Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen is a Danish badminton player. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the [Badminton at the 2023 BWF World Championships|2023 European Games|2023 European Games] partnered with Kim Astrup. He also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2021 and later a silver medal in 2023. Together with Astrup, he reached a career high of World number 1 in the men's doubles in December 2024.
Rasmussen joined the Denmark winning team at the European mixed team championships in 2015, 2019 and 2021; European men's team championships in 2014, 2016 and 2020; and the grade 1 badminton tournament World men's team championships, the Thomas Cup in 2016.
Career
In 2018, Rasmussen emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the European Championships. In the final, Rasmussen and Kim Astrup received an easy win to their compatriot Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding, after Kolding had to withdraw due to abdominal injury before going into the second game. In September, Rasmussen and Astrup claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title in the China Open after beating host pair Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong in the final. Their victory at that tournament, led them up to 5th place in the BWF ranking.Rasmussen made his debut at the European Games in 2019, where he won the silver medal with and his partner, Astrup.
At the 2021 World Championships, Rasmussen and Astrup won the bronze medal. The duo were defeated in the semi-finals by the Chinese pair He Jiting and Tan Qiang.
Rasmussen competed for Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics in men's doubles, partnering Kim Astrup. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.
In 2023, Rasmussen managed to win the gold medal in his second appearance at the European Games with his partner Astrup. As the top seed, they beat the second seeded pair from Great Britain Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in a tight match. At the BWF World Championships, he and his partner then upgraded the bronze to silver that they won in 2021, after battling the final match in Royal Arena against the rising Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae which ended in defeat in a close rubber game.
Rasmussen and Astrup also competed for Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth in the men's doubles event.
Achievements
World Championships
Men's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain |  European GamesMen's doubles
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