Mathias Boe
Mathias Boe is a Danish former badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Boe was a part of the 2016 Thomas Cup winning team.
Personal life
Boe was in an eleven year relationship with Indian actress Taapsee Pannu and was engaged to her for nine years before getting married. Following a court marriage in December 2023, Boe married Pannu on 23 March 2024 in a traditional wedding ceremony in Udaipur.Career
He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in men's doubles with Carsten Mogensen.In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the Denmark and French Opens and also the Superseries Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All England Open.
With Mogensen, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2012 Olympics. He took the silver medal with Mogensen in the 2013 World Championships while losing to Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the final.
Boe announced in February 2020, that the Thomas Cup or Olympic Games would be his last tournament, but in April 2020, he decided to retire as professional badminton player at the age of 39. He revealed that, mentally, he is lately simply too exhausted both in training and competition.
He was the men's doubles coach for the India national [badminton team]. Post the defeat of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the Quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024, he announced his retirement from all roles related to Badminton.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Men's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain |  World ChampionshipsMen's doubles
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