Steen Fladberg


Steen Fladberg Nielsen is a Danish badminton player, noted for his speed of foot, who excelled during the 1980s. Though a strong international level singles player, his biggest achievements came in doubles. He is now works as a director of Sport One Denmark.

Career

Fladberg won the gold medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Jesper Helledie, defeating Mike Tredgett and Martin Dew 15–10, 15–10 in the final. He was a silver medalist at the same tournament in mixed doubles with Pia Nielsen.
He also won at the 1986 European Championships in the men's doubles with Helledie, and in 1988 in the mixed doubles with England's Gillian Clark.

Personal information

Fladberg married the former Danish badminton player Kirsten Larsen. Their son Rasmus Fladberg is also a professional badminton player.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

World Cup

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

World Senior Championships

Men's doubles doubles
YearVenueEventPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2003Winter Sports Palace,
Sofia, Bulgaria
Men's doubles 45+

European Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1986Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1987Malaysia Opensilver2

IBF International

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1976Swiss Opengold1