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Lene Køppen

Badminton player · Denmark · On the map · Athletes · Born 1953 · age 73

Lene Køppen is a Danish badminton player who won numerous national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World (1977) and All-England singles titles.

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2015BEC Hall of FameAward1998Badminton Hall of FameAward1992Danish Sports Hall of FameAward1985Distinguished Service AwardAward1953Born5 May 1953

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Awards

BEC Hall of Fame2015
Badminton Hall of Fame1998
Danish Sports Hall of Fame1992
Distinguished Service Award1985
National Champion
European champion

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In the first IBF World Championships in 1977 she captured the mixed doubles as well as women's singles to become the first of only seven players, through 2010, to win two events in the same edition of this tournament. Notably, her badminton success came as she was studying and then practising dentistry. She was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1998. She is the mother of badminton player Marie Røpke.

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Born 1953 · age 73