Jesper Toft

Jesper Toft (born 7 February 1999) is a Danish badminton player.^[1] He won a gold medal at the 2025 European Championships in the mixed doubles and the silver medal in the men's doubles in 2024.

Jesper Toft
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 26) Dall Villaby, North Jutland Region, Denmark
Residence	Viby J, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	20 (MD with Andreas Søndergaard, 10 December 2024) 7 (XD with Amalie Magelund, 15 April 2025)
Current ranking	35 (MD with Andreas Søndergaard) 8 (XD with Amalie Magelund) (24 June 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Denmark European Championships 2025 Horsens Mixed doubles 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2025 Baku Mixed team European Junior Championships 2017 Mulhouse Boys' doubles 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Born in Dall Villaby, a small town in the Aalborg Municipality, Toft started playing badminton at the age of four where his mother took him to the Svenstrup Badminton Club. He won the bronze medal in 2017 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles with Daniel Lundgaard and won another bronze in the team event as well.^[2] In 2024, Toft won the silver medal at the European Championships with his partner Andreas Søndergaard, marking the first big achievement of his career.^[3] He then partnered with Amalie Magelund in June and only a month later reached his first super 500 level final at the Canada Open, where they defeated their teammates Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Bøje.^[4] They then emerged victorious at the Hylo Open, their first Super 300 title.^[5]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Andreas Søndergaard	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	16–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Forum, Horsens, Denmark	Amalie Magelund	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	21–18, 21–19	Gold

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France	Daniel Lundgaard	Thom Gicquel Toma Junior Popov	14–21, 18–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). 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.^[7]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	U.S. Open	Super 300	Amalie Magelund	Pakkapon Teeraratsakul Phataimas Muenwong	21–15, 19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024	Canada Open	Super 500	Amalie Magelund	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	9–21, 24–22, 21–12	Winner
2024	Hylo Open	Super 300	Amalie Magelund	Alexander Dunn Julie MacPherson	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2025	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Amalie Magelund	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	21–17, 21–13	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 7 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Luxembourg Open	Andreas Søndergaard	Putra Erwiansyah Patra Harapan Rindorindo	21–15, 23–21	Winner
2022	Welsh International	Andreas Søndergaard	Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Belgian International	Andreas Søndergaard	Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard	21–13, 26–24	Winner
2023	Scottish Open	Andreas Søndergaard	Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard	15–21, 21–11, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Irish Open	Andreas Søndergaard	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	20–22, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	Nantes International	Andreas Søndergaard	Rory Easton Alex Green	21–18, 15–21, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Belgian International	Clara Graversen	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2021	Italian International	Clara Graversen	Rory Easton Annie Lado	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2022	Dutch International	Clara Graversen	Lee Chun Hei Ng Tsz Yau	9–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Welsh International	Clara Graversen	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau	21–18, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2023	Polish Open	Clara Graversen	Mads Vestergaard Christine Busch	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Slovenia Open	Clara Graversen	Rohan Kapoor N. Sikki Reddy	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2023	Scottish Open	Clara Graversen	Mads Vestergaard Christine Busch	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2024	Denmark Challenge	Clara Graversen	Marcus Rindshøj Malena Norrman	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2024	Nantes International	Amalie Magelund	Callum Hemming Estelle van Leeuwen	21–11, 21–13	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Danish Junior Cup	Rasmus Kjær	Toma Junior Popov Karl Thor Søndergaard	21–14, 17–21, 21–17	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament