Viktor Axelsen

Jayce October 28, 2024 18 5

Character Introduction

Anselon, real name Viktor Axelsen, born 4 January 1994 in Odense, is a Danish badminton player, another Grand Slam men’s singles player in the history of badminton who has won the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Thomas Cup, the All England Championships, and the Badminton World Federation Finals.

Axelsen came from an ordinary neighbourhood in Odense. He lived with his father after his parents divorced, and then, at the age of 17, started living alone in Copenhagen with his father as his manager in order to train and compete.

Axelsen started to learn Chinese at the age of 20 and had a room in his house dedicated to Chinese language learning. Uncomfortable with the phonetic translation of his name “Viktor”, he asked his teacher to give him the Chinese name “Axelsen”. Axelsen” is taken from the similar pronunciation of his family name “Axelsen”, while “Axelsen” means “King of Victory”. and “Sairoong” means “the one who overcomes the king”.

In 2010, Axelsen won the World Junior Badminton Championships.

In 2012, Axelsen finished second in the French Open and won the bronze medal in the European Badminton Championships.

In 2013, Axelsen won three consecutive titles at the Badminton International Germany, Badminton Superseries Copenhagen and Badminton International Denmark.

In March 2014, Axelsen won the men’s singles final of the Swiss Open Badminton Championships with a 21-7, 16-21, 25-23 victory over Tian Houwei.

In December 2015, at the Badminton World Tour Finals men’s singles final, Axelsen lost to Kento Momota 15-21, 12-21 to finish second.

In February 2016, Axelsen won the men’s final at the Badminton Team Europe Championships with Denmark. In May of the same year, Axelsen played in the Men’s Singles event at the Thomas Cup Men’s Team Final and defeated Tommy Sugiarto 21-17, 21-18, thus helping Denmark beat Indonesia 3-2 to lift the trophy for the first time.

In August 2016, Axelsen finished third in the men’s singles badminton bronze medal match at the Rio Olympics with a 15-21, 21-10, 21-17 victory over Lin Dan.

In December 2016, in the men’s singles final of the Badminton World Tour Finals, Axelsen won the men’s singles title of the Finals for the first time by defeating Tian Houwei 21-14, 6-21, 21-17, the first time a European player had won the men’s singles title of the event.

In August 2017, Axelsen defeated Lin Dan 22-20, 21-16 in the men’s singles final of the World Badminton Championships to win the men’s singles title at the World Championships for the first time.

In March 2020, in the men’s singles final of the All England Open Badminton Championships, Axelsen defeated Zhou Tiancheng 21-13, 21-14 to win the event for the first time. Axelsen also became the second Dane to win the All England Men’s Singles after Pete Gade in 1999.

In August 2021, Axelsen defeated Chen Long 21-15, 21-12 in the men’s singles final at the Tokyo Olympics to win his first Olympic title. Axelsen also became the second European to win the Olympic badminton men’s singles event after compatriot Pol-Erik Hjelle Larsen at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Axelsen won the men’s singles title at the 2022 All England Open Badminton Championships, defeating Lakshya Sen 21-10, 21-15.

On 3 July 2022, Axelsen defeated Kento Momota 21-4, 21-7 in the men’s singles final of the Malaysia Open Badminton Championships to win the title. Meanwhile, it was Axelsen’s 31st consecutive win, tying the record of 31 consecutive wins set by Lin Dan in 2006.

On 28 August 2022, at the Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, Axelsen won the title with a 21-5, 21-16 victory over player Kunravut from Thailand.This was Axelsen’s second World Championships title after the 2017 World Championships, and his sixth men’s singles title of the season after the All England Open, European Championships, Indonesian Masters, Indonesia Open, and the Malaysian Open, completing the the feat of 37 consecutive victories.

In May 2024, Axelsen defeated Lee Tsz Ka 2-1 in the men’s singles final of the Malaysian Badminton Masters to claim his first title of the 2024 season and break a title drought of nearly six months.

World Ranking – Men’s Singles 2, Week 28, 2024

Olympic Points – Men’s Singles 1, 98715 points

Finals Ranking – Men’s Singles 6, 36220 points