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Henning Borch

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Country Flag of Denmark Denmark
Title(s) 1967, 1968, 1969 All England

Henning Borch is a former world class badminton player from Denmark who won major tournaments from the early 1960's to the early 1970's. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious Badminton tournaments Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court In the 1964 Borch reached the men's singles final at the prestigious All-England Championships, narrowly losing to fellow countryman Knud Aage Nielsen[1]. The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious Badminton tournaments Knud Aage Nielsen is a retired male Badminton player from Denmark. His most impressive achievement was sharing three consecutive All-England men's doubles titles with Erland Kops from 1967 to 1969[2]. Erland Kops (born January 14 1937) is a former Badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international titles from the late 1950s Borch took part in five consecutive Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns for Denmark between 1960 and 1973. The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international Badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the

References

  1. ^ Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. , 1971) 164.
  2. ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton ( Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. , 1983) 107.

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