Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is a retired Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player who won major international singles titles in the 1990s, and ranks among Denmark's badminton greats.

Badminton career

Høyer Larsen competed in two Summer Olympics

Badminton at the Summer Olympics

Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 5 Olympiads. 50 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 19 appearing all 5 times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation.-History:...

. In Barcelona 1992

Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la...

 he was defeated in quarterfinals by Ardy Wiranata

Ardy Wiranata

Ardy Bernardus Wiranata was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world during most of the 1990s...

. In Atlanta 1996

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...

 he won the gold medal in the men's singles after beating Dong Jiong

Dong Jiong

Dong Jiong is a Chinese badminton player who ranked among the world's men's singles elite in the mid and late 1990s.-Career:In a relatively short career at the top level, Dong won some of badminton's biggest events, including the prestigious All-England and Denmark Open titles in 1997...

 in the final.

He also won two All-England Open Badminton Championships in 1995 and 1996, and the European Badminton Championships

European Badminton Championships

The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe . The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe....

 in 1992

1992 European Badminton Championships

The 13th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 12 and 18 April 1992, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the BadmintonScotland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...

, 1994

1994 European Badminton Championships

The 14th European Badminton Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands, between 10 and 17 April 1994, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...

 and 1996

1996 European Badminton Championships

The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...

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On February 2007 he was nominated Vice-President of the Danmarks Badminton Forbund

Danmarks Badminton Forbund

Danmarks Badminton Forbund or DBF is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in Denmark. The organization represents 560 clubs and 118,000 players. The highest authority in DBF is the assembly where each member club is represented. The board of directors' duty is to ensure the...

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Medals achieved

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
Summer Olympics Badminton at the Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 5 Olympiads. 50 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 19 appearing all 5 times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation.-History:...
1	Singles	1996 Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...	Atlanta, USA
Thomas Cup Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...
2	Team	1996 1996 Thomas & Uber Cup The 1996 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 19th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 16th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.-Teams:...	Hong Kong
European Championships European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe . The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe....
1	Singles	1992 1992 European Badminton Championships The 13th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 12 and 18 April 1992, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the BadmintonScotland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Glasgow, SCO
		1994 1994 European Badminton Championships The 14th European Badminton Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands, between 10 and 17 April 1994, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Den Bosch, NED
		1996 1996 European Badminton Championships The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Herning, DEN
2	Singles	2000 2000 European Badminton Championships The 17th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 25 and 29 April 2000, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Scottish Badminton Union.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Glasgow, SCO
3	Singles	1990 1990 European Badminton Championships The 12th European Badminton Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union, between 8 and 14 April 1990, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Sovietic Badminton Federation.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Moscow, USSR
		1998 1998 European Badminton Championships The 16th European Badminton Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 18 and 25 April 1998, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Bulgarian Badminton Federation.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Sources:*...	Sofia, BUL

Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1996 Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...	Summer Olympics Badminton at the Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 5 Olympiads. 50 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 19 appearing all 5 times. It is governed by the Badminton World Federation.-History:...	Dong Jiong Dong Jiong Dong Jiong is a Chinese badminton player who ranked among the world's men's singles elite in the mid and late 1990s.-Career:In a relatively short career at the top level, Dong won some of badminton's biggest events, including the prestigious All-England and Denmark Open titles in 1997...	15-12, 15-12

Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1992 1992 European Badminton Championships The 13th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 12 and 18 April 1992, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the BadmintonScotland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	European Championships European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe . The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe....	Thomas Stuer Lauridsen
1994 1994 European Badminton Championships The 14th European Badminton Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands, between 10 and 17 April 1994, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	European Championships	Tomas Johansson
1996 1996 European Badminton Championships The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	European Championships	Peter Rasmussen

Runner-ups

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2000 2000 European Badminton Championships The 17th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 25 and 29 April 2000, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Scottish Badminton Union.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	European Championships European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe . The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe....	Peter Gade Peter Gade Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen...

