- Erland Kops
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playername = Erland Kops
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date_of_birth = birth date and age|1937|1|14
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event = Men's singles & Men's doubles
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bwf_id =Erland Kops (born
January 14 1937 ) is a formerbadminton player fromDenmark who won numerous major international titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Kops was the first Westerner to win major singles titles in the Far East [Herbert Scheele ed., The "International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971" (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1971) 200, 303.] . He combined abundant speed, power, and stamina with impressive shot-making virtuosity. Despite some disappointing results inThomas Cup (men's international team) competition, Kops was clearly the dominant men's singles player of the early and mid 1960's [Pat Davis, The "Guinness Book of Badminton" (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 123, 155,156.] .He is one of the most successful players ever in the
All England Open Badminton Championships with 11 titles between 1958 and 1969, 7 of them in men's singles and 4 in men's doubles [Herbert Scheele ed., The "International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971" (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1971) 163-165.] .Kops was included in the
World Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997.Major achievements
References
External links
* [http://www.badminton.dk/Elite%20uk/Profiler%20uk/Gamle%20stjerner/Profiler%20gamle%20stjerner/Erland%20Kops.aspx Erland Kops's Profile - Badminton.dk]
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