Sara Thygesen

For the Danish football player, see Sarah Thygesen.

Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined the Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in the mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr.^[1]

Sara Thygesen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 34) Fredericia, Denmark
Residence	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2008–present
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	14 (WD with Maiken Fruergaard 15 January 2019) 15 (XD with Mathias Christiansen 12 October 2017)
Current ranking	34 (WD with Maiken Fruergaard 25 March 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark European Games 2015 Baku Mixed doubles European Championships 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles 2018 Huelva Women's doubles 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles 2022 Madrid Women's doubles 2025 Horsens Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2014 Basel Women's team 2016 Kazan Women's team 2018 Kazan Women's team 2020 Liévin Women's team 2024 Łódź Women's team European Junior Championships 2009 Milan Mixed team 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Thygesen competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Maiken Fruergaard. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings.^[2]

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Niclas Nøhr	Gaëtan Mittelheisser Audrey Fontaine	21–16, 21–16	Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Maiken Fruergaard	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	17–21, 17–21	Bronze
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Maiken Fruergaard	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	10–21, 18–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Maiken Fruergaard	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	16–21, 10–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Maiken Fruergaard	Linda Efler Isabel Lohau	22–20, 15–21, 20–22	Bronze
2025	Forum, Horsens, Denmark	Debora Jille	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 10–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Niclas Nøhr	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–19, 13–21, 17–21	Silver

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy	Morten Bodskov	Jonas Geigenberger Fabienne Deprez	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] 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.^[4]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Maiken Fruergaard	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–18, 11–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	U.S. Open	Super 300	Maiken Fruergaard	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	German Open	Super 300	Niclas Nøhr	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Niclas Nøhr	Peter Käsbauer Olga Konon	21–19, 21–9	Winner
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Niclas Nøhr	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	21–19, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Scottish Open	Niclas Nøhr	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Dutch Open	Mathias Christiansen	Søren Gravholt Maiken Fruergaard	21–18, 20–22, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Spanish International	Maiken Fruergaard	Heather Olver Kate Robertshaw	21–18, 13–21, 20–22	RUnner-up
2014	Dutch International	Maiken Fruergaard	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	16–21, 12–21	RUnner-up
2015	Belgian International	Maiken Fruergaard	Joyce Choong Wai Chi Yap Cheng Wen	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2016	Swedish Masters	Maiken Fruergaard	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2023	Irish Open	Maiken Fruergaard	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–19, 17–21, 24–22	Winner
2024	Scottish Open	Debora Jille	Chloe Birch Estelle van Leeuwen	21–14, 10–21, 21–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Turkey International	Tore Vilhelmsen	Viki Indra Okvana Gustiani Megawati	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Croatian International	Frederik Colberg	Niclas Nøhr Rikke Søby Hansen	21–12, 12–21, 9–21	RUnner-up
2014	Orléans International	Niclas Nøhr	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	13–21, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Croatian International	Niclas Nøhr	Mads Pedersen Mai Surrow	21–15, 13–21, 21–18	Winner
2014	Dutch International	Niclas Nøhr	Robin Tabeling Myke Halkema	21–10, 21–5	Winner
2014	Irish Open	Niclas Nøhr	Peter Käsbauer Isabel Herttrich	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2015	Italian International	Niclas Nøhr	Matthew Nottingham Emily Westwood	21–10, 17–21, 21–19	Winner
2016	Finnish International	Niclas Nøhr	Mathias Christiansen Lena Grebak	21–18, 21–23, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Irish Open	Mathias Christiansen	Robin Tabeling Cheryl Seinen	21–16, 21–16	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament