Allan Bentsen
Allan Bentsen 
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| Allan Bentsen right at the 2012 Olympic Games (in the back Dániel Zwickl ) | |
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 Denmark
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| Date of birth: | August 21, 1968 |
| Playing hand: | left handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Best world ranking : | 38 (June 2005) |
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Allan Bentsen (born August 21, 1968 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish table tennis player . He was one of Denmark's strongest players in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Bentsen won a total of 24 titles at the Danish national championships. In singles he won six times in a row from 1991 to 1996, and again in 1999. Twelve times he won doubles with different partners (Jan Harkamp, Finn Tugwell , Martin Monrad ) and five times mixed (with Charlotte Polk and Mie Skov). From 1989 to 2005 he took part in all 11 world championships . He was represented five times at European championships . He was European champion with the team in 2005 . He had already won bronze with the team in 2000 .
Bentsen played in various Danish clubs, but also abroad, for example in Sweden with Halmstad and Malmö FF and in Croatia with STK Vecernji list Zagreb. In 2005 he moved to the German Bundesliga for Werder Bremen where he still plays today (2009).
In 2009 he became European champion of senior citizens over 40 in singles and doubles with Hendrik Vendelbo, and in 2010 senior world champion over 40 in singles.
Private
Bentsen is married to the Croatian table tennis player Eldijana Aganovic. He works as an employee of the Danish Table Tennis Association.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | competition | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| THE | European Championship | 2005 | Aarhus | THE | 1 | |||
| THE | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | European Championship | 1998 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | |||
| THE | European Championship | 1996 | Bratislava | SVK | Quarter finals | |||
| THE | Nordic championships | 1996 | Linkoping | SWE | Semifinals | |||
| THE | Nordic championships | 1992 | Bronderslev | THE | silver | |||
| THE | Nordic championships | 1990 | Oslo | NOR | silver | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2011 | Almeria | ESP | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2011 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2010 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2010 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 16 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2008 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2005 | Velenje | SVN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Aarhus | THE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | silver | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2004 | Croatia | HRV | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | last 64 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | last 16 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Jeju-Si | COR | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Rio | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | Semifinals | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Kobe | JPN | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Gangneung City | COR | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Farum | THE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Skovde | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | São Paulo | BRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2001 | Chatham | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2000 | Farum | THE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1999 | Karlskrona | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | Rd 1 | Scratched | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | Rd 1 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 1998 | Belgrade | YUG | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 16 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 1998 | Ji 'Nan City | CHN | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1998 | Melbourne | OUT | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1997 | Gdańsk | POLE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | last 32 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | Rd 1 | |||
| THE | Pro tour | 1997 | Doha | QAT | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| THE | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | Semifinals | |||
| THE | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2001 | Hainan | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| THE | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 64 | last 64 | ||
| THE | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 23 | |||
| THE | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| THE | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 15th | |||
| THE | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | last 32 | Agony | |
| THE | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 128 | last 32 | no participants | 33 |
| THE | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 13-16 | |||
| THE | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | last 32 | last 32 | |
| THE | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 64 | last 32 | 21st |
| THE | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 64 | last 64 | last 128 | 22nd |
| THE | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 128 | last 16 | last 128 | 18th |
| THE | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 128 | Agony | last 128 | 22nd |
| THE | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | Agony | last 64 | last 64 | 24 |
| THE | WTC World Team Cup | 1990 | Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig | JPN | 13 |
Web links
- Report (Danish) (accessed January 15, 2016)
Sources and individual references
- Allan Bentsen , table tennis magazine , 2004/12 page 7
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2009/7 p. 28
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2010/7 p. 17
- ↑ Allan Bentsen Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 4, 2011)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bentsen, Allan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1968 |