Rasmus Kjær

Rasmus Kjær Pedersen (born 4 October 1998) is a Danish badminton player.^[1] He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2024 European Championships.^[2] Kjær was part of Danish winning team in the 2023 European Mixed Team Championships and 2024 European Men's Team Championships.

Rasmus Kjær
Personal information
Birth name	Rasmus Kjær Pedersen
Country	Denmark
Born	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26) Glostrup, Denmark
Residence	Taastrup, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	13 (with Frederik Søgaard, 27 August 2024)
Current ranking	14 (with Frederik Søgaard, 17 September 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Denmark European Championships 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2024 Łódź Men's team European Junior Championships 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Frederik Søgaard	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	15–21, 16–21	Bronze	[2]

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Canada Open	Super 500	Frederik Søgaard	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	25–23, 16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Hylo Open	Super 300	Frederik Søgaard	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–18, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Finnish International	Jeppe Bay	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	11–8, 11–2, 11–4	Winner
2017	Slovenian International	Jeppe Bay	Matijs Dierickx Freek Golinski	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Bulgarian Open	Jeppe Bay	Mathias Thyrri Søren Toft Hansen	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Slovenian International	Jeppe Bay	Mads Emil Christensen Kristoffer Knudsen	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2019	Austrian Open	Joel Eipe	Guo Xinwa Liu Shiwen	15–21, 22–20, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Spanish International	Joel Eipe	Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen	11–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2022	Polish Open	Frederik Søgaard	Su Ching-heng Ye Hong-wei	21–16, 17–21, 21–19	Winner
2022	Dutch International	Frederik Søgaard	Alex Green Jonty Russ	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2022	Irish Open	Frederik Søgaard	Ayato Endo Yuta Takei	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2022	Welsh International	Frederik Søgaard	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2022	Canadian International	Frederik Søgaard	Mahiro Kaneko Hashiru Shimono	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2023	Denmark Masters	Frederik Søgaard	Lu Ming-che Tang Kai-wei	21–5, 21–16	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Rasmus Kjær biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
2. Petersen, Jacob Qvirin (14 April 2024). "Astrup og Skaarup vinder EM-guld" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
3. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
4. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Rasmus Kjær at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com