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Joachim Persson

badminton player

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Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ1690366 ↗
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Joachim Persson (born 23 May 1983) is a Danish badminton player.

Career

Persson was born in Denmark but his family moved to Germany in his early years. He began to playing badminton in Trittau, Germany together with his parents. As German player, he helped the German team to win the mixed team title at the 2001 European Junior Championships, also won a silver medal in the singles event. In 2002, he moved back to Denmark and started to practice at Brøndby.

He played the 2006 IBF World Championships in men's singles and he was defeated in the third round by Lee Chong Wei 21–16, 21–12. Joachim Persson reached the finals of the Denmark Open Super Series 2008 and lost in the finals to compatriot Peter Gade.

In 2004 he won the Irish International, in 2005 the Finnish International Championships and the V Italian International, and in 2006 the Austrian International, the Swedish International and the Finnish International Championships.

In 2019, he was banned from badminton tournaments for 18 months and has been ordered to pay costs of US$4,500, guilty of four violations of the code of conduct in relation to betting wagering and irregular match results.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

BWF Superseries (2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

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The public source identifies “Joachim Persson” as badminton player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Joachim, Persson and badminton.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2001, 2002, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-05-23. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Joachim, Persson and badminton providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Joachim Persson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.