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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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Nielsen 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]
His mother was Heather Ward.[5]
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