Danish badminton player
Badminton player
Lene Køppen |
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Personal information |
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Country | Denmark |
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Born | (1953-05-05) 5 May 1953 (age 71) |
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Highest ranking | 1 |
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| Women's badminton | Representing Denmark | World Championships | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1977 Malmö | Women's Singles | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1977 Malmö | Mixed Doubles | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1980 Jakarta | Women's Singles | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1980 Jakarta | Mixed Doubles | World Games | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1981 Santa Clara | Women's singles | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1981 Santa Clara | Mixed doubles | World Cup | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1979 Tokyo | Women's singles | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1980 Kyoto | Women's singles | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1982 Kuala Lumpur | Women's singles | European Championships | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1978 Preston | Women's singles | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1982 Böblingen | Women's singles | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1974 Vienna | Women's singles | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1976 Dublin | Women's singles | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1978 Preston | Women's doubles | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1976 Dublin | Mixed doubles | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1972 Karlskrona | Women's doubles | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1982 Böblingen | Women's doubles | European Mixed Team Championships | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1976 Dublin | Mixed team | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1980 Groningen | Mixed team | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1972 Karlskrona | Mixed team | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1974 Vienna | Mixed team | ![Silver medal – second place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png) | 1978 Preston | Mixed team | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1982 Böblingen | Mixed team | European Junior Championships | ![Gold medal – first place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png) | 1971 Gottwaldov | Women's doubles | ![Bronze medal – third place](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png) | 1971 Gottwaldov | Mixed doubles | |
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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.
External links
- Lene Køppen's Profile - Badminton.dk
- Lene Køppen at the World Games
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