(1992-03-06) 6 March 1992 (age 32) Herning, Denmark
Residence
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness
Left[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking
3 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 31 October 2023) 32 (XD with Line Kjærsfeldt 13 April 2017)
Current ranking
5 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 7 May 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Denmark
World Championships
2023 Copenhagen
Men's doubles
2021 Huelva
Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
2016 Kunshan
Men's team
2018 Bangkok
Men's team
2020 Aarhus
Men's team
2022 Bangkok
Men's team
European Games
2023 Kraków–Małopolska
Men's doubles
2019 Minsk
Men's doubles
European Championships
2018 Huelva
Men's doubles
2024 Saarbrücken
Men's doubles
2016 La Roche-sur-Yon
Men's doubles
2017 Kolding
Men's doubles
2021 Kyiv
Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
2015 Leuven
Mixed team
2019 Copenhagen
Mixed team
2021 Vantaa
Mixed team
2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys
Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
2014 Basel
Men's team
2016 Kazan
Men's team
2018 Kazan
Men's team
2020 Liévin
Men's team
2024 Łódź
Men's team
World Junior Championships
2010 Guadalajara
Boys' doubles
European Junior Championships
2011 Vantaa
Mixed doubles
2011 Vantaa
Boys' doubles
2011 Vantaa
Mixed team
BWF profile
Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player.[2] He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the 2018 European Championships and the 2023 European Games with his partner Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.[3][4] He also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2021 and later a silver medal in 2023. Astrup joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[5] Together with Rasmussen, he reached a career high of World number 5 in September 2018.[6]
As junior player, Astrup won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' doubles and team events at the 2011 European Junior Championships.[7]
^Sørensen, Ida Marie (7 October 2020). "Kim Astrup: – Jeg har været som en løve i et bur" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^"Players: Kim Astrup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^"Dansk herredouble henter guld ved European Games" (in Danish). Herning Folkeblad. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^"Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^Hidayati, Any (27 September 2018). "Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen jadi ganda putra nomor 1 Denmark usai juara China Open 2018" (in Indonesian). Bola. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^"European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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