Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

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Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
Personal information
Date of birth	September 20, 1965 (1965-09-20) (age 42)
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Men's singles
Country	Denmark
Handedness	Left
BWF Profile

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (born September 20, 1965) is a retired Danish badminton player who won major international titles in the 1990's.

Contents 1 Badminton career 1.1 Medals achieved 2 Career statistics 2.1 BWF tournaments finals 2.1.1 Singles 2.1.1.1 Wins 2.2 Continental tournaments finals 2.2.1 Singles 2.2.1.1 Wins 2.2.1.2 Runner-ups 2.3 International tournaments finals 2.3.1 Singles 2.3.1.1 Wins 2.3.1.2 Runner-ups 2.4 National championships finals 2.4.1 Singles 2.4.1.1 Wins 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Badminton career

Olympic medal record
Men's Badminton
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Singles

Høyer Larsen competed in two Summer Olympics. In Barcelona 1992 he was defeated in quarterfinals by Ardy Wiranata. In Atlanta 1996 he won the gold medal in the men's singles after beating Dong Jiong in the final.

He also won two All-England Open Badminton Championships in 1995 and 1996, and the European Badminton Championships in 1992, 1994 and 1996.

On February 2007 he was nominated Vice-President of the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.^[1]

[edit] Medals achieved

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
Summer Olympics
1	Singles	1996	Atlanta, USA
Thomas Cup
2	Team	1996	Hong Kong
European Championships
1	Singles	1992	Glasgow, SCO
		1994	Den Bosch, NED
		1996	Herning, DEN
2	Singles	2000	Glasgow, SCO
3	Singles	1990	Moscow, USSR
		1998	Sofia, BUL

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] BWF tournaments finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1996	Summer Olympics	Dong Jiong	15-12, 15-12

[edit] Continental tournaments finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1992	European Championships	Thomas Stuer Lauridsen
1994	European Championships	Tomas Johansson
1996	European Championships	Peter Rasmussen

[edit] Runner-ups

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2000	European Championships	Peter Gade

[edit] International tournaments finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1985	Czechoslovakian Open
1987	Dutch Open
1988	Denmark Open
1988	Belgian International
1990	Denmark Open	Morten Frost	4-15, 15-10, 17-14
1990	Nordic Championships
1991	German Open	Hermawan Susanto	15-8, 15-8
1991	Dutch Open
1992	Swedish Open
1993	Denmark Open	Jens Olsson
1993	Dutch Open
1994	German Open	Jens Olsson	15-8, 15-8
1994	Denmark Open	Alan Budi Kusuma
1994	Dutch Open
1995	Denmark Open	Hendrawan	17-18, 17-14, 17-16
1995	All England Open	Hariyanto Arbi	17–16, 15–6
1996	All England Open	Rashid Sidek	15–7, 15–6
1996	Copenhagen Masters
1997	Russian Open
1999	Denmark Open	Wong Choong Hann	17-15, 15-4

[edit] Runner-ups

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1991	Denmark Open	Hermawan Susanto	8-15, 15-2, 15-8
1992	Denmark Open	Darren Hall	15-11, 18-13
1995	German Open	Joko Suprianto
1997	German Open	Peter Gade	12-15, 15-12, 15-12

[edit] National championships finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1989	Danish National Championships
1995	Danish National Championships
1996	Danish National Championships
1998	Danish National Championships

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BWP Profile
• Poul-Erik Høyer's Profile - Badminton.dk