Elo Hansen
| Elo Hansen | |
|---|---|
 Elo Hansen in 1970 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country |
 Denmark |
| Career title(s) | 1970 European Champs |
Elo Hansen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who won international titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s.
Career
Hansen won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Per Walsoe and the silver medal in singles in the same tournament. He was a singles silver medalist again at the European Championships in 1976. A highly impressive shotmaker, Hansen played in four consecutive Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns for Denmark, ('66–'67, '69–'70, '72–'73, '75–'76),[1][2][3] but never overtook his contemporary, Svend Pri, as Denmark's leading player of that era. His finest moment in badminton probably came in Denmark's narrow (4–5) 1970 Thomas Cup semi-final loss to defending champion Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur when he defeated both Tan Aik Huang and Punch Gunalan in straight games.[4]
References
- ↑ Herbert Scheele (ed.) (1971) The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971. Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. p. 82.
- ↑ Pat Davis (1983) The Guinness Book of Badminton. Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 125, 126.
- ↑ Danmarksmesterskaber. badminton.dk
- ↑ Herbert Scheele (ed.) (1971) The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971. Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. p. 29.