Elo Hansen


Elo Hansen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who won international titles in all three events from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s.

Career

Hansen won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Per Walsøe and the silver medal in singles in the same tournament. He was a singles silver medalist again at the European Championships in 1976. A highly impressive shotmaker, Hansen played in four consecutive Thomas Cup campaigns for Denmark,, but never overtook his contemporary, Svend Pri, as Denmark's leading player of that era. Hansen's international singles titles included the French Open, the Dutch Open, the Swedish Open, the Norwegian International, and the Portugal International. His finest moment in badminton probably came in Denmark's narrow 1970 Thomas Cup semi-final loss to defending champion Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur when he defeated both Tan Aik Huang and Punch Gunalan in straight games.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1968Ruhrlandhalle, Bochum, West Germany

International tournaments (22 titles, 13 runners-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1969French Opengold1