# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/poul-erik-h-yer-larsen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:13:46.310Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/poul-erik-h-yer-larsen"
name: "Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen"
slug: "poul-erik-h-yer-larsen"
description: "Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is a retired Danish badminton player and sports administrator. As a player, he won major international singles titles in the 1990s, culminated in the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and ranks among Denmark's badminton greats. In 2013, he became president of the Badminton World Federation, having served as president of the Badminton Europe for three years, and then served three four-year terms. In 2014, Høyer became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he was also a board member of the Danish Olympic Committee from 2005, from which he also retired from in 2025."
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birthDate: "1965-09-20"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump