Per Walsøe
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born1943
Career title(s)1970 European Men's doubles champion
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Port Talbot Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Port Talbot Mixed doubles

Per Walsøe is a Danish former Supreme Court judge[1] and a retired male badminton player who won a number of Danish national and international doubles titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

Career

Walsoe won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Elo Hansen. He also captured the mixed doubles crown at the prestigious All-England Championships with Pernille Molgaard Hansen in 1970, having previously reached the final with the same partner in 1966 and 1967.[2] Walsoe was also a runner-up with Svend Andersen (Pri) in the 1967 All-England men's doubles to fellow Danes Erland Kops and Henning Borch.[3] One of the physically largest men to have played world class badminton, Walsoe represented Denmark in Thomas Cup (world men's team) competition in the '66-'67, '69-'70, and '75-'76 seasons.[4][5]

Achievements

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1967 Swedish Open Denmark Svend Pri Denmark Henning Borch
Denmark Erland Kops		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1967 All England Denmark Svend Pri Denmark Henning Borch
Denmark Erland Kops		 8–15, 12–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1970 Swedish Open Denmark Svend Pri Denmark Poul Peterson
Denmark Elo Hansen		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1970 Denmark Open Denmark Svend Pri Denmark Henning Borch
Denmark Erland Kops		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1971 Swedish Open Denmark Svend Pri Denmark Henning Borch
Denmark Erland Kops		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. ↑ "Højesteretsdommer med fjerboldøje fylder 75". fyens.dk (in Danish). 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. ↑ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 168.
  3. ↑ Scheele, 165.
  4. ↑ Scheele, 82.
  5. ↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 126.
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