Lene Køppen
Danish badminton player
Badminton player
Lene Køppen Country Denmark Born (1953-05-05 ) 5 May 1953 (age 71) Highest ranking 1
Lene Køppen (born 5 May 1953) is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World (1977) and All-England (1979, 1980) singles titles. In the first IBF World Championships in 1977 she captured mixed doubles (with Steen Skovgaard ) as well as women's singles to become the first of only seven players, through 2010, to win two events in the same edition of this tournament. Notably, her badminton success came as she was studying and then practising dentistry.[ 1] She was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1998. She is the mother of badminton player Marie Røpke .
Achievements
World Championships
World Cup
World Games
European Championships
European Junior Championships
International tournaments
Women's singles
Year
Tournament
Opponent
Score
Result
1973
India Open
Eva Twedberg
11–8, 8–11, 7–11
Runner-up
1973
USSR International
Alena Poboráková
11–0, 11–1
Winner
1973
Norwegian International
Joke van Beusekom
Runner-up
1974
Swedish Open
Eva Twedberg
11–9, 11–8
Winner
1974
Denmark Open
Hiroe Yuki
4–11, 12–9, 9–12
Runner-up
1975
Swedish Open
Joke van Beusekom
11–6, 12–10
Winner
1975
Denmark Open
Joke van Beusekom
11–1, 11–6
Winner
1975
Jamaica International
Joke van Beusekom
11–0, 11–10
Winner
1975
Norwegian International
Joke van Beusekom
Winner
1976
German Open
Gillian Gilks
Runner-up
1976
Denmark Open
Joke van Beusekom
11–4, 11–1
Winner
1977
All England Open
Hiroe Yuki
11–7, 3–11, 7–11
Runner-up
1978
Swedish Open
Jane Webster
11–5, 11–2
Winner
1978
Denmark Open
Atsuko Tokuda
11–4, 9–11, 11–9
Winner
1979
All England Open
Saori Kondo
13–9, 1–11, 11–8
Winner
1979
Swedish Open
Agnethe Juul
11–3, 11–1
Winner
1979
English Masters
Gillian Gilks
12–10, 11–4
Winner
1979
Dutch Open
Gillian Gilks
10–12, 9–12
Runner-up
1979
Denmark Open
Hiroe Yuki
11–8, 7–11, 11–2
Winner
1980
All England Open
Verawaty Fadjrin
11–2, 11–6
Winner
1980
Copenhagen Cup
Gillian Gilks
12–9, 11–2
Winner
1980
English Masters
Yoshiko Yonekura
11–5, 11–8
Winner
1980
Taiwan Masters
Jane Webster
12–9, 11–5
Winner
1981
All England Open
Hwang Sun-ai
1–11, 2–11
Runner-up
1981
English Masters
Zhang Ailing
6–11, 12–11, 6–11
Runner-up
1981
Dutch Open
Jane Webster
11–3, 11–3
Winner
1981
Scandinavian Cup
Zhang Ailing
11–6, 12–11
Winner
1981
Denmark Open
Saori Kondo
11–1, 11–2
Winner
Mixed doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
1973
USSR International
Elo Hansen
Roland Maywald Tatiana Antropova
15–9, 6–15, 15–5
Winner
1975
Jamaica International
Elo Hansen
Lucio Fabris Barbara Welch
15–10, 13–18, 15–3
Winner
1976
Swedish Open
Steen Skovgaard
Winner
1976
German Open
Steen Skovgaard
Mike Tredgett Nora Gardner
Runner-up
1976
Denmark Open
Steen Skovgaard
David Eddy Barbara Giles
15–8, 15–4
Winner
1977
Denmark Open
Steen Skovgaard
David Eddy Barbara Giles
15–12, 15–8
Winner
1978
All England Open
Steen Skovgaard
Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
7–11, 4–11
Runner-up
1978
Swedish Open
Steen Skovgaard
Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
2–15, 9–15
Runner-up
1978
Denmark Open
Steen Skovgaard
Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
15–9, 15–11
Winner
1979
Swedish Open
Steen Skovgaard
Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
15–12, 17–18, 16–18
Runner-up
1979
Denmark Open
Steen Skovgaard
Ray Stevens Nora Perry
12–15, 15–11, 13–15
Runner-up
1980
Denmark Open
Steen Skovgaard
Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
11–15, 8–15
Runner-up
1981
English Masters
Morten Frost
Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
5–15, 6–15
Runner-up
References
^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 155.
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