Sara Thygesen


Sara Thygesen is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined the Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in the mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr.
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Career

Thygesen competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Maiken Fruergaard. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings. Thygesen and Fruergaard also at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Baku Sports Hall,
Baku, Azerbaijan

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton,
Milan, Italy

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-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.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Indonesia MastersSuper 500

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and played between 2007 and 2017.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Scottish Open

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Spanish International