Steen Fladberg
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| Born | Steen Fladberg Nielsen 11 October 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steen Fladberg Nielsen (born 11 October 1956) is a Danish badminton player, noted for his speed of foot, who excelled during the 1980s. Though a strong international level singles player, his biggest achievements came in doubles. He is now works as a director of Sport One Denmark.[1]
Fladberg won the gold medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Jesper Helledie, defeating Mike Tredgett and Martin Dew 15–10, 15–10 in the final. He was a silver medalist at the same tournament in mixed doubles with Pia Nielsen.[2]
He also won at the 1986 European Championships in the men's doubles with Helledie, and in 1988 in the mixed doubles with England's Gillian Clark.
Personal information
Fladberg married the former Danish badminton player Kirsten Larsen. Their son Rasmus Fladberg is also a professional badminton player.[3]
