Frederik Søgaard Mortensen (born 25 July 1997) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He was the silver medalist in the boys' doubles at the 2015 World Junior Championships and in the mixed doubles at the 2015 European Junior Championships and also won bronzes in the boys' doubles and the team events at the European Junior Championships.[2] Søgaard was part of the Denmark winning team at the 2019, 2021, 2023 European Mixed Team and the 2020 European Men's Team Championships.

Frederik Søgaard
Personal information
Birth nameFrederik Søgaard Mortensen
CountryDenmark
Born (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)
Nyborg, Denmark
ResidenceUllerslev, Denmark
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking13 (MD with Rasmus Kjær, 27 August 2024)
37 (MD with David Daugaard, 23 July 2019)
184 (XD with Alexandra Bøje, 18 February 2020)
Current ranking13 (MD with Rasmus Kjær, 27 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Men's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima Boys' doubles
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

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European Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
  Rasmus Kjær   Andreas Søndergaard
  Jesper Toft
15–21, 16–21   Bronze

World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru
  Joel Eipe   He Jiting
  Zheng Siwei
14–21, 16–21   Silver

European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
  Mathias Bay-Smidt   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
15–21, 21–19, 18–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
  Sara Lundgaard   Max Weißkirchen
  Eva Janssens
21–19, 12–21, 18–21   Silver

BWF World Tour (3 runners-up)

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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
2018 Scottish Open Super 100   David Daugaard   Marcus Ellis
  Chris Langridge
21–23, 16–21   Runner-up
2023 Canada Open Super 500   Rasmus Kjær   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
25–23, 16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2024 Hylo Open Super 300   Rasmus Kjær   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
21–18, 15–21, 18–21   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 5 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Finnish International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Kasper Antonsen
  Oliver Babic
25–23, 15–21, 21–17   Winner
2016 Slovenia International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Joshua Magee
  Sam Magee
9–21, 22–20, 18–21   Runner-up
2016 Czech International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Lu Ching-yao
  Yang Po-han
17–21, 22–20, 15–21   Runner-up
2018 Portugal International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Lu Chen
  Ye Hong-wei
21–23, 18–21   Runner-up
2018 Belgian International   David Daugaard   Jacco Arends
  Ruben Jille
21–11, 18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2018 Hungarian International   David Daugaard   Miłosz Bochat
  Adam Cwalina
15–21, 21–12, 21–12   Winner
2021 Portugal International   Mads Pieler Kolding   Emil Lauritzen
  Mads Vestergaard
21–17, 21–18   Winner
2022 Polish Open   Rasmus Kjær   Su Ching-heng
  Ye Hong-wei
21–16, 17–21, 21–19   Winner
2022 Dutch International   Rasmus Kjær   Alex Green
  Jonty Russ
21–9, 21–19   Winner
2022 Irish Open   Rasmus Kjær   Ayato Endo
  Yuta Takei
18–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2022 Welsh International   Rasmus Kjær   Andreas Søndergaard
  Jesper Toft
21–19, 21–18   Winner
2022 Canadian International   Rasmus Kjær   Mahiro Kaneko
  Hashiru Shimono
21–17, 21–17   Winner
2023 Denmark Masters   Rasmus Kjær   Lu Ming-che
  Tang Kai-wei
21–5, 21–16   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Frederik Søgaard". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ Røsler, Manuel (17 November 2015). "Silver medal for Søgaard & Eipe". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  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.
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