Kim Astrup

Kim Astrup
Kim Astrup
Personal information
Birth name	Kim Astrup Sørensen
Country	Denmark
Born	6 March 1992; Herning, Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness	Left[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	5 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 27 September 2018); 32 (XD with Line Kjærsfeldt 13 April 2017)
Current ranking	7 (MD with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 19 September 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Denmark
World Championships
Thomas Cup
European Games
European Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
European Men's Team Championships
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player.[2] He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the 2018 European Championships and the 2023 European Games with his partner Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.[3][4] He also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2021 and later a silver medal in 2023. Astrup joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[5] Together with Rasmussen, he reached a career high of World number 5 on September 2018.[6]

As junior player, Astrup won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' doubles and team events at the 2011 European Junior Championships.[7]

Career

Astrup picked up a badminton racquet when he was 8 years old in Videbæk, Denmark. He enjoys the sport and continues to train intensely every day. He realized he had talent and pursued that dream through badminton.[8] At the age of 18, he was entrusted to be part of the Danish junior team to compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. Partnered with Rasmus Fladberg, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal.[9][10] At the 2011 European Junior Championships in Vantaa, Finland, he won three medals. He managed to win the mixed doubles gold with Line Kjærsfeldt,[11] and also bronze medals in the mixed doubles and team events.[12] Despite his young age, Astrup has also made his mark in the senior level. In 2011, he won two men's doubles titles at the Swedish Masters and Croatian International,[13] as well as a mixed doubles title at the Scottish International.[14]

Unfortunately in 2012, Astrup was unable to win a single title. He was only being able to reach the mixed doubles final at the Denmark International tournament with Kjærsfeldt. At last, the Astrup Fladberg and Astrup Kjærsfeldt partnerships came to an end, since his partners will focused on single event. He made a new partnership with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the men's doubles and with Maria Helsbøl in the mixed doubles.[10] Astrup and Rasmussen made it to 6 finals including two Grand Prix in the Bitburger Open in Germany and Scottish Open tournaments, and also won 2 Continental circuits in the Portugal and Belgian International. Meanwhile, Astrup and Helsbøl were finalists in 2 tournaments, Denmark and Kharkiv International.

In 2016, Astrup joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final.[5]

In 2018, Astrup emerge victorious in the men's doubles at the European Championships. In the final, Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen received an easy win to their compatriot Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding, after Kolding had to withdraw due to abdominal injury before going into the second game.[3] In September, Astrup and Rasmussen claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title in the China Open after beating host pair Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong in the final. Their victory at that tournament, led them up to 5th place in the BWF ranking.[6]

Astrup competed at the 2019 European Games, and won the silver medal in the men's doubles with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.[15]

Astrup competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.[8] The duo were eliminated in the quarter-finals to Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.[16]

At the 2021 World Championships, Astrup and Rasmussen won the bronze medal.[17] The duo were defeated in the semi-finals by the Chinese pair He Jiting and Tan Qiang,[18]

In 2023, Astrup managed to win the gold medal at the European Games with his partner Rasmussen. As the first seed, they beat the second seeded pair from Great Britain Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in a tight match.[4] At the BWF World Championships, he and his partner then upgraded the bronze to silver that they won in 2021, after battling the final match in Royal Arena against the rising Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae which ended in defeat in a close rubber game.[19]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	He Jiting Tan Qiang	16–21, 21–13, 15–21	Bronze
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–14, 15–21, 17–21	Silver

European Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	17–21, 10–21	Silver
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–15, 19–21, 21–19	Gold

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–14, 18–21, 13–21	Silver
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	17–21, 22–24	Bronze
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–15, retired	Gold
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–23, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Rasmus Fladberg	Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	16–21, 25–27	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland	Rasmus Fladberg	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	17–21, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland	Line Kjærsfeldt	Matthew Nottingham Helena Lewczynska	19–21, 21–14, 21–16	Gold

