Tom Bacher


Tom Bacher was a former Danish badminton player. He was a Danish international from the mid 1960s until the mid 1970s.
His greatest achievement was winning the 1970 All England Badminton Championships doubles title with Poul Petersen.

Leaderships roles and death

Although he is successful as players, he is more well-known for his managerial and leadership roles after he retired when he won Scottish Open in 1974 with Punch Gunalan. Tom was appointed as International Badminton Federation executive board members, deputy seat of IBF councils and became the IBF vice presidents from 1987 until 2003. Tom received the Herbert Scheele Trophy for extensive contribution to the badminton world and received an honorary vice presidents role in 2009. Besides his contribution for IBF, Tom also a former Badminton Europe presidents from 2004 until 2010. Tom died on 4 October 2017 due to unsuccessful emergency heart surgery.

Achievements

International tournaments (10 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1963Norwegian Internationalgold1