THYGESEN Sara

Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: FREDERICIA

Birth Country:

Denmark

Place of residence : FREDERIKSBERG

Residence Country:

Denmark

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Women's Doubles DEN FRUERGAARD Maiken/THYGESEN Sara	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3	Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group C #702 CHN DU Yue/LI Yin Hui 2 DEN FRUERGAARD Maiken/THYGESEN Sara 0	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 1	Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group C #710 KOR LEE Sohee/SHIN Seungchan 1 DEN FRUERGAARD Maiken/THYGESEN Sara 2	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3	Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group C #719 DEN FRUERGAARD Maiken/THYGESEN Sara 1 AUS MAPASA Setyana/SOMERVILLE Gronya 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2019	Basel, SUI
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2018	Nanjing, CHN
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
Last 16	Mixed Doubles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
Last 32	Mixed Doubles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN
Last 64	Mixed Doubles	2019	Basel, SUI
Last 64	Mixed Doubles	2018	Nanjing, CHN

European Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Mixed Doubles	2019	Minsk, BLR
Quarterfinal	Women's Doubles	2019	Minsk, BLR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Doubles	2021	Kiev, UKR
3	Women's Doubles	2018	Huelva, ESP
Quarterfinal	Mixed Doubles	2017	Kolding, DEN
Quarterfinal	Women's Doubles	2017	Kolding, DEN
Last 16	Mixed Doubles	2018	Huelva, ESP

European Team Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Mixed Team	2021	Vantaa, FIN
1	Women's Team	2020	Lievin, FRA
1	Mixed Team	2019	Copenhagen, DEN
1	Women's Team	2018	Kazan, RUS
1	Mixed Team	2017	Lubin, POL

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64	Group
2021	Doubles W	-	-	-	3x	-	-	-	-
2020	Doubles W	-	1x	1x	1x	2x	2x	-	-
2020	Doubles X	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	-
2019	Doubles W	-	-	1x	1x	2x	7x	-	-
2019	Doubles X	-	-	1x	1x	-	4x	-	-
2018	Doubles W	-	-	2x	3x	6x	5x	-	-
2018	Doubles X	2x	1x	-	-	4x	9x	-	-
2017	Doubles W	-	-	1x	-	1x	1x	-	-
2017	Doubles X	-	-	1x	1x	1x	1x	-	-

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32
2017	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	-	10x
2017	Doubles X	-	-	-	2x	2x	6x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2018	Mixed Doubles	BWF World Tour	Barcelona, ESP
1	2018	Mixed Doubles	BWF World Tour	Orleans, FRA
2	2020	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
2	2018	Mixed Doubles	BWF World Tour	Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
3	2020	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Saarbrucken, GER
3	2019	Mixed Doubles	BWF World Tour	Saarbrucken, GER
3	2019	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Saarbrucken, GER
3	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Almere, NED
3	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Barcelona, ESP
3	2017	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Basel, SUI
3	2017	Mixed Doubles	BWF World Tour	Lucknow, IND

Thomas & Uber Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Women's Team	2018	Bangkok, THA

TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Mixed Team	2019	Nanning, CHN
Quarterfinal	Mixed Team	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Occupation:

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DEN

Languages spoken:

Danish, English, German

Odense Badminton Klub [OBK] [Denmark]

Kenneth Jonassen [national], DEN

Right (bwfbadminton.com, 22 Jan 2020)

She took up the sport in 2002 in Gaarslev, Denmark. (bwfbadminton.com, 22 Jan 2020)

"My friends played Badminton. I was a very active girl and also wanted to try badminton." (bwfbadminton.com, 22 Jan 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Badminton Europe YouTube channel, 27 Feb 2020)

She was named 2007 Best Female Athlete of the Year in Fredericia, Denmark. (bwfbadminton.com, 22 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
DOUBLES COMPETITION
She competes in both mixed doubles and women's doubles competition. "Mixed doubles has always been a big place in my heart since I was young when I was best at it. It took me some time to get good in women's doubles but mixed doubles is more natural for me." (Badminton Europe YouTube channel, 27 Feb 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/sara.thygesen.9
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/sarathygesendk/
https://instagram.com/sara.thygesen/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-thygesen-713623a4/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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