Thomas Lund


Thomas Haubro Lund is a retired badminton player from Denmark who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club.

Career

Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the 1991 IBF World Championships. In 1993 and 1995 he won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the IBF World Championships, the first with Sweden's Catrine Bengtsson and the second with his compatriot Marlene Thomsen. From 1990 through 1994 Lund won five consecutive mixed doubles titles with three different partners at the now defunct World Badminton Grand Prix. At the prestigious All England Open he captured titles in both men's doubles and mixed doubles. Lund was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2008.

Summer Olympics

Lund competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Jon Holst-Christensen. In the first round they defeated Dean Galt and Kerrin Harrison of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek of Malaysia.
He also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against Ha Tae-kwon and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in the second round.

Major achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Jon Holst-Christensen Kim Moon-soo
Park Joo-bong		10–15, 15–12, 16–17 Silver
1995Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland Jon Holst-Christensen Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja		5–15, 2–15 Silver

World Cup

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Michael Søgaard Rudy Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto		2–15, 10–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1989German Open Max Gandrup Jan Paulsen
Henrik Svarrer		12–15, 15–8, 9–15 Runner-up
1989Scottish Open Max Gandrup Mark Christiansen
Michael Kjeldsen		15–7, 6–15, 10–15 Winner
1990Chinese Taipei Open Max Gandrup Mark Christiansen
Michael Kjeldsen		9–15, 17–16, 7–15 Runner-up
1990Dutch Open Jon Holst-Christensen Bagus Setiadi
Ricky Subagja		15–10, 15–4 Winner
1991Swedish Open Jon Holst-Christensen Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang		14–18, 7–15 Runner-up
1991German Open Jon Holst-Christensen Eddy Hartono
Rudy Gunawan		9–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1992German Open Jon Holst-Christensen Rudy Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto		15–6, 2–15, 15–9 Winner
1992Denmark Open Jon Holst-Christensen Jan Paulsen
Henrik Svarrer		18–16, 15–8 Winner
1993Korea Open Jon Holst-Christensen Huang Zhanzhong
Zheng Yumin		15–5, 10–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1993All England Open Jon Holst-Christensen Chen Hongyong
Chen Kang		10–15, 15–2, 15–10 Winner
1993U.S. Open Jon Holst-Christensen Antonius Ariantho
Denny Kantono		15–7, 15–7 Winner
1993German Open Jon Holst-Christensen Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja		17–14, 15–12 Winner
1993Denmark Open Jon Holst-Christensen Jan Paulsen
Jim Laugesen		15–5, 15–5 Winner
1994Singapore Open Jon Holst-Christensen Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja		6–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1994German Open Jon Holst-Christensen Antonius Ariantho
Denny Kantono		15–6, 15–2 Winner
1994Denmark Open Jon Holst-Christensen Antonius Ariantho
Denny Kantono		8–15, 15–5, 9–15 Runner-up
1995Korea Open Jon Holst-Christensen Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja		6–15, 15–11, 7–15 Runner-up
1995Swiss Open Jon Holst-Christensen Simon Archer
Chris Hunt		15–6, 15–7 Winner
1995China Open Jon Holst-Christensen Huang Zhanzhong
Jiang Xin		8–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1995German Open Jon Holst-Christensen Ade Sutrisna
Candra Wijaya		15–8, 15–13 Winner
1995Denmark Open Jon Holst-Christensen Tony Gunawan
Rudy Wijaya		16–17, 15–5, 15–6 Winner
1996Swiss Open Jon Holst-Christensen Sigit Budiarto
Dicky Purwotsugiono		15–12, 18–13 Winner
1996German Open Jon Holst-Christensen Seng Kok Kiong
Victo Wibowo		15–11, 11–15, 15–3 Winner