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Athlete
Viktor Axelsen
Famoose for
Winning consecutive Olympic badminton singles titles.
World titles · Tokyo gold
- Born
- 4 January 1994
- Birthplace
- Odense, Denmark
More people
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen is a Danish badminton player whose reach and attacking precision brought major international titles.
Early life
Odense
Started badminton as a child.
Junior success
Won the 2010 world junior title.
Career
- 2010s
Senior breakthrough
Rose into international contention.
- 2017
World champion
Won his first senior world title.
- 2021–2024
Olympic champion
Won successive Olympic singles golds.
Achievements
World titles
Won two singles championships.
Tokyo gold
Won Olympic men’s singles.
Paris gold
Defended his Olympic title.
Beyond badminton
Languages
Learned Mandarin.
Training
Developed an international training base in Dubai.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Fauziananta. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
