Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

Character Introduction

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (February 15, 1989) is a Danish male badminton player.

In April 2010, Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and Anne Skilbeck played in the Netherlands Badminton International and won their first International Challenge Mixed Doubles title by defeating their teammates’ Christian Johan Skovgård/Julie Hohmann 2-0 (21-17, 21-12) in the mixed doubles final.

In 2013, Anders Skorup teamed up with Lina Grebach to win back-to-back mixed doubles titles at the Finnish Open, Danish International and Spanish Open. In April of the same period, he played in the Portugal Badminton International with Kim Astrup Sørensen and Lina Grebak respectively, and won the Men’s Doubles International title by defeating the tournament’s No. 2 seed and England’s strongest team of Peter Briggs/Harley Towler 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) in the Men’s Doubles final.

In February 2015, Anders Skorup represented Denmark at the Badminton Europe Mixed Team Championships in Leuven, Belgium, helping his team win the Mixed Team title.

In February 2016, Anders Skorup represented Denmark at the European Men’s Badminton Team Championships in Kazan, Russia, helping his team win the men’s team title. In March of the same year, he and Kim Astrup competed in the Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix, winning his first international Golden Grand Prix men’s doubles title by defeating the tournament’s No. 4 seed and Chinese Taipei powerhouse Lee Seung-mu/Tsai Chia-hsin 2-0 (21-8, 21-15) in the men’s doubles final. In May of the same year, he was selected as the main men’s doubles starter for the Thomas Cup, helping Denmark to win their first men’s team title in all three major team events in badminton, and was the moment he became the new World Champion.

In April 2018, Anders Skorup represented Denmark at the Badminton Europe Championships in Huelva, Spain, winning the men’s doubles title at the European Championships by withdrawing from the men’s doubles final due to his opponent.

In the men’s doubles final of the 2018 China Open Badminton Championships, the Danish duo of Astrup Sørensen/Anders Skorup won the China Open men’s doubles title by defeating the Chinese duo of Han Chengkai/Zhou Hao Dong 2-1.

Copenhagen World Championships in August 2023, the home game Astrup/Anders state of the brave all the way to the final, but finally to 21-14, 15-21, 17-21 not lower than South Korea’s Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae to get the runner-up, the record since the World Championships to participate in the best results.

World Ranking – Men’s Doubles 2, Week 33, 2024

Olympic Points – Men’s Doubles 4, 92724 points 

Finals Ranking – Men’s Doubles 2, 64000 points

Equipment Used

AXFORCE 100,ASTROX 88D,Li-Ning 1,SHB65Z2MEX,DUORA 10,N65,3D CALIBAR 900C,AAYS057,10002TD

Major Achievements

• 2024 Paris Olympics Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2024 Canadian Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2024 Indonesia Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2024 Singapore Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2024 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2024 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2024 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Team Champion
• 2024 Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2023 France Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2023 Denmark Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2023 Arctic Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2023 Hong Kong Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2023 World Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2023 Canadian Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2023 European Games Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2022 Hailu Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2022 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2022 Indonesia Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2022 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2022 Germany Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2021 World Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2021 Denmark Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2021 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2021 All England Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2021 Swiss Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2020 Spain Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2020 European Badminton Championships Men’s Team Champion
• 2019 European Games Badminton Men’s Doubles Silver Medal
• 2019 India Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
• 2019 European Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
• 2019 Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
• Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals of 2018 Badminton World Federation Year End Finals
• 2018 China Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2018 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Third Place Member
• 2018 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up
• 2018 India Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2017 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2017 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Doubles 3rd Place
• 2017 Badminton Germany Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
• Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals of Bitburger Badminton Grand Prix Gold 2016
• 2016 France Badminton Premier Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
• 2016 Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
• 2016 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Champion
• 2016 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2016 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2016 Badminton Europe Championships Men’s Team Champion
• 2016 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2016 Sweden Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2015 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2015 Badminton Europe Mixed Team Championships Mixed Team Champion
• 2015 Sweden Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2015 Copenhagen Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2014 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2014 Finland Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2014 Finland Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
• 2013 Wales Badminton International Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
• 2013 Scottish Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2013 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
• 2013 Belgium Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2013 Belgium Badminton International Mixed Doubles Champion
• 2013 Spain Open Mixed Doubles Champion
• 2013 Spain Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
• 2013 Denmark Badminton International Mixed Doubles Champion
• 2013 Portugal Badminton International Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
• 2013 Portugal Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
• 2013 Finland Open Mixed Doubles Champion