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 Imre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967 | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1937-03-01) 1 March 1937 (age 87) | ||||||||||||||
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Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.
Career
With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final. He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64 campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia.
He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion.
Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton.
Achievements
International tournaments
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1958 | Norwegian International |  Winner
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| 1959 | Dutch Open |  Ferry Sonneville
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18–13, 15–9 | Winner
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| 1964 | German Open |  Erland Kops
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7–15, 13–15 |  Runner-up
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| 1964 | All England | Henning Borch
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8–15, 17–15, 15–4 | Winner
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| 1966 | Dutch Open |  Wolfgang Bochow
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18–15, 15–9 | Winner
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| 1966 | German Open | Erland Kops
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Runner-up
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| 1966 | Denmark Open | Svend Pri
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3–15, 9–15 | Runner-up
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Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1961 | Dutch Open | Ole Mertz
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 Wong B. K. Yeoh Kean Hua
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18–15, 15–9 | Winner
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| 1963 | Swedish Open | Henning Borch
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Winner
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| 1965 | Swedish Open | Erland Kops
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Winner
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| 1966 | Dutch Open | Elo Hansen
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Punch Gunalan Oon Chong Hau
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4–15, 4–15 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1964 | German Open | Kirsten Thorndahl
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Finn Kobberø Bente Flindt
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9–15, 10–15 | Runner-up
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References
- Herbert Sheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., p. 164.
- Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967, Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967, pp. 87, 90.
- "Poul-Erik Nielsen". Badminton Denmark.
- Make badminton great again (in Danish), Wikidata Q111291001
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