Anders Ward Nielsen (24 February 1967 – 29 July 2010) was a badminton player who competed for England.
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| Full name | Anders Ward Nielsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 1967 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 2010 (aged 43) Cheam, Greater London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Badminton career
editNielsen represented Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1]
He represented England and won a gold medal in the mixed team and a bronze medal in the men's singles event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[2][3][4]
He represented England 40 times between 1987 and 1996 and won bronze in the 1992 and 1994 European Badminton Championships. He was twice the English National champion in 1992 and 1995. He died of cancer in 2010.[5]
Family
editHis mother was Heather Ward.[5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anders Nielsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Anders Nielsen". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Badminton mourns Anders Nielsen". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
External links
edit- Anders W Nielsen at BWFBadminton.com
- Anders W Nielsen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Anders Ward Nielsen at Olympics.com
- Anders Nielsen at Olympedia (archive)
- Anders Nielsen at Team GB
- Anders Nielsen at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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