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[20] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[21]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	India Open	Super 500	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	21–13, 17–21, 21–14	Winner
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2021	Denmark Open	Super 1000	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	18–21, 21–13, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Open	Super 500	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard	23–25, 21–16, 21–12	Winner
2023	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	21–10, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2023	Arctic Open	Super 500	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	21–18, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Bitburger Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	11–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Scottish Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Walkover	Runner-up
2014	Bitburger Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2016	Swiss Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21–8, 21–15	Winner
2017	German Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	21–19, 19–21, 21–18	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Swedish Masters	Rasmus Fladberg	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	14–21, 25–23, 21–16	Winner
2011	Croatian International	Rasmus Fladberg	Niclas Nøhr Mads Pedersen	18–21, 21–19, 21–16	Winner
2013	Portugal International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Peter Briggs Harley Towler	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2013	Denmark International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Marcus Ellis Paul van Rietvelde	23–25, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Kharkiv International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	20–22, 21–15, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Belgian International	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Chris Langridge Peter Mills	28–26, 21–18	Winner
2014	Finnish Open	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Huang Po-jui Lu Ching-yao	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2015	Swedish Masters	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2016	Swedish Masters	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	19–21, 23–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Croatian International	Line Kjærsfeldt	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Scottish International	Line Kjærsfeldt	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska	15–21, 21–15, 21–13	Winner
2012	Denmark International	Line Kjærsfeldt	Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	Denmark International	Maria Helsbøl	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak	16–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2013	Kharkiv International	Maria Helsbøl	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	22–20, 9–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Anders Skaarup Rasmussen against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 September 2023.[22]

Players	M	W	L	Diff.
Chai Biao & Hong Wei	5	0	5	–1
Fu Haifeng & Zhang Nan	2	1	1	0
He Jiting & Tan Qiang	4	2	2	0
Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen	9	1	8	–7
Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang	3	1	2	–1
Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan	2	0	2	–2
Liu Xiaolong & Qiu Zihan	1	1	0	+1
Liu Yuchen & Ou Xuanyi	4	0	4	–4
Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin	6	4	2	+2
Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin	6	2	4	–2
Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen	1	0	1	–1
Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge	3	1	2	–1
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty	8	6	2	+4
Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro	2	0	2	–2
Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan	9	2	7	–5

Players	M	W	L	Diff.
Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto	4	3	1	+2
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	10	1	9	–8
Hiroyuki Endo & Kenichi Hayakawa	2	0	2	–2
Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe	5	2	3	–1
Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi	11	5	6	–1
Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda	10	4	6	–2
Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik	8	3	5	–2
Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong	5	2	3	–1
Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi	2	1	1	0
Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov	10	8	2	+6
Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae	1	0	1	–1
Kim Gi-jung & Kim Sa-rang	4	2	2	0
Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol	2	0	2	–2
Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong	5	0	5	–5
Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit	1	0	1	–1

References

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"Players: Kim Astrup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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"Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
Hidayati, Any (27 September 2018). "Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen jadi ganda putra nomor 1 Denmark usai juara China Open 2018" (in Indonesian). Bola. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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External links

Kim Astrup at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] Sørensen, Ida Marie (7 October 2020). "Kim Astrup: – Jeg har været som en løve i et bur" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[2] "Players: Kim Astrup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[ec18-3] Bech, Rasmus (29 April 2018). "First title for Astrup and Skaarup". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[eg23-4] "Dansk herredouble henter guld ved European Games" (in Danish). Herning Folkeblad. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[tc16-5] "Denmark wins world badminton team title". The Local. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[chno18-6] Hidayati, Any (27 September 2018). "Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen jadi ganda putra nomor 1 Denmark usai juara China Open 2018" (in Indonesian). Bola. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[7] "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[qog20-8] Hyllested, Simon (22 July 2021). "Kim fra Videbæk jagter medalje ved sit første OL - Det er vores tur, og det er vores chance" (in Danish). TV Midtvest. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[wjc10a-9] "Kejuaraan Dunia Yunior China tak lagi mendominasi" (in Indonesian). PB Djarum. 26 April 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[wjc10b-10] Bech, Rasmus (5 October 2011). "VM-bronzevindere går hver til sit" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[ejcxdt11-11] Dall, Anders (24 April 2011). "3 gange guld til Danmark" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[ejcxt11-12] Bech, Rasmus (26 April 2011). "Godt dansk U-EM" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[cro11-13] Sachetat, Raphael (4 April 2011). "Croatian Int'l 2011 – Only one for Line and Kim". Badzine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[sco11-14] Røsler, Manuel (28 November 2011). "Judith ends Scottish title wait". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[eg19-15] Hearn, Don (1 July 2019). "European Games – Double doubles gold for Ellis". Badzine. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[16] "Badminton - Astrup Kim". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[wc21a-17] Elkjær, Ronni Burkal (21 December 2021). "Badminton Danmarks sportschef er tilfreds efter overgået VM-målsætning" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[wc21b-18] Tan, Ming Wai (19 December 2021). "Yew Sin-Ee Yi exit in semis, Kean Yew faces Srikanth in singles final". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[wc23-19] Mortensen, Frederikke Renée (28 August 2023). "Herredouble reagerer på VM-sølv: 'Vi var så f***ing tæt på'" (in Danish). B.T. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[20] 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.

[21] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[22] "Kim Astrup's Profile – Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 28 August 2019.