Martin Lundgaard Hansen

Martin Lundgaard Hansen (born 11 October 1972) is a Danish badminton player. He started his career in badminton as a singles player, and competed in the 1993 IBF World Championships. But as the years went by, he made a choice to play doubles. Teamed-up with Lars Paaske, they emerged as the men's doubles champion at the 1999, 2001 Denmark Open, and in 2000, he and Paaske participated at the Olympic Games. The career highlights for Hansen was when he partnered with Jens Eriksen. The duo won the 2004 and 2006 All England Open, won gold at the European Championships, and was at the time a half years as No.1 in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

2000 Summer Olympics

Hansen made his debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney, competed in the men's doubles event partnered with Lars Paaske. He and Paaske beat the Bulgarian pair Mikhail Popov and Svetoslav Stojanov in the first round, but was defeated by Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia in the second round.

2004 Summer Olympics

Hansen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles with partner Jens Eriksen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Howard Bach/Kevin Han of the United States in the second. In the quarter-finals, Hansen and Eriksen beat the second seeded from China Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 3–15, 15–11, 15–8. They lost the semi-final to Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of Korea 15–9, 5–15, 3–15 and the bronze medal match against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 13–15, 7-15 to finish fourth place.

2008 Summer Olympics

Hansen again qualified to compete at the Olympic Games for three consecutive times, and was partnered with Jens Eriksen. The duo were defeated in the early stage by the second seeded Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng with the score 12–21, 11–21.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng	21–23, 16–21	Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng	14–21, 12–21	Bronze Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Baltiska hallen, Malmö, Sweden	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson	7–4, 1–7, 7–3, 2–7, 7–3	Gold Gold
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson	15–3, 15–9	Gold Gold
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	21–15, 21–17	Gold Gold
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	19–21, 16–21	Silver Silver

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary	Template:Flagicon Peter Christensen	Template:Flagicon Vladislav Druzchenko Template:Flagicon Valeriy Strelcov	15–7, 15–10	Gold Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	21–17, 16–21, 12–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	21–14, 14–21, 12–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske	Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah	4–15, 15–6, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske	Template:Flagicon Jim Laugesen Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard	15–13, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	7–15, 11–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske	Template:Flagicon Jesper Christensen Template:Flagicon Jesper Larsen	4–7, 7–3, 5–7, 7–4, 5–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske	Template:Flagicon Jim Laugesen Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard	7–5, 3–7, 6–8, 7–3, 7–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-soo Template:Flagicon Yoo Yong-sung	7–5, 5–7, 2–7, 5–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	8–15, 8–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	15–9, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah	9–15, 15–13, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Luluk Hadiyanto Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto	2–15, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	7–15, 15–13, 15–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	German Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng	15–6, 3–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	15–10, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng	13–15, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	China Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	16–17, 15–11, 13–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah	15–6, 14–17, 15–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng	21–17, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Pernille Harder	Template:Flagicon Chen Qiqiu Template:Flagicon Chen Lin	11–15, 15–9, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Jan Jørgensen	15–6, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Robert Nock	15–13, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Henrik Sørensen	15–7, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Amor International	Template:Flagicon Peter Rasmussen	7–15, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Amor International	Template:Flagicon Michael Bisgaard	Template:Flagicon Claus Simonsen Template:Flagicon Morten Sandal	5–15, 15–8, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1991	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Christian Jakobsen	Template:Flagicon Jan-Eric Antonsson Template:Flagicon Stellan Österberg	6–15, 5–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1992	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard	Template:Flagicon Rikard Ronnblom Template:Flagicon Erik Soderberg	15–6, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Henrik Sørensen	Template:Flagicon Jan Jørgensen Template:Flagicon Peder Nissen	15–7, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	BMW Open	Template:Flagicon Janek Roos	Template:Flagicon Dharma Gunawi Template:Flagicon Yoseph Phoa	15–9, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Michael Lamp	Template:Flagicon Jesper Mikla Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske	9–15, 5–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1998	Scottish International	Template:Flagicon Michael Lamp	Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan	15–10, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Amor International	Template:Flagicon Rikke Broen	Template:Flagicon Alex Meijer Template:Flagicon Nicole van Hooren	9–15, 11–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1994	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	Template:Flagicon Thomas Damgaard Template:Flagicon Helene Kirkegaard	15–12, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner

External links

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• Martin Lundgaard's Profile - Badminton.dk