Former Danish badminton player Morten Frost Hansen spent twelve years in the top three positions of the world rankings. He was nicknamed “Mr Badminton” and won almost every international top level championship except the World Badminton Championships, where he won silver medal twice in 1985 and 1987. When he defeated in his last world championship in his career, popular media stated, “The World’s greatest badminton player may never be World Champion.” He won the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships four times in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987.
Hansen won the European champion twice in 1984 and 1986 and also achieved the Nordic championship a record consecutive seven times from 1978 to 1984 and again in 1988. He achieved his home country’s Denmark Open consecutive seven times from 1980 to 1986 and again in 1989.
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