Peter Steffensen

Peter Buur Steffensen (born 4 December 1979) is a Danish retired badminton player.

Career Steffensen was born and raised in a town in western Jutland near Herning. He has lived in Copenhagen since 2001 and has a professional academic background in Pedagogy. As a player, Peter was playing professionally from 2001 to 2009 on the Danish National Badminton Team, where he played doubles alongside Jonas Rasmussen, Mathias Boe and Thomas Laybourn winning several international titles in Europe in Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands. He won two Danish youth titles in 2001, including the Croatia International. In 2002 he won at the Iceland International and the 2003 Dutch International. In 2005 he represented Denmark at the IBF World Championships in the United States. In 2006 he was successful at the International in Italy, Bulgaria and Finland, managing to position itself as number 10 in the world. In 2008 he won at the Swedish International in Stockholm. He currently serves as a Coach for several of the Danish Badminton clubs, having training experience at Lillerød and KBK Copenhagen, where he served as the Senior Head Coach for the first division.

Achievements IBF Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Dutch Open Thomas Laybourn Tony Gunawan Howard Bach 8–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Dutch Open Lena Frier Kristiansen Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl 11–15, 7–15 Runner-up

IBF International Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Swedish International Rasmus Andersen Frédéric Mawet Wouter Claes 21–12, 21–16 Winner 2006 Bulgarian International Rasmus Andersen Andrej Ashmarin Anton Nazarenko 21–12, 21–17 Winner 2006 Finnish Open Jonas Rasmussen Joakim Andersson Zhang Yi 21–9, 21–10 Winner 2002 Iceland International Dennis Jensen Bo Rafn Michael Christensen Walkover Winner 2000 Slovenian International Kristian Langbak Mathias Boe Michael Jensen Walkover Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Swedish International Julie Houmann Mads Pieler Kolding Line Damkjær Kruse 21–8, 21–17 Winner 2006 Italian International Mette Schjoldager Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina 22–20, 21–12 Winner 2003 Dutch International Helle Nielsen Jonas Glyager Jensen Majken Vange 11–9, 11–6 Winner 2002 Iceland International Karina Sørensen Dennis Jensen Stine Borgström Walkover Winner 2001 Austrian International Lene Mørk Mathias Boe Britta Andersen 2–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2001 French Open International Lene Mørk Chris Bruil Lotte Jonathans 0–7, 2–7, 1–7 Runner-up 2001 Croatian International Lene Mørk Kristian Langbak Britta Andersen 15–10, 15–10 Winner 1999 Scottish International Lene Mørk Kristian Langbak Britta Andersen 9–15, 15–10, 9–15 Runner-up 1998 Hungarian International Lene Mørk Martin Bruun Sara Runesten 11–15, 3–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF/IBF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament