Morten Frost

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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
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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