Morten Frost
Morten Frost Hansen (born April 4, 1958 in Nykøbing Sjælland ) is a former Danish badminton player.
Athletic career
Morten Frost was Europe's best badminton player in men's singles in the 1980s and was among the top three players in the world rankings for twelve years.
He twice won the Danish Junior Championship and eight times the Danish Championship .
After his successes in the juniors, he first made international attention in 1977 when he won the international championships of the USSR . From then on, his badminton career took off. Until the early 1990s he won all Grand Prix tournaments and numerous other tournaments worldwide. At the All England Championships alone , he reached the final from 1982 to 1989 in uninterrupted succession and won four times. In 1984 and 1986 Frost was European Champion in the men's singles. He also won the German Open in 1986, 1988 and 1989. From 1976 to 1991 he played in the Danish national team.
A success was denied Frost in his career as a player, however. He was twice in the finals of the World Championships, but lost both times to his Chinese opponents in the third set: 1985 to Han Jian and 1987 to Yang Yang.
With particular diligence, Frost kept a diary of each of his opponents in order to prepare optimally for his games. His style of play as well as his tactical skills made him the most famous badminton player worldwide. Morten Frost also enjoyed a great reputation in Asia.
As a recipe for his successful style of play, Frost once stated that he often tried to play his opponents on their strong side instead of taking advantage of their weak point. He justified this as follows: If I can control the strong side of my opponent, what else can he do? Then I won the game.
After hanging up his boots he coached the Danish national team and led them to numerous successes, including the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games of Atlanta . Later he was also the coach of the national teams of Malaysia and South Africa and private coach of his compatriot Peter Gade .
In 1997 Morten Frost was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Danish Sports and in 1998 into the Badminton Hall of Fame .
His son Kristian Frost is an active squash professional.
Sporting successes
season | event | discipline | winner |
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1973/1974 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U17 | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Nykøbing S. |
1973/1974 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U17 | Mixed | Morten Frost, Nykøbing S / Inge Borgstrøm, Ringsted |
1974/1975 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U19 | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Nykøbing S. |
1975/1976 | Denmark: Individual Championships for Juniors U19 | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Nykøbing S. |
1976 | Nordic Junior Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1977 | USSR International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1977 | Norway: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1977 | USSR International Championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Steen Skovgaard |
1977/1978 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1978 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1978/1979 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1979 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1979 | Canada: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Denmark |
1979/1980 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1979/1980 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's doubles | Steen Fladberg , Køge / Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1980 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1980 | Nordic championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Steen Fladberg |
1980 | European Championship | team | Denmark ( Lene Køppen , Kirsten Larsen , Pia Nielsen , Morten Frost, Flemming Delfs , Steen Fladberg, Steen Skovgaard, Anne Skovgaard ) |
1980 | Canada: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1980/1981 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1981 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1981 | Nordic championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Steen Fladberg |
1981/1982 | Germany: International championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Steen Fladberg |
1981/1982 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1981/1982 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's doubles | Steen Fladberg, Køge / Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1981/1982 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1981/1982 | Germany: International championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1982 | Scotland: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1982 | All of England | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1982 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1982 | Nordic championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Steen Fladberg |
1982/1983 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1982/1983 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1983 | Scotland: International Championships | Mixed | Morten Frost / Nettie Nielsen |
1983 | Netherlands: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1983 | Scotland: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1983 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1983/1984 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1983/1984 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's doubles | Jens Peter Nierhoff / Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1983/1984 | Denmark: individual championships | Mixed | Morten Frost / Ulla-Britt Frost , Gentofte BK |
1983/1984 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1984 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1984 | Taiwan: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1984 | Japan Open | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1984 | All of England | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1984 | Scotland: International Championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Jesper Helledie |
1984 | Scotland: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1984 | European Championship | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1984/1985 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1985 | Wales: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1985 | Malaysian Masters | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1985/1986 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1985/1986 | Germany: International championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1986 | European Championship | team | Denmark (Morten Frost, Torben Carlsen , Michael Kjeldsen , Kirsten Larsen , Steen Fladberg, Jesper Helledie, Ib Frederiksen ) |
1986 | Nordic championships | Men's doubles | Morten Frost / Steen Fladberg |
1986 | All of England | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1986 | European Championship | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1986/1987 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK |
1986/1987 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1987 | All of England | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1987 | Poona Open | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1987 | Taiwan: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1987/1988 | Germany: International championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1988 | Poona Open | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1988 | Scotland: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1988 | Nordic championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1988 | European Championship | team | Denmark (Kirsten Larsen, Jens Peter Nierhoff, Michael Kjeldsen, Dorte Kjær , Nettie Nielsen, Steen Fladberg, Morten Frost, Christina Bostofte , Jan Paulsen, Henrik Svarrer) |
1988/1989 | Germany: International championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1989 | Sweden: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1989 | Scotland: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1989 | Taiwan: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1989/1990 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Nykøbing |
1989/1990 | Denmark: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost Hansen |
1990 | European Championship | team | Denmark ( Jon Holst-Christensen , Grete Mogensen, Morten Frost, Dorte Kjær, Nettie Nielsen, Pernille Nedergaard , Lotte Olsen, Henrik Svarrer , Jan Paulsen, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Kirsten Larsen) |
1990 | Finland: International Championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1990 | Japan Open | Men's singles | Morten Frost |
1990/1991 | Denmark: individual championships | Men's singles | Morten Frost, Nykøbing |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frost, Morten |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frost Hansen, Morten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish badminton player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nykøbing Sjælland |