Kim Astrup

Kim Astrup
Kim Astrup
Personal information
Birth name	Kim Astrup Sørensen
Country	Denmark
Born	6 March 1992; Herning, Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness	Left[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	5 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 1 November 2018); 32 (XD with Line Kjærsfeldt 13 April 2017)
Current ranking	7 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 31 January 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Denmark
World Championships
Thomas Cup
European Games
European Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
European Men's Team Championships
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player.[2] As junior player, he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' doubles and team events at the 2011 European Junior Championships.[3] He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[4] Astrup emerged victorious in the men's doubles at the 2018 European Championships.[5]

Career

In 2016, Astrup joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[4]

In 2018, Astrup emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the European Championships. In the final, Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen received an easy win to their compatriot Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding, after Kolding had to withdraw due to abdominal injury before going into the second game.[5]

Astrup competed at the 2019 European Games, and won the silver medal in the men's doubles with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.[6]

Astrup competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.[7]

At the 2021 World Championships, Astrup and Rasmussen were defeated in the semi-finals by the Chinese pair He Jiting and Tan Qiang,[8] and the duo settled for the bronze medal at the Championships.[9]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	He Jiting Tan Qiang	16–21, 21–13, 15–21	Bronze

European Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	17–21, 10–21	Silver

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–14, 18–21, 13–21	Silver
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	17–21, 22–24	Bronze
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–15, retired	Gold
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–23, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Rasmus Fladberg	Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	16–21, 25–27	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland	Rasmus Fladberg	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	17–21, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland	Line Kjærsfeldt	Matthew Nottingham Helena Lewczynska	19–21, 21–14, 21–16	Gold

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] 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.[11]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	India Open	Super 500	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	21–13, 17–21, 21–14	Winner
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2021	Denmark Open	Super 1000	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	18–21, 21–13, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Bitburger Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	11–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Scottish Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Walkover	Runner-up
2014	Bitburger Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2016	Swiss Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21–8, 21–15	Winner
2017	German Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	21–19, 19–21, 21–18	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Swedish Masters	Rasmus Fladberg	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	14–21, 25–23, 21–16	Winner
2011	Croatian International	Rasmus Fladberg	Niclas Nøhr Mads Pedersen	18–21, 21–19, 21–16	Winner
2013	Portugal International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Peter Briggs Harley Towler	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2013	Denmark International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Marcus Ellis Paul van Rietvelde	23–25, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Kharkiv International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	20–22, 21–15, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Belgian International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Chris Langridge Peter Mills	28–26, 21–18	Winner
2014	Finnish Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Huang Po-jui Lu Ching-yao	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2015	Swedish Masters	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2016	Swedish Masters	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	19–21, 23–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Croatian International	Line Kjærsfeldt	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Scottish International	Line Kjærsfeldt	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska	15–21, 21–15, 21–13	Winner
2012	Denmark International	Line Kjærsfeldt	Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	Denmark International	Maria Helsbøl	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak	16–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2013	Kharkiv International	Maria Helsbøl	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	22–20, 9–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 11 December 2022.[12]

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
Players	Matches	Won	Lost	Difference
Chai Biao Hong Wei	5	0	5	–1
Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	2	1	1	0
Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	9	1	8	–7
Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi	2	0	2	–2
Liu Cheng Zhang Nan	2	0	2	–2
He Jiting Tan Qiang	4	2	2	0
Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	1	1	0	+1
Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	6	4	2	+2
Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	5	1	4	–3
Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	1	0	1	–1
Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	3	1	2	–1
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	7	5	2	+3
Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	8	1	7	–6

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
Players	Matches	Won	Lost	Difference
Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	3	2	1	+1
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	10	1	9	–8
Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	10	5	5	0
Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	5	2	3	–1
Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	2	0	2	–2
Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	10	4	6	–2
Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	2	0	2	–2
Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	3	1	2	–1
Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	5	0	5	–5
Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	10	8	2	+6
Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	7	3	4	–1
Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	5	2	3	–1
Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	1	0	1	–1

References

Sørensen, Ida Marie (7 October 2020). "Kim Astrup: – Jeg har været som en løve i et bur" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"Players: Kim Astrup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
"European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
"Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
Hearn, Don (1 July 2019). "European Games – Double doubles gold for Ellis". Badzine. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
"Astrup Kim". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
Tan, Ming Wai (19 December 2021). "Yew Sin-Ee Yi exit in semis, Kean Yew faces Srikanth in singles final". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
Elkjær, Ronni Burkal (21 December 2021). "Badminton Danmarks sportschef er tilfreds efter overgået VM-målsætning" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
"Kim Astrup's Profile – Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

External links

Kim Astrup at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] Sørensen, Ida Marie (7 October 2020). "Kim Astrup: – Jeg har været som en løve i et bur" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[2] "Players: Kim Astrup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[3] "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[tc16-4] "Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[ec18-5] Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[6] Hearn, Don (1 July 2019). "European Games – Double doubles gold for Ellis". Badzine. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[7] "Astrup Kim". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[8] Tan, Ming Wai (19 December 2021). "Yew Sin-Ee Yi exit in semis, Kean Yew faces Srikanth in singles final". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[9] Elkjær, Ronni Burkal (21 December 2021). "Badminton Danmarks sportschef er tilfreds efter overgået VM-målsætning" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[10] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[11] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[12] "Kim Astrup's Profile – Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 28 August 2019.