Rasmus Kjær Pedersen (born 4 October 1998) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2024 European Championships.[2] Kjær was part of Danish winning team in the 2023 European Mixed Team Championships and 2024 European Men's Team Championships.

Rasmus Kjær
Personal information
Birth nameRasmus Kjær Pedersen
CountryDenmark
Born (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)
Glostrup, Denmark
ResidenceTaastrup, Denmark
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking13 (with Frederik Søgaard, 27 August 2024)
Current ranking14 (with Frederik Søgaard, 17 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Men's team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

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European Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
  Frederik Søgaard   Andreas Søndergaard
  Jesper Toft
15–21, 16–21   Bronze [2]

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Canada Open Super 500   Frederik Søgaard   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
25–23, 16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2024 Hylo Open Super 300   Frederik Søgaard   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
21–18, 15–21, 18–21   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Finnish International   Jeppe Bay   Łukasz Moreń
  Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
11–8, 11–2, 11–4   Winner
2017 Slovenian International   Jeppe Bay   Matijs Dierickx
  Freek Golinski
13–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2017 Bulgarian Open   Jeppe Bay   Mathias Thyrri
  Søren Toft Hansen
16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2018 Slovenian International   Jeppe Bay   Mads Emil Christensen
  Kristoffer Knudsen
21–14, 21–19   Winner
2019 Austrian Open   Joel Eipe   Guo Xinwa
  Liu Shiwen
15–21, 22–20, 16–21   Runner-up
2019 Spanish International   Joel Eipe   Mathias Boe
  Mads Conrad-Petersen
11–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2022 Polish Open   Frederik Søgaard   Su Ching-heng
  Ye Hong-wei
21–16, 17–21, 21–19   Winner
2022 Dutch International   Frederik Søgaard   Alex Green
  Jonty Russ
21–9, 21–19   Winner
2022 Irish Open   Frederik Søgaard   Ayato Endo
  Yuta Takei
18–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2022 Welsh International   Frederik Søgaard   Andreas Søndergaard
  Jesper Toft
21–19, 21–18   Winner
2022 Canadian International   Frederik Søgaard   Mahiro Kaneko
  Hashiru Shimono
21–17, 21–17   Winner
2023 Denmark Masters   Frederik Søgaard   Lu Ming-che
  Tang Kai-wei
21–5, 21–16   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Rasmus Kjær biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Petersen, Jacob Qvirin (14 April 2024). "Astrup og Skaarup vinder EM-guld" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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