August 1968 (age 53); Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (XD with Pernille Dupont, also with Marlene Thomsen & also with Catrine Bengtsson)
	BWF profile

Thomas Haubro Lund (born 2 August 1968) is a retired badminton player from Denmark who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club.^[1]

Career[]

Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the 1991 IBF World Championships. In 1993 and 1995 he won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the IBF World Championships, the first with Sweden's Catrine Bengtsson and the second with his compatriot Marlene Thomsen. From 1990 through 1994 Lund won five consecutive mixed doubles titles with three different partners at the now defunct World Badminton Grand Prix. At the prestigious All England Open he captured titles in both men's doubles (1993) and mixed doubles (1993, 1995). Lund was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2008.

Summer Olympics[]

Lund competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Jon Holst-Christensen. In the first round they defeated Dean Galt and Kerrin Harrison of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek of Malaysia.^[2]

He also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in the second round.^[2]

Major achievements[]

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1993	Birmingham, ENG
1	Mixed doubles	1995	Lausanne, SWI
2	Mixed doubles	1991	Copenhaguen, DEN
European Championships
1 1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1992	Glasgow, SCO
1	Men's doubles	1996	Herning, DEN
2	Men's doubles	1990	Moscow, USSR
Open Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994	World Grand Prix finals
1	Mixed doubles	1991	Indonesia Open
1	Mixed doubles	1991, 1994, 2000	Singapore Open
1	Mixed doubles	1992, 1993, 1995	Korea Open
1	Mixed doubles	1992, 1995	All England Open
1	Mixed doubles	1995	Swiss Open
2	Mixed doubles	1991, 1993	All England Open

World Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Jon Holst-Christensen	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	10–15, 15–12, 16–17	Silver
1995	Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland	Jon Holst-Christensen	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	5–15, 2–15	Silver

World Cup[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Michael Søgaard	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	2–15, 10–15	Bronze

IBF World 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
1989	German Open	Max Gandrup	Jan Paulsen Henrik Svarrer	12–15, 15–8, 9–15	Runner-up
1989	Scottish Open	Max Gandrup	Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	15–7, 6–15, 10–15	Winner
1990	Chinese Taipei Open	Max Gandrup	Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	9–15, 17–16, 7–15	Runner-up
1990	Dutch Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Bagus Setiadi Ricky Subagja	15–10, 15–4	Winner
1991	Swedish Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	14–18, 7–15	Runner-up
1991	German Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1992	German Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–6, 2–15, 15–9	Winner
1992	Denmark Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Jan Paulsen Henrik Svarrer	18–16, 15–8	Winner
1993	Korea Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–5, 10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1993	All England Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	10–15, 15–2, 15–10	Winner
1993	U.S. Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1993	German Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	17–14, 15–12	Winner
1993	Denmark Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Jan Paulsen Jim Laugesen	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1994	Singapore Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1994	German Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–6, 15–2	Winner
1994	Denmark Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	8–15, 15–5, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	Korea Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	6–15, 15–11, 7–15	Runner-up
1995	Swiss Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1995	Russian Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Tony Gunawan	15–8, 11–15, 17–14	Winner
1995	China Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1995	German Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Ade Sutrisna Candra Wijaya	15–8, 15–13	Winner
1995	Denmark Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Tony Gunawan Rudy Wijaya	16–17, 15–5, 15–6	Winner
1996	Swiss Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Sigit Budiarto	15–12, 18–13	Winner
1996	German Open	Jon Holst-Christensen		15–11, 11–15, 15–3	Winner

References[]

^ "Thomas Lund" (PDF). badmintonmuseet.dk. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Thomas Lund". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links[]

Thomas Lund at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "Thomas Lund" (PDF). badmintonmuseet.dk. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[sr-2] "Thomas Lund". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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