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Peter Gade
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Danish badminton player
Key facts
- Born
- Peter Gade Christensen , ( 1976-12-14 ) 14 December 1976 (age 49) , Aalborg , Denmark
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 73 kg (161 lb)
- Country
- Denmark
- Sport
- Badminton
- Handedness
- Right
- Career record
- 517 Wins, 155 Losses
- Highest ranking
- 1 (28 October 1997 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Christensen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Aalborg
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Native language
- Danish
- Sport
- badminton
- Country for sport
- Danish Realm
- Mass
- 73
- Official website
- www.petergade.net
- Image
- Badminton Peter Gade.jpg
- Height
- 185
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- Commons category
- Peter Gade
- date of birth
- 1976-12-14
- name in native language
- Peter Gade Christensen
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- handedness
- right-handedness
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Høeg Gade (born 14 December 1976) is a Danish former professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen. He has two children with the former handball player Camilla Høeg.
Gade made his mark in badminton history through his All England Open Badminton Championships singles title in 1999 and his five European Championships crowns in the men's singles event. He topped the world rankings from 1998 to 2001. With his 22 Grand-Prix titles, he is one of the sport's most successful players. On 22 June 2006, he briefly recaptured the number one spot in the world rankings. This was achieved after winning the Singapore Open and reaching the quarter-final at the Malaysia Open.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Gade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.