Title: Peter GADE
Gender: Male
Date of Beginning: 14 DEC 1976
Top: 1.84 m / 6’0″
Occupation:
Hobbies:
Different Sports activities Actions:
Olympic Occasion: Badminton
Olympic Qualification:
NOC Code: DEN
Place of Beginning: Aalborg, Denmark
Weight: 73 kg / 161 lbs
Marital Standing:
Began Competing:
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Private Finest:
Season Finest:
Olympic Solidarity:
Normal Pursuits
Nickname: Flyer or Avenue. (Athlete 03/08/99)
Hobbies: Music, Liverpool Soccer Membership, golf and watching movies, wine membership, cooking. (Athlete 03/08/99, NOC 21/07/04)
Occupation: Skilled badminton participant
MarStatus: Single
LangSpoken: Danish, English and German
Membership: Gentofte Badminton Membership, Copenhagen, Zealand, DEN (petergade.web 11/06/03)
Coach: Jens Meibom and Steen Pedersen (Athlete 01/07/04)
Handedness: R
Accidents: In 2001 he sustained a severe knee cartilage damage. At first of 2002 he underwent surgical procedure protecting him out of competitors for 9 months. He made his return in September 2002 profitable the US Open males’s singles title. (worldbadminton.web 24/09/02)
AddInformation: When and the place did you start this sport?
He performed together with his mother and father on Saturday mornings and by the age of six determined he preferred the sport.
Why this sport?
“The important thing for me was badminton is a person sport [he was also a talented football player] and when in comparison with soccer – the place I like the workforce component and camaraderie – I needed to take particular person accountability for the entire of the enjoying efficiency while having fun with the workforce spirit.”
Most influential particular person in profession
M. Frost, L. Kenneth and M. Kjeldsen, all former coaches. (Athlete 01/07/04)
Hero / Idol
Michael Laudrup, Invoice Shankly and Babyface. (Athlete 03/08/99)
Hardest rival / opponent
Lin Dan, China. (Athlete 01/07/04)
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs
He ties two scarfs to his racquet bag – these of the soccer golf equipment, AC Milan and Liverpool. (Athlete 03/08/99)
Sporting philosophy / motto
“Do your greatest whenever you’ re in motion, that is all you possibly can demand.” (Athlete 01/07/04)
Awards and honours
He received the Eddy Choong Participant of the 12 months award in 1999. (Athlete 03/08/99).
He has additionally been ranked primary on this planet for 3 years in a row. (Athlete 01/07/04)
Ambitions
“That I can be remembered for making a distinction to badminton for the years I performed. Each on courtroom and off courtroom.” (Athlete 01/07/04)
Different Data
EARLY DAYS
As a toddler he used to observe badminton in his bed room by dragging his toy containers in entrance of the wall to behave as a web and he would then volley a ping pong ball towards the wall, generally for as much as an hour and a half and believes this helped within the improvement of his abilities and response higher than anything. (Olympic Information Service 2000)
Highlights
The Competitors Highlights part accommodates the next outcomes:
Final Olympic Cycle; High 8 outcomes at Olympic Video games and World Championships. High 3 outcomes at World Grand Prix competitions.
Historic; Medals at Olympic Video games and World Championships.
Rnk Occasion 12 months Venue
Olympic Video games
4th Singles 2000 Sydney, AUS
World Championships
Runner-up Singles 2001 Seville, ESP
Semi Remaining Singles 1999 Copenhagen, DEN
World Grand Prix
Winner Singles 2002 USA Open
Winner Singles 2001 Samsung Korea Open
Winner Singles 2000 Samsung Korea Open
Winner Singles 2000 Chinese language Taipei Open
Winner Singles 2000 Denmark Open
Winner Singles 1999 Japan Open
Winner Singles 1998 Denmark Open
Winner Singles 1998 Swiss Open
Runner-up Singles 2004 Yonex All England Open
Semi Remaining Singles 2003 China Open
Semi Remaining Singles 2001 All England Open
