Per Walsoe

Per Walsoe 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.

Per Walsoe
Personal information
Country Denmark
Career title(s)1970 European Champs

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 Svend Pri Henning Borch
Erland Kops		 Winner
1967 All England Svend Pri Henning Borch
Erland Kops		 8–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1970 Swedish Open Svend Pri Poul Peterson
Elo Hansen		 Winner
1970 Denmark Open Svend Pri Henning Borch
Erland Kops		 Runner-up
1971 Swedish Open Svend Pri Henning Borch
Erland Kops		 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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