Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen
Country:	Denmark
Date of birth:	4th January 1994
Place of birth:	Odense
Size:	194 cm
1st professional season:	2009
Playing hand:	Right
Men's singles
Career record:	279: 107
Career title:	11
Highest ranking:	1 (September 28, 2017)
Current placement:	3
Weeks as No. 1:	33
Men's doubles
Career record:	0: 1
Medals
Country: Denmark  badminton  Olympic games bronze Rio de Janeiro 2016 singles World championships gold Glasgow 2017 singles bronze Copenhagen 2014 singles Thomas Cup gold Kunshan 2016 Men's bronze Wuhan 2012 Men's bronze Bangkok 2018 Men's European championships gold La Roche-sur-Yon 2016 singles gold Huelva 2018 singles bronze Karlskrona 2012 singles bronze Kazan 2014 singles European team championship gold Amsterdam 2012 Men's gold Basel 2014 Men's gold Lions 2015 Mixed gold Kazan 2016 Men's silver Ramenskoye 2013 Mixed Youth World Championships gold Guadalajara 2010 singles silver Taipei 2011 singles European Youth Championships gold Vantaa 2011 singles bronze Vantaa 2011 Mixed U-17 European Championships gold Medvode 2009 singles gold Medvode 2009 Mixed
BWF profile
As of May 26, 2018

Viktor Axelsen (born January 4, 1994 in Odense ) is a Danish badminton player .

Career

As a youth player, Axelsen won four youth titles in his home country Denmark until 2008. On the international stage he was U-17 European Champion in 2009 , World Youth Champion in 2010 and European Youth Champion in 2011 . He celebrated his first international tournament success among adults at the Cyprus International 2010 . In the same year he was nominated for the first time for the Danish national team at the Thomas Cup . In the finals of this world championship for men's teams, he was not used. Tournament victories at the Spanish Open 2011 , the Dutch International 2013 and the Denmark International 2013 followed .

In 2013 , 2014 and 2015 he won the Copenhagen Masters . He won bronze medals in his two European championships in 2012 in Karlskrona and 2014 in Kazan , as well as in the 2014 World Cup in Copenhagen . He beat Henri Hurskainen , Erik Meijs , Tiến Minh Nguyễn and Chou Tien-Chen in two sets. In the semifinals he was clearly defeated by Lee Chong Wei in two sets. In the same year he won the Swiss Open . In 2016, the European championship followed in La Roche-sur-Yon .

His greatest success so far in men's singles is winning the 2017 World Cup in Glasgow against the five-time world champion Lin Dan . This was the first world title for a European in 20 years . For this title he was voted Denmark's Sportsman of the Year in the same year .

Achievements in tables

Men's singles

result	year	Place / tournament	opponent	Result
Olympic games
bronze	2016	Rio de Janeiro	Lin Dan	15:21, 21:10, 21:17
World championships
gold	2017	Glasgow	Lin Dan	22:20, 21:16
bronze	2014	Copenhagen	Lee Chong Wei	9:21, 7:21
5th / 8th	2015	Jakarta	Chen Long	18:21, 29:30
17./32.	2013	Guangzhou	Takuma Ueda	22:24, 17:21
European championships
gold	2016	La Roche-sur-Yon	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21:11, 21:16
bronze	2012	Karlskrona	Henri Hurskainen	21:18, 18:21, 17:21
bronze	2014	Kazan	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	11:21, 13:21
BWF World Superseries Finals
1.	[2]2016	Dubai	Tian Houwei	21:14, 6:21, 21:17
1.	[2]2017	Dubai	Lee Chong Wei	19:21, 21:19, 21:15
2.	[2]2015	Dubai	Kento Momota	15:21, 12:21
BWF World Superseries Premier
2.	2017	China Open	Chen Long	16:21, 21:14, 13:21
BWF World Superseries
1.	[2]2017	India Open	Chou Tien Chen	21:13, 21:10
1.	[2]2017	Japan Open	Lee Chong Wei	21:14, 19:21, 21:14
1.	2018	Malaysia Masters	Kenta Nishimoto	21:13, 21:23, 21:18
2.	2012	French Open	Daren Liew	18:21, 17:21
2.	[2]2015	India Open	Srikanth Kidambi	21:18, 13:21, 12:21
2.	[3]2015	Australian Open	Chen Long	12:21, 21:14, 18:21
2.	[4]2015	Japan Open	Lin Dan	19:21, 21:16, 19:21
2.	[4]2016	India Open	Kento Momota	15:21, 18:21
BWF Grand Prix Gold
1.	2014	Swiss Open	Tian Houwei	21: 7, 16:21, 25:23
2.	2015	Swiss Open	Srikanth Kidambi	15:21, 21:12, 14:21
International tournaments
1.	2013	Copenhagen Masters	Lee Hyun-il	21:13, 21:16
1.	2014	Copenhagen Masters	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	22:20, 21: 9
1.	[6]2015	Copenhagen Masters	Antonsen is different	21:10, 21:15
Badminton Europe Circuit
2.	2010	Swedish International Stockholm	Indra Bagus Ade Chandra	15:21, 12:21
2.	2011	Swedish International Stockholm	Pablo Abián	19:21, 6:21
1.	2011	Spanish Open	Pablo Abián	21:11, 7:21, 21: 9
1.	2013	Dutch International	Eric Pang	24:22, 21:12
1.	2013	Denmark International	Ville Lång	21:17, 21: 8
International Series
1.	2010	Cyprus International	Simon Maunoury	21:10, 21:11
Youth World Championships
gold	2010	Guadalajara	Kang Ji-wook	21:19, 21:10
silver	2011	Taipei	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	18:21, 21: 9, 19:21
European Youth Championships
gold	2011	Vantaa	Rasmus Fladberg	21: 8, 17:21, 21:13
U-17 European Championships
gold	2009	Medvode	Kim Bruun	21:19, 17:21, 21:17

credentials

• Homepage viktoraxelsen.dk (English)
• Viktor Axelsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile bwfworldsuperseries.com (English)
• Profile yonex.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=F794939C-80B9-42B5-9BCB-97B1F842B8F1&draw=13
2. ↑ http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=27A21F55-CAD5-4CF4-A60F-A7E06E0DEAAD&draw=3
3. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=CA160B94-64E2-4C8A-8E18-9E269E9A46EB&draw=10
4. ↑ http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=BB4B9094-EBD8-4769-845C-DBA94B0B790B&player=30
5. ↑ http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=8DE824AE-67AC-4B8D-A42C-1BABD4CE88B3&player=19
6. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=8209AD14-E0E9-4A86-B7A5-545F63DAEC31&draw=2
7. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=177622D8-C646-4BEE-8754-9A933DBA0736&draw=2
8. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=EAA3742E-966C-4E1B-A652-6BC693FD6720&draw=10
9. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=B0BE4A8A-DD7C-4C88-A745-42D3D22ADEE8&draw=2
10. ↑ http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=FD6815D8-CF64-4A64-A8AD-6D7B72B54332&draw=2