Peter Gade

Peter Høeg Gade
Peter Gade 2010 at the Swiss Open in Basel
Birth Name:	Peter Gade Christensen
Country:	Denmark
Date of birth:	December 14, 1976
Place of birth:	Aalborg
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	1994
Resignation:	December 27, 2012
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	6926
Men's singles
Career record:	524: 156
Career title:	38
Highest ranking:	1 (October 28, 1997)
Weeks as No. 1:	146
Men's doubles
Career record:	7: 8
Medals
Country: Denmark  badminton IBF / BWF - world championships silver Seville 2001 singles bronze Copenhagen 1999 singles bronze Anaheim 2005 singles bronze Paris 2010 singles bronze London 2011 singles EBU / BE - European Championships gold Sofia 1998 singles gold Glasgow 2000 singles gold Geneva 2004 singles gold The Bosch 2006 singles gold Manchester 2010 singles Thomas Cup silver Jakarta 2004 Men's silver Sendai & Tokyo 2006 Men's bronze Hong Kong 1998 Men's bronze Kuala Lumpur 2000 Men's bronze Wuhan 2012 Men's Sudirman Cup silver Copenhagen 1999 Mixed silver Qingdao 2011 Mixed bronze Seville 2001 Mixed bronze Eindhoven 2003 Mixed bronze Beijing 2005 Mixed EBU / BE - European Team Championship gold Sofia 1998 Mixed gold Glasgow 2000 Mixed gold Geneva 2004 Mixed gold Thessaloniki 2006 Men's gold The Bosch 2006 Mixed gold Almere 2008 Men's gold Warsaw 2010 Men's IBF - Youth World Championships gold Kuala Lumpur 1994 Double EBU - European Youth Championships gold Nitra 1995 singles gold Nitra 1995 Double
BWF profile

Peter Høeg Gade , born in Peter Gade Christensen , (born December 14, 1976 in Aalborg , Nordjylland region , Denmark ) is a former Danish badminton player .

Career

Peter Gade is considered one of the most successful badminton players. In Denmark he is one of the most popular athletes. From 1997 to 2001, he led the world rankings in men's singles for a total of 146 weeks. His greatest successes include winning the All England 1999 , reaching the finals at the 2001 World Championships in Seville , four bronze medals at world championships and winning 31 major international tournaments in men's singles; including four times the Korea Open , three times the Danish / Denmark Open , twice the Malaysia Open , twice the Japan Open and ten times the Copenhagen Masters . In 1998 he was named World Badminton Player of the Year. He also won the European championship five times . He won the Danish championship ten times.

However, Gade never managed to become world champion or Olympic champion . At the 1999 World Championships in Copenhagen , he failed in the semifinals against Permadi Fung with 11:15, 15: 1, 14:15. In 2001 in Seville he made it to the finals, but lost to the Indonesian Hendrawan with 6:15, 16:17. At the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim , he failed in the semi-finals against world number one Lin Dan , who was defeated by Indonesian Taufik Hidayat in the final . At the 2010 World Championships in Paris and 2011 in London , he lost the semifinals against Chen Jin and Lin Dan in three sets. In total, Gade won five medals at world championships.

His participation in the Olympic Games was also not crowned with great success. In Sydney 2000 he failed in the semi-finals to Ji Xinpeng with 9:15, 15: 1, 9:15 and in the bronze medal to Xia Xuanze with 13:15, 5:15. In Athens 2004 , Beijing 2008 and London 2012 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Gade is known on the court for his fairness and fighting spirit. The latter also put him through a difficult period of rehabilitation after suffering a knee injury at the 2001 World Grand Prix Finals in Brunei . After two operations (2001 and 2002) and many setbacks, as well as lengthy breaks from training, he made the jump back into the top 10 in the world rankings in March 2003.

Gade ended his international playing career in October 2012 at the French Open . An official farewell game took place on December 27, 2012 at the Copenhagen Masters against Lin Dan , which he won with 20:22, 21:16, 21:14.

Private

Gade was married to the former Danish handball player Camilla Høeg until February 2012. Their daughters, Nanna and Alma, were born in 2004 and 2008.

Achievements in tables

Men's singles

Peter Gade at the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim , California

Peter Gade at the Japan Open in Tokyo in 2009

result	year	Place / tournament	opponent	Result
Olympic games
4th	2000	Sydney	Xia Xuanze	13:15, 5:15
5th / 8th	2004	Athens	Taufik Hidayat	12:15, 12:15
5th / 8th	2008	Beijing	Lin Dan	13:21, 16:21
5th / 8th	2012	London	Chen Long	16:21, 13:21
IBF / BWF - world championships
silver	2001	Seville	Hendrawan	6:15, 16:17
bronze	1999	Copenhagen	Permadi Fung	11:15, 15: 1, 14:15
bronze	2005	Anaheim	Lin Dan	9:15, 15:13, 11:15
bronze	2010	Paris	Chen Jin	21:19, 8:21, 11:21
bronze	2011	London	Lin Dan	24:22, 7:21, 15:21
5th / 8th	1997	Glasgow	Sun Jun	9:15, 11:15
5th / 8th	2006	Madrid	Chen Hong	17:21, 21:15, 12:21
5th / 8th	2007	Kuala Lumpur	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	20:22, 18:21
5th / 8th	2009	Hyderabad	Lin Dan	20:22, 16:21
33./64.	1995	Lausanne	Jens Olsson	12:15, 7:15
33./64.	2003	Birmingham	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	11:15, 6:15
EBU / BE - European Championships
gold	1998	Sofia	Kenneth Jonassen	15: 8, 15: 4
gold	2000	Glasgow	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15: 5, 15:11
gold	2004	Geneva	Kenneth Jonassen	15: 9, 15:10
gold	2006	the Bosch	Kenneth Jonassen	21:19, 21:18
gold	2010	Manchester	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21:14, 21:11
5th / 8th	2012	Karlskrona	Henri Hurskainen	19:21, 21:12, 19:21
BWF World Superseries Finals
2.	2008	Kota Kinabalu	Lee Chong Wei	8:21, 16:21
2.	2010	Taipei	Lee Chong Wei	9:21, 14:21
3rd / 4th	2009	Johor Bahru	Lee Chong Wei	17:21, 16:21
3rd / 4th	2011	Liuzhou	Lin Dan	12:21, 15:21
BWF World Superseries Premier
2.	2011	Indonesia Open	Lee Chong Wei	11:21, 7:21
BWF World Superseries
1.	2007	Malaysia Open	Bao Chunlai	21:15, 17:21, 21:14
1.	2008	Denmark Open	Joachim Persson	21:18, 17:21, 21:14
1.	2008	French Open	Taufik Hidayat	16:21, 21:17, 21: 7
1.	2009	Korea Open	Lee Chong Wei	21:18, 10:21, 21:17
2.	2009	Hong Kong Open	Lee Chong Wei	13:21, 21:13, 16:21
2.	2010	Korea Open	Lee Chong Wei	12:21, 11:21
2.	2011	India Open	Lee Chong Wei	12:21, 21:12, 15:21
IBF World Grand Prix Finals
1.	1999	Bandar Seri Begawan	Marleve Mainaky	15:11, 15: 3
2.	1998	Bandar Seri Begawan	Sun Jun	11:15, 8:15
IBF World Grand Prix
1.	1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15:10, 18:15
2.	1997	Malaysia Open	Hermawan Susanto	11:15, 11:15
2.	1997	US Open	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	6:15, 15: 7, 2:15
1.	1997	German Open	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	12:15, 15:12, 15:12
2.	1997	Danish Open	Dong Jiong	17:15, 11:15, 12:15
1.	1997	Hong Kong Open	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	7:15, 15: 6, 15: 4
1.	1998	Japan Open	Luo Yigang	15: 3, 15:11
1.	1998	Swiss Open	Sun Jun	15:12, 8:15, 15:11
1.	1998	Malaysia Open	Jeffer Rosobin	15: 5, 15:12
2.	1998	Singapore Open	Hendrawan	10:15, 8:15
1.	1998	Danish Open	Dong Jiong	15: 8, 17:14
1.	1999	All of England	Taufik Hidayat	15:11, 7:15, 15:10
1.	1999	Japan Open	Sun Jun	15: 3, 15:10
1.	2000	Korea Open	Rashid Sidek	15: 3, 15:11
1.	2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Choong Hann Wong	15: 9, 15: 5
1.	2000	Danish Open	George Rimarcdi	15:11, 15:12
1.	2001	Korea Open	Xiao Hui	15: 7, 15: 6
1.	2002	US Open	Peter Rasmussen	17:14, 15:17, 15: 1
2.	2004	All of England	Lin Dan	15: 9, 5:15, 8:15
1.	2005	Korea Open	Kenneth Jonassen	7:15, 15: 4, 15: 5
2.	2005	Swiss Open	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	14:17, 10:15
2.	2006	China Masters	Chen Jin	19:21, 14:21
1.	2006	Singapore Open	Kenneth Jonassen	21:10, 21:14
International tournaments
1.	1996	Scottish Open	Ji Xinpeng	15: 8, 15:10
2.	1998	Copenhagen Masters	Sun Jun	7:15, 12:15
1.	1999	Ipoh Masters
1.	1999	Copenhagen Masters	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15:11, 15:11
1.	2000	Copenhagen Masters	Different Boesen	7: 4, 7: 0, 7: 5
1.	2001	Copenhagen Masters	Choong Hann Wong	7: 5, 7: 3, 8: 6
1.	2002	Copenhagen Masters	Peter Rasmussen	15:10, 15: 5
1.	2004	Copenhagen Masters	Kenneth Jonassen	15: 8, 7:15, 15: 7
1.	2005	Copenhagen Masters	Bao Chunlai	15:13, 15: 5
1.	2006	Copenhagen Masters	Kenneth Jonassen	21:16, 21:19
1.	2007	Copenhagen Masters	Kenneth Jonassen	21:18, 23:21
1.	2008	Copenhagen Masters	Kenneth Jonassen	21:14, 21:15
1.	2010	Copenhagen Masters	Boonsak Ponsana	21:11, 21:12
2.	2011	Copenhagen Masters	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21:14, 23:25, 20:22
EBU - European Youth Championships
gold	1995	Nitra	Mark Constable

Men's doubles

result	year	place	partner	opponent	Result
IBF - Youth World Championships
gold	1994	Kuala Lumpur	Peder Nissen	Eng Hian Andreas	15:10, 15:11
EBU - European Youth Championships
gold	1995	Nitra	Peder Nissen	Jonas Rasmussen Søren Hansen

Web links

Commons : Peter Gade  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Peter Gade (English)
• Page of Peter Gade on yonex.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.badminton-hotspots.de/thema/badminton-sudirman-cup
2. ↑ Peter Gade's career: 16 years of pure passion . netzathleten.de. October 30, 2012. Archived from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2015.