Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a Danish former badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] Boe was a part of the 2016 Thomas Cup winning team.[2][3]

Mathias Boe
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1980-07-11) 11 July 1980 (age 44)
Frederikssund, Denmark
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse
(m. 2024)
Retired23 April 2020
HandednessLeft
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Carsten Mogensen 11 November 2010)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Men's doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Guangzhou Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Qingdao Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Men's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Karlskrona Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kolding Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Den Bosch Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Manchester Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Almere Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Warsaw Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Glasgow Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Glasgow Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Glasgow Mixed team
BWF profile

Personal life

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On 23 March 2024, Boe married Indian film actress Taapsee Pannu after an eleven-year long distance relationship due to their professional commitments.[4][5]

Career

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He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in men's doubles with Carsten Mogensen.[6]

In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the Denmark and French Opens and also the Superseries Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All England Open.

With Mogensen, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2012 Olympics. He took the silver medal with Mogensen in the 2013 World Championships while losing to Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the final.

Boe announced in February 2020, that the Thomas Cup or Olympic Games would be his last tournament, but in April 2020, he decided to retire as professional badminton player at the age of 39. He revealed that, mentally, he is lately simply too exhausted both in training and competition.[7]

He was the men's doubles coach for the India national badminton team. Post the defeat of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in the Quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024, he announced his retirement from all roles related to Badminton.[8]

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain   Carsten Mogensen   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
16–21, 15–21   Silver

World Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China   Carsten Mogensen   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
13–21, 21–23   Silver
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark   Carsten Mogensen   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
12–21, 18–21   Bronze

European Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan   Carsten Mogensen   Vladimir Ivanov
  Ivan Sozonov
21–8, 21–13   Gold

European Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Maaspoort Sports and Events,
Den Bosch, Netherlands
  Carsten Mogensen   Jens Eriksen
  Martin Lundgaard Hansen
15–21, 17–21   Silver
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
  Carsten Mogensen   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
22–24, 20–22   Silver
2012 Telenor Arena,
Karlskrona, Sweden
  Carsten Mogensen   Michael Fuchs
  Oliver Roth
21–11, 21–11   Gold
2014 Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia
  Carsten Mogensen   Vladimir Ivanov
  Ivan Sozonov
19–21, 21–18, 18–21   Bronze
2017 Sydbank Arena,
Kolding, Denmark
  Carsten Mogensen   Mads Conrad-Petersen
  Mads Pieler Kolding
21–16, 22–20   Gold

European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland   Kasper Kiim Jensen   Przemysław Wacha
  Piotr Żołądek
15–3, 15–8   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland   Karina Sørensen   Sebastian Schmidt
  Anne Hönscheid
15–5, 15–4   Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300   Carsten Mogensen   Tinn Isriyanet
  Kittisak Namdash
21–15, 21–11   Winner
2018 All England Open Super 1000   Carsten Mogensen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2019 Canada Open Super 100   Mads Conrad-Petersen   Hiroki Okamura
  Masayuki Onodera
21–12, 21–18   Winner
2019 Russian Open Super 100   Mads Conrad-Petersen   Keiichiro Matsui
  Yoshinori Takeuchi
21–18, 21–13   Winner

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 China Open   Carsten Mogensen   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
21–17, 17–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2009 Korea Open   Carsten Mogensen   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
21–12, 24–22   Winner
2009 Swiss Open   Carsten Mogensen   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
14–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2009 Denmark Open   Carsten Mogensen   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
22–20, 14–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2009 World Superseries Masters Finals   Carsten Mogensen   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
15–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2010 All England Open   Carsten Mogensen   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
23–21, 19–21, 24–26   Runner-up
2010 Denmark Open   Carsten Mogensen   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
21–13, 21–12   Winner
2010 French Open   Carsten Mogensen   