Knud Aage Nielsen

Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.

Knud Aage Nielsen
Imre Rietveld and Knud Aage Nielsen getting married on 17 April 1967
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Grønært (Green Pea)[1]
Country	Denmark
Born	(1937-03-01) 1 March 1937 (age 88)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Denmark Thomas Cup 1964 Tokyo Men's team

Career

With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final.^[2] He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64 campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia.^[3]

He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen three times an All England doubles champion.^[4]

Nielsen appeared in the Danish TV series Make badminton great again from 2022 about the history of Danish badminton.^[5]

Achievements

International tournaments (11 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1958	Norwegian International	Berndt Dahlberg	15–11, 12–15, 15–9	Winner
1959	Dutch Open	Ferry Sonneville	18–13, 15–9	Winner
1959	Belgian International	Ferry Sonneville	15–13, 15–2	Winner
1962	Swedish Open	Erland Kops	4–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1962	Nordic Championships	Bertil Glans	15–9, 15–0	Winner
1963	Swedish Open	Erland Kops	2–15, 15–13, 4–15	Runner-up
1963	Nordic Championships	Henning Borch	15–8, 6–15, 17–16	Winner
1964	German Open	Erland Kops	7–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1964	All England	Henning Borch	8–15, 17–15, 15–4	Winner
1964	Nordic Championships	Erland Kops	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1966	Dutch Open	Wolfgang Bochow	18–15, 15–9	Winner
1966	German Open	Erland Kops	18–17, 6–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1966	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	3–15, 9–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1959	Belgian International	Bjorn Holst-Christensen	Hugh Findlay Ronald Lockwood	13–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1959	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Berndt Dahlberg Bertil Glans	15–6, 13–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1961	Dutch Open	Ole Mertz	Wong B. K. Yeoh Kean Hua	18–15, 15–9	Winner
1962	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	14–15, 15–7, 4–15	Runner-up
1962	Nordic Championships	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Bertil Glans Göran Wahlqvist	15–3, 14–17, 16–17	Runner-up
1963	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1963	Nordic Championships	Henning Borch	Berndt Dahlberg Bertil Glans	18–13, 18–15	Winner
1965	Swedish Open	Erland Kops	Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen	15–12, 18–16	Winner
1966	Dutch Open	Elo Hansen	Punch Gunalan Oon Chong Hau	4–15, 4–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1964	German Open	Kirsten Thorndahl	Finn Kobberø Bente Flindt	9–15, 10–15	Runner-up