Kirsten Thorndahl
Kirsten Thorndahl (born April 9, 1928 , † September 21, 2007 in Rørvig , married Kirsten Granlund ) was a Danish badminton player . She was one of the major players in the sport in the 1940s and 1950s.
Career
Kirsten Thorndahl became the first female athlete to win all three possible titles at the All England in 1948 . In total, she was successful there eleven times by 1961. She won five titles in doubles, four of them with Tonny Ahm and once with Anni Hammergaard Hansen , five titles in mixed - once with Jørn Skaarup, four times with Finn Kobberø . She also won the German Open, the Swedish Open and the Denmark Open.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942/1943 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U17 | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager |
| 1943/1944 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U17 | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager |
| 1944/1945 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U19 | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager |
| 1945/1946 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1945/1946 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | 1 | Days Madsen , Skovshoved IF / Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC |
| 1945/1946 | Denmark: International Championships | Mixed | 1 | Days Madsen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1945/1946 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U19 | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager |
| 1946/1947 | Denmark: International Championships | Mixed | 1 | Days Madsen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1946/1947 | Denmark: individual championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC |
| 1947 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1947 | All of England | Mixed | 2 | Days Madsen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1947 | All of England | Ladies singles | 2 | Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1947/1948 | Denmark: International Championships | Mixed | 1 | Days Madsen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1947/1948 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1948 | All of England | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1948 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Jørn Skaarup / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1948 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1948/1949 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | 1 | Days Madsen, Skovshoved IF / Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC |
| 1948/1949 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1948/1949 | Denmark: individual championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC / Aase Svendsen, Københavns BK |
| 1949 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 2 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1949/1950 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1950 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1950/1951 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | 1 | Arve Lossmann / Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC |
| 1950/1951 | Denmark: International Championships | Mixed | 1 | Arve Lossmann / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1950/1951 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1950/1951 | Denmark: individual championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BK |
| 1951 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1951 | All of England | Mixed | 2 | Arve Lossmann / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1951/1952 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1954/1955 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | 1 | Poul-Erik Nielsen , Skovshoved IF / Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC |
| 1955 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Finn Kobberø / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1955/1956 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Anni Jørgensen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1956/1957 | Denmark: individual championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC / Anni Hammergaard Hansen, Københavns BK |
| 1956 | Sweden: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Anni Jørgensen / Kirsten Torndahl |
| 1957 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Finn Kobberø / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1957 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Anni Hammergaard Hansen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1958/1959 | Denmark: individual championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC / Hanne Jensen, Københavns BK |
| 1959/1960 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | 1 | Finn Kobberø, Københavns BK / Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC |
| 1960 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 2 | Kirsten Thorndahl / Inge Birgit Hansen |
| 1960/1961 | Denmark: individual championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Kirsten Thorndahl, Amager BC / Hanne Jensen, Københavns BK |
| 1961/1962 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | 1 | Finn Kobberø, Københavns BK / Kirsten Thorndahl, Valby BC |
| 1962/1963 | Germany: International championships | Mixed | 1 | Poul-Erik Nielsen / Kirsten Thorndahl |
| 1958 | Sweden: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Kirsten Granlund / Anni Hammergaard-Hansen |
| 1959 | All of England | Mixed | 2 | Jørgen Hammergaard-Hansen / Kirsten Granlund |
| 1960 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Finn Kobberø / Kirsten Granlund |
| 1961 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Finn Kobberø / Kirsten Granlund |
credentials
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thorndahl, Kirsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granlund, Kirsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2007 |
| Place of death | Rørvig |