(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30) Odense, Denmark
Residence
Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1]
Height
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Years active
2010–present
Handedness
Right
Men's singles
Career record
527 wins, 150 losses
Highest ranking
1 (28 September 2017)
Current ranking
1 (23 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Denmark
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Men's singles
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Men's singles
World Championships
2017 Glasgow
Men's singles
2022 Tokyo
Men's singles
2014 Copenhagen
Men's singles
Sudirman Cup
2013 Kuala Lumpur
Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2016 Kunshan
Men's team
2012 Wuhan
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 singles
European Championships
2016 La Roche-sur-Yon
Men's singles
2018 Huelva
Men's singles
2022 Madrid
Men's singles
2021 Kyiv
Men's singles
2012 Karlskrona
Men's singles
2014 Kazan
Men's singles
2017 Kolding
Men's singles
2024 Saarbrücken
Men's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
2015 Leuven
Mixed team
2017 Lubin
Mixed team
2019 Copenhagen
Mixed team
2021 Vantaa
Mixed team
2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys
Mixed team
2013 Moscow
Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
2012 Amsterdam
Men's team
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' singles
2011 Taipei
Boys' singles
European Junior Championships
2011 Vantaa
Boys' singles
2011 Vantaa
Mixed team
BWF profile
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player who is the current number one ranked men's singles player in the world.[2] He is a two-time World Championship gold medalist, defeating Lin Dan in 2017 final and Kunlavut Vitidsarn in 2022 final. He is also the reigning Olympic Champion, having won at the 2020 event.[3]
He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating South Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the first ever European singles player to hold the title.[4] Axelsen is a three-time European champion, having won the title in 2016, 2018 and 2022.[5]
^"Tokyo 2020 Olympic badminton champion Axelsen celebrates in Dubai". Gulf News. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^"Viktor Axelsen | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^"Badminton World Championships: Viktor Axelsen beats Lin Dan to win singles gold". BBC. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^Sachetat, Raphaël (25 April 2010). "World Juniors – Axelsen creates history". Badzine. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^Leer Scharnberg, Martin (30 April 2022). "Axelsen vinder EM i rendyrket dansk finale" [Axelsen wins the EC in a purely Danish final] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
ViktorAxelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player who is the current number one ranked men's singles player in the world. He is a two-time...
300 tournament. In March 2019, he won the All England Open beating ViktorAxelsen from Denmark in the finals in 3 sets with a score of 21–11, 15–21, 21–15...
overcome ViktorAxelsen, thus failing to defend his title from 2016. Fans expressed disappointment towards Chen Long for losing to Axelsen, despite defeating...
the then-Olympic champion Chen Long. In the semi-finals, he lost to ViktorAxelsen. The match lasted for 73 minutes. Further, Lee's performance at the...
3–11 in the deciding game of the final against Denmark's young star ViktorAxelsen. In March, Lin defeated Taiwan's Chou Tien-Chen in three hard games...
the year-end World Superseries Finals, he lost in the semi-finals to ViktorAxelsen of Denmark. 2018 was probably Shi's best season to date. He began by...
Antonsen won the end of the season 2020 BWF World Tour Finals beating ViktorAxelsen in the finals. In 2021, Antonsen participated at the European Mixed...
civil servant, and politician Ole Christian Axelsen (1849–1917), Norwegian businessman ViktorAxelsen (born 1994), Danish badminton player Axelson Axelsson...
She is in a relationship with ViktorAxelsen. Natalia Koch Rohde gave birth to a first baby girl named Vega Rohde Axelsen on 15 October 2020. On 7 October...
Indonesian team to score a point when defeating 2017 world champion ViktorAxelsen with a score of 13–21, 21–17, 21–14. Indonesia managed to beat Denmark...
Bangkok Post. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Palar, Sanjeev. "ViktorAxelsen starts new season with Swiss Open triumph". International Olympic Committee...
Tournaments. Though the highest points ever achieved are 122,606 by ViktorAxelsen as ranking points were frozen from 2020–2022.[citation needed] Points...
in Dubai arranged by Denmark's Olympic badminton champion ViktorAxelsen, joining Axelsen and fellow players Toby Penty from England, Brian Yang from...
Super 1000 Tournament before losing to the champion and world no.1 ViktorAxelsen 17–21 and 18–21. He lost to Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–15,7–21 and...
Chen Yu 7–0 Du Pengyu 5–1 Ji Xinpeng 0-2 Lin Dan 4–13 Xia Xuanze 2–2 ViktorAxelsen 0–1 Peter Gade 10–8 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 1–1 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 2–2...
which is equivalent to a Super 500 event. * Host nation (Germany) ViktorAxelsen (semi-finals) Anders Antonsen (champion) Christo Popov (second round)...
Finals: Antonsen ends Axelsen winning streak". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "Badminton: South Korea's An and Great Dane Axelsen win at season finale...
defeating ViktorAxelsen 21–15, 12–21, 21–14. During the same year, he also won the India Open Super Series title by defeating ViktorAxelsen in the final...
Open ViktorAxelsen 14–21, 21–19, 14–21 Runner-up 2017 Hong Kong Open Chen Long 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2017 Dubai World Superseries Finals ViktorAxelsen 21–19...
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