Peter Mikkelsen (born 9 August 1982) is a Danish badminton player. Mikkelsen was a part of the Horsens club and also trained in Aarhus. In 2009, he reach the final round at the national championships for the first time. He reaching the final round after beat Joachim Persson and Jan Ø. Jørgensen, but he lost to Peter Gade in the rubber game. In 2006, he won the international tournament in Cyprus. The following year in 2007 he was victorious at the Portugal International, Spanish Open and Irish International. He conquered the Croatian International title in 2009 along with the Finnish International. In Denmark Peter Mikkelsen won many single matches on Vendsyssel's league team giving him a cult status bearing the nickname "mayor" in Northern Jutland. He now is the head coach/trainer at the Horsens Badminton Klub (HBK) in Denmark.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result2006Czech International Jan Ø. Jørgensen18–21, 15–21 Runner-up2006Cyprus International Yuhan Tan21–15, 17–21, 21–14 Winner2007Portugal International Michael Christensen21–16, 21–17 Winner2007Spanish Open Jan Vondra21–9, 5–21, 21–15 Winner2007Irish International Marc Zwiebler21–19, 21–18 Winner2009Croatian International Jan Vondra23–21, 21–6 Winner2009Finnish International Marc Zwiebler21–14, 16–21, 22–20 Winner2009Scotland International Marc Zwiebler15–21, 21–15, 16–21 Runner-up2009Irish International Henri Hurskainen15–21, 21–13, 17–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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