Inge Birgit Hansen

Inge Birgit Anker Hansen is a former Danish badminton player. With her mixed doubles partners Finn Kobberø and Poul-Erik Nielsen she won the National title in 1954, 1959 & 1961. In addition Inge won the women's doubles in 1956 & 1960 with Aase Winther.^[1] Her greatest success came during the 1959 All England Badminton Championships when she won the mixed doubles with Nielsen.^[2][3]

Inge Birgit Hansen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	1927
Died	20 November 2009(2009-11-20) (aged 81–82)

Achievements

International tournaments

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1949	Denmark Open	Aase Svendsen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	8–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1960	All England	Kirsten Thorndahl	Judy Devlin Susan Devlin	3–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1954	All England	Finn Kobberø	John Best Iris Cooley	12–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1956	Denmark Open	Finn Kobberø	Jørn Skaarup Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15–9, 7–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1959	All England	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Kirsten Granlund	14–17, 15–7, 15–3	Winner
1960	All England	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Finn Kobberø Kirsten Granlund	7–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1962	All England	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Finn Kobberø Ulla Rasmussen	1–15, 11–15	Runner-up