Niclas Nøhr Explained

Niclas Nøhr
Country:Denmark
Birth Date:1991 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Møn, Denmark
Residence:Jersie, Denmark
Height:1.85 m
Years Active:2010–2022
Handedness:Left
Retired:19 April 2022
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:32 (MD with Kasper Antonsen 22 September 2016)
16 (XD with Sara Thygesen 13 September 2018)
Bwf Id:6293D34B-0549-4A09-9ED9-C8CC1F74CEB2

Niclas Nøhr (born 2 August 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play.[1] He started playing badminton at Møn badminton club. In 2012, he joined Denmark national badminton team, and in 2015, he won a gold medal at the European Games with his mixed doubles partner Sara Thygesen.[1] [2]

After one year of a knee operation, he returned to the court. He said; "I'm just happy that my family, friends, and especially my girlfriend has supported me in such a hard time."[3]

Nøhr announced his retirement from international tournaments through his Instagram account on 19 April 2022. He later started a new journey as a coach at the Hvidovre club, and also joining Australia coaching team in preparation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4] [5]

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles

European Championships

Mixed doubles

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Spain MastersSuper 300 Sara Thygesen Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2018Orléans MastersSuper 100 Sara Thygesen Peter Käsbauer
Olga Konon
21–19, 21–9 Winner
2018German OpenSuper 300 Sara Thygesen Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai
14–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2021Orléans MastersSuper 100 Amalie Magelund Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje
13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2021Spain MastersSuper 300 Amalie Magelund Rinov Rivaldy
Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
18–21, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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.

Mixed doubles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Cyprus International Mads Pedersen Didit Juang Indrianto
Seiko Wahyu Kusdianto
15–21, 21–15, 19–21 Runner-up
2011Croatian International Mads Pedersen Kim Astrup
Rasmus Fladberg
21–18, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011Cyprus International Theis Christiansen Nikolaj Nikolaenko
Nikolai Ukk
21–17, 21–13 Winner
2011Portugal International Mads Pedersen Mats Bue
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
28–26, 16–21, 21–17 Winner
2015Polish International Kasper Antonsen Paweł Pietryja
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
17–21, 21–8, 21–12 Winner
2015Italian International Kasper Antonsen Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
24–22, 21–14 Winner
2015Turkey International Kasper Antonsen Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
21–16, 21–15 Winner
2017Hellas Open Kasper Antonsen Henri Aarnio
Iikka Heino
21–17, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Cyprus International Lena Grebak Denis Grachev
Anastasia Chervyakova
21–13, 18–21, 21–12 Winner
2011Cyprus International Joan Christiansen Nikolaj Nikolaenko
Anastasia Chervyakova
23–21, 21–18 Winner
2013Croatian International Rikke Søby Hansen Frederik Colberg
Sara Thygesen
12–21, 21–12, 21–9 Winner
2014Orléans International Sara Thygesen Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
13–21, 21–19, 18–21 Runner-up
2014Croatian International Sara Thygesen Mads Pedersen
Mai Surrow
21–15, 13–21 21–18 Winner
2014Dutch International Sara Thygesen Robin Tabeling
Myke Halkema
21–10, 21–5 Winner
2014Irish Open Sara Thygesen Peter Käsbauer
Isabel Herttrich
21–10, 21–18 Winner
2015Italian International Sara Thygesen Matthew Nottingham
Emily Westwood
21–10, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2016Finnish International Sara Thygesen Mathias Christiansen
Lena Grebak
21–18, 21–23, 16–21 Runner-up
2021Denmark Masters Amalie Magelund Jeppe Bay
Sara Lundgaard
15–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Niclas Nohr . . 20 August 2016.
  2. News: Danish pair leap to mixed Badminton gold . https://web.archive.org/web/20150629234723/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/danish-pair-leap-mixed-badminton-gold.html . usurped . June 29, 2015 . Baku 2015. 12 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Comeback kids Jacco Arends and Niclas Nøhr . . 12 March 2018.
  4. Nøhr . Niclas . niclas_noehr . Cch_tmgD4yv . 8 years at the Danish National centre, and the last practice has been done. Since 2010 i have travelled... . 19 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Nathan Tang's family breaking tradition for Commonwealth Games debut . Badminton Oceania . 19 July 2022 . 26 March 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326072642/https://badmintonoceania.org/nathan-tangs-family-breaking-tradition-for-commonwealth-games-debut/ . 26 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.