Knud Aage Nielsen


Knud Aage Nielsen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.

Career

With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final. He played Thomas Cup singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64
campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia.
He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion.
Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton.

Achievements

International tournaments (11 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1958Norwegian Internationalgold1