Lene Køppen

Lene Køppen (born May 5, 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.

Lene Køppen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	May 5, 1953
Singles & doubles
Highest ranking	1
Current ranking	Retired
Medal record Badminton Representing  Denmark World Championships 1977 Malmö Women's Singles 1977 Malmö Mixed Doubles 1980 Jakarta Women's Singles 1980 Jakarta Mixed Doubles World Games 1981 Santa Clara Women's singles 1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles World Cup 1979 Tokyo Women's singles 1982 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles European Championships 1972 Karlskrona Mixed team 1972 Karlskrona Women's Doubles 1974 Vienna Mixed team 1974 Vienna Women's singles 1976 Dublin Mixed team 1976 Dublin Women's singles 1976 Dublin Mixed Doubles 1978 Preston Women's singles 1978 Preston Women's doubles 1978 Preston Mixed team 1980 Groningen Mixed team 1982 Böblingen Women's singles 1982 Böblingen Women's Doubles 1982 Böblingen Mixed team European Junior Championships 1971 Gottwaldov Women's doubles 1971 Gottwaldov Mixed doubles

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1977	Malmö, SWE
1	Singles	1977	Malmö, SWE
3 3	Singles Mixed doubles	1980	Jakarta, INA
Badminton World Cup
1	Women's singles	1979	Tokyo, JPN
1	Women's singles	1982	Kuala Lumpur, MLY
European Championships
1	Singles	1978	Preston, ENG
1	Singles	1982	Böblingen, GER
2	Singles	1974	Vienna, AUT
2 2	Singles Mixed doubles	1976	Dublin, IRL
2	Mixed doubles	1978	Preston, ENG
3	Women's doubles	1972	Karlskrona, SWE
3	Women's doubles	1982	Böblingen, GER
International Opens
1	Singles	1979, 1980	All England Open

References

1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 155.

External links

• Lene Køppen's Profile - Badminton.dk