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Sara Thygesen

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Sara Thygesen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 33)
Fredericia, Denmark
ResidenceFrederiksberg, Denmark
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active2008–present
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking14 (WD with Maiken Fruergaard 15 January 2019)
15 (XD with Mathias Christiansen 12 October 2017)
Current ranking25 (WD with Maiken Fruergaard 16 July 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Mixed doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Huelva Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madrid Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined the Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in the mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr.[1]

Career

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Thygesen competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Maiken Fruergaard. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings.[2]

Achievements

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European Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall,
Baku, Azerbaijan 		Denmark Niclas Nøhr France Gaëtan Mittelheisser
France Audrey Fontaine 		21–16, 21–16 Gold Gold

European Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France 		Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Netherlands Eefje Muskens
Netherlands Selena Piek 		17–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		10–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine 		Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		16–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Germany Linda Efler
Germany Isabel Lohau 		22–20, 15–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France 		Denmark Niclas Nøhr Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen 		21–19, 13–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

European Junior Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton,
Milan, Italy 		Denmark Morten Bodskov Germany Jonas Geigenberger
Germany Fabienne Deprez 		19–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 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 Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Indonesia Greysia Polii
Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu 		21–18, 11–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 U.S. Open Super 300 Denmark Maiken Fruergaard China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 German Open Super 300 Denmark Niclas Nøhr Malaysia Goh Soon Huat
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai 		14–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Orléans Masters Super 100 Denmark Niclas Nøhr Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Olga Konon 		21–19, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Denmark Niclas Nøhr England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Scottish Open Denmark Niclas Nøhr Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier 		18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Dutch Open Denmark Mathias Christiansen Denmark Søren Gravholt
Denmark Maiken Fruergaard 		21–18, 20–22, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Spanish International Denmark Maiken Fruergaard England Heather Olver
England Kate Robertshaw 		21–18, 13–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) RUnner-up
2014 Dutch International Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Netherlands Samantha Barning
Netherlands Iris Tabeling 		16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) RUnner-up
2015 Belgian International Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Malaysia Joyce Choong Wai Chi
Malaysia Yap Cheng Wen 		21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Swedish Masters Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Netherlands Samantha Barning
Netherlands Iris Tabeling 		21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Irish Open Denmark Maiken Fruergaard Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		21–19, 17–21, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Turkey International Denmark Tore Vilhelmsen Indonesia Viki Indra Okvana
Indonesia Gustiani Megawati 		11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Croatian International Denmark Frederik Colberg Denmark Niclas Nøhr
Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen 		21–12, 12–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) RUnner-up
2014 Orléans International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier 		13–21, 21–19, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Croatian International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Denmark Mads Pedersen
Denmark Mai Surrow 		21–15, 13–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Dutch International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Myke Halkema 		21–10, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Irish Open Denmark Niclas Nøhr Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Isabel Herttrich 		21–10, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Italian International Denmark Niclas Nøhr England Matthew Nottingham
England Emily Westwood 		21–10, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Finnish International Denmark Niclas Nøhr Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Lena Grebak 		21–18, 21–23, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Irish Open Denmark Mathias Christiansen Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Cheryl Seinen 		21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Sara Thygesen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Thygesen Sara". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  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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