Jonas Rasmussen


Jonas Rasmussen is a retired badminton player from Denmark.

Career

With his men's doubles partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian pair Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto in the gold medal match and the All England Super Series 2010 defeating compatriots Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen. Rasmussen also competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Paaske. They had a bye in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Yim Bang-eun and Kim Yong-hyun of Korea.
He also competed in mixed doubles with partner Rikke Olsen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Daniel Shirley and Sara Petersen of New Zealand in the second. In the quarterfinals, Rasmussen and Olsen beat Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min of Korea 17-14, 15-8 to advance to the semifinals. There, they lost to Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of Great Britain 15-6, 15-12. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by fellow Danish pair Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager 15-5, 15-5 to finish fourth place.
He won the gold medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Lars Paaske. With the retirement of Lars Paaske after the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris, He is now pairing with another Danish player, Mads Conrad-Petersen.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Lars Paaske Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto		15–7, 13–15, 15–13 Gold
2006Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid,
Madrid, Spain		 Lars Paaske Robert Blair
Anthony Clark		21–23, 21–17, 17–21 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000German Open Michael Lamp Jim Laugesen
Michael Søgaard		17–16, 10–15, 7–15 Runner-up
2001German Open Michael Lamp Jim Laugesen
Michael Søgaard		1–7, 1–7, 7–3, 4–7 Runner-up
2002German Open Lars Paaske Jim Laugesen
Michael Søgaard		10–15, 15–9, 15–6 Winner
2003Singapore Open Lars Paaske Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen		9–15, 10–15 Runner-up
2003China Open Lars Paaske Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah		15–12, 15–10 Winner
2004Denmark Open Lars Paaske Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		15–6, 15–13 Winner
2005All England Open Lars Paaske Fu Haifeng
Cai Yun		10–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2005Thailand Open Lars Paaske Jung Jae-sung
Lee Jae-jin		11–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2005Denmark Open Lars Paaske Chan Chong Ming
Koo Kien Keat		6–15, 7–15 Runner-up
2006Denmark Open Lars Paaske Mathias Boe
Joachim Fischer Nielsen		18–21, 21–10, 21–17 Winner