Jesper Toft


Jesper Toft is a Danish badminton player. He won a gold medal at the 2025 European Championships in the mixed doubles and the silver medal in the men's doubles in 2024.

Career

Born in Dall Villaby, a small town in the Aalborg Municipality, Toft started playing badminton at the age of four where his mother took him to the Svenstrup Badminton Club. He won the bronze medal in 2017 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles with Daniel Lundgaard and won another bronze in the team event as well.
In 2024, Toft won the silver medal at the European Championships with his partner Andreas Søndergaard, marking the first big achievement of his career. He then partnered with Amalie Magelund in June and only a month later reached his first super 500 level final at the Canada Open, where they defeated their teammates Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Bøje. They then emerged victorious at the Hylo Open, their first Super 300 title.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2024Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. 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.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2024U.S. OpenSuper 300

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 7 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Luxembourg Open

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Boys' doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Danish Junior Cup