Sara Thygesen

Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an awards best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr.[1][2]

Sara Thygesen
Personal information
Birth name	Sara Thygesen
Country	Denmark
Born	20 January 1991 Fredericia, Denmark
Residence	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2008
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	14 (WD 15 January 2019) 15 (XD 12 October 2017)
Current ranking	20 (WD), 46 (XD) (25 February 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark European Games 2015 Baku Mixed doubles European Championships 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles 2018 Huelva Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2014 Basel Women's team 2016 Kazan Women's team 2018 Kazan Women's team 2020 Liévin Women's team European Junior Championships 2009 Milan Mixed team 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Niclas Nøhr	Gaetan Mittelheisser Audrey Fontaine	21–16, 21–16	Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain	Maiken Fruergaard	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	10–21, 18–21	Bronze
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Maiken Fruergaard	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	17–21, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Niclas Nøhr	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–19, 13–21, 17–21	Silver

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy	Morten Bodskov	Jonas Geigenberger Fabienne Deprez	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Maiken Fruergaard	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–18, 11–21, 21–23	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Niclas Nøhr	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	21–19, 21–17	Champion
2018	Orleans Masters	Super 100	Niclas Nøhr	Peter Käsbauer Olga Konon	21–19, 21–9	Champion
2018	German Open	Super 300	Niclas Nøhr	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Dutch Open	Mathias Christiansen	Soren Gravholt Maiken Fruergaard	21–18, 20–22, 21–16	Winner
2014	Scottish Open	Niclas Nøhr	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Swedish Masters	Maiken Fruergaard	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2015	Belgian International	Maiken Fruergaard	Joyce Choong Wai Chi Yap Cheng Wen	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2014	Dutch International	Maiken Fruergaard	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	16–21, 12–21	RUnner-up
2013	Spanish International	Maiken Fruergaard	Heather Olver Kate Robertshaw	21–18, 13–21, 20–22	RUnner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Irish Open	Mathias Christiansen	Robin Tabeling Cheryl Seinen	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2016	Finnish International	Niclas Nøhr	Mathias Christiansen Lena Grebak	21–18, 21–23, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Italian International	Niclas Nøhr	Matthew Nottingham Emily Westwood	21–10, 17–21, 21–19	Winner
2014	Irish Open	Niclas Nøhr	Peter Kaesbauer Isabel Herttrich	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2014	Dutch International	Niclas Nøhr	Robin Tabeling Myke Halkema	21–10, 21–5	Winner
2014	Croatian International	Niclas Nøhr	Mads Pedersen Mai Surrow	21–15, 13–21, 21–18	Winner
2014	Orleans International	Niclas Nøhr	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	13–21, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Croatian International	Frederik Colberg	Niclas Nøhr Rikke S. Hansen	21–12, 12–21, 9–21	RUnner-up
2009	Turkey International	Tore Vilhelmsen	Viki Indra Okvana Gustiani Megawati	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Sara THYGESEN". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. "Sara THYGESEN Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
3. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
4. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

External links

• Sara Thygesen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com