Wins

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1985	Czechoslovakian Open Czechoslovakian Open (badminton) The Czechoslovakian International in badminton was an international open held in Czechoslovakia since 1972 until 1992. The tournament succeeded by Czech Open. Czechoslovak National Badminton Championships were already established in 1961.-Winners:...
1987	Dutch Open Dutch Open (badminton) The Dutch Open is an annual badminton tournament held in the Netherlands since 1932 and currently organized by Nederlandse Badminton Bond . It is a part of the European Badminton Circuit.-Past winners:-External links:**...
1988	Denmark Open
1988	Belgian International Belgian International (badminton) The Belgian International in badminton is an international open held in Belgium since 1958, but it has been held in irregular periods.Starting 2005 Yonex became title sponsor of the event...
1990	Denmark Open	Morten Frost Morten Frost Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen, aka "Mr Badminton", is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark...	4-15, 15-10, 17-14
1990	Nordic Championships Nordic Championships (badminton) The Nordic Championships in badminton was an international open held in the Scandinavian states from 1962 until 1999.Between 1962 and 1988 it was held annually. Afterwards it took place biennually, which increased to 3 years once with the change from the even years up to 1992 into odd years...
1991	German Open German Open (badminton) The German Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Germany since 1955 and organized by German Badminton Association or Deustcher Badminton Verband ....	Hermawan Susanto Hermawan Susanto Hermawan Susanto is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level during the 1990s. Susanto was one of an impressive cadre of Indonesians who won numerous international tournaments and captured successive Thomas Cup titles during the era...	15-8, 15-8
1991	Dutch Open
1992	Swedish Open Swedish Open (badminton) The Swedish Open was an open badminton tournament that was annually held from 1956 to 1999 after which the organizer, Svenska Badmintonförbundet, could no longer find a suitable sponsor. To some extent it has been replaced by the Swedish International Stockholm tournament.-Winners:...
1993	Denmark Open	Jens Olsson Jens Olsson Jens Olsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:...
1993	Dutch Open
1994	German Open	Jens Olsson Jens Olsson Jens Olsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-External links:...	15-8, 15-8
1994	Denmark Open	Alan Budi Kusuma
1994	Dutch Open
1995	Denmark Open	Hendrawan Hendrawan Hendrawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players...	17-18, 17-14, 17-16
1995 1995 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1995 All England Open was the 85th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 14 to March 18, 1995, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:...	All England Open All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...	Hariyanto Arbi Hariyanto Arbi Hariyanto Arbi is a former male badminton player from Indonesia who rated among the world's top few singles players in the 1990s.-Career:...	17–16, 15–6
1996 1996 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1996 All England Open was the 86th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 11 to March 16, 1996, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:...	All England Open	Rashid Sidek Rashid Sidek Rashid Sidek was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the six Sidek brothers. He and his siblings were all actively involved in the international badminton scene...	15–7, 15–6
1996	Copenhagen Masters Copenhagen Masters The Copenhagen Masters is a high-ranking tournament in badminton. It is an invitation tournament held annually since 1993 in the week between Christmas and New Year in Copenhagen. The Danish top players meet thereby the remaining world point leaders. The venue was in the first eleven years the...
1997	Russian Open Russian Open (badminton) The Russian Open in badminton is an international open held in Russia since 1993. This tournament is the continuation of the USSR International.In 2007 it became a BWF Grand Prix Gold.-Previous winners:...
1999	Denmark Open	Wong Choong Hann Wong Choong Hann Wong Choong Hann is a professional Malaysian badminton player.He currently resides in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.-Career:Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open.The first tournament he won was the 1997 Dutch Open...	17-15, 15-4

Runner-ups

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1991	Denmark Open	Hermawan Susanto Hermawan Susanto Hermawan Susanto is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level during the 1990s. Susanto was one of an impressive cadre of Indonesians who won numerous international tournaments and captured successive Thomas Cup titles during the era...	8-15, 15-2, 15-8
1992	Denmark Open	Darren Hall Darren Hall (badminton) Darren Hall is a retired badminton player from Great Britain who is generally rated as one of the very best, if not the best, men's singles players that Britain has produced.-Career:...	15-11, 18-13
1995	German Open German Open (badminton) The German Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Germany since 1955 and organized by German Badminton Association or Deustcher Badminton Verband ....	Joko Suprianto Joko Suprianto Joko Suprianto is a former badminton player from Indonesia who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid 1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, winning many of the world's major events.Suprianto became world champion...
1997	German Open	Peter Gade Peter Gade Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen...	12-15, 15-12, 15-12

Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1989	Danish National Championships Danish National Badminton Championships The Danish National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Denmark since the season 1930/1931.-21st century:Below is the list of the past winners in this 21st century.-References:*...
1995	Danish National Championships
1996	Danish National Championships
1998	Danish National Championships

External links

• BWP Profile
• Poul-Erik Høyer's Profile - Badminton.dk