Rasmus Kjær

Rasmus Kjær
Personal information
Birth nameRasmus Kjær Pedersen
CountryDenmark
Born (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)
Glostrup, Denmark
ResidenceTaastrup, Denmark
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking13 (with Frederik Søgaard, 27 August 2024)
Current ranking14 (with Frederik Søgaard, 17 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Men's team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
BWF profile

Rasmus Kjær Pedersen (born 4 October 1998) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2024 European Championships.[2] Kjær was part of Danish winning team in the 2023 European Mixed Team Championships and 2024 European Men's Team Championships.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany 		Denmark Frederik Søgaard Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Jesper Toft 		15–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze [2]

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] 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.[4]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Canada Open Super 500 Denmark Frederik Søgaard Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		25–23, 16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Denmark Frederik Søgaard England Ben Lane
England Sean Vendy 		21–18, 15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Finnish International Denmark Jeppe Bay Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		11–8, 11–2, 11–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Slovenian International Denmark Jeppe Bay Belgium Matijs Dierickx
Belgium Freek Golinski 		13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Bulgarian Open Denmark Jeppe Bay Denmark Mathias Thyrri
Denmark Søren Toft Hansen 		16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Slovenian International Denmark Jeppe Bay Denmark Mads Emil Christensen
Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen 		21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Austrian Open Denmark Joel Eipe China Guo Xinwa
China Liu Shiwen 		15–21, 22–20, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Spanish International Denmark Joel Eipe Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen 		11–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Polish Open Denmark Frederik Søgaard Chinese Taipei Su Ching-heng
Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei 		21–16, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Dutch International Denmark Frederik Søgaard England Alex Green
England Jonty Russ 		21–9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Irish Open Denmark Frederik Søgaard Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei 		18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Welsh International Denmark Frederik Søgaard Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Jesper Toft 		21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Canadian International Denmark Frederik Søgaard Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Hashiru Shimono 		21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Denmark Masters Denmark Frederik Søgaard Chinese Taipei Lu Ming-che
Chinese Taipei Tang Kai-wei 		21–5, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Rasmus Kjær biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Petersen, Jacob Qvirin (14 April 2024). "Astrup og Skaarup vinder EM-guld" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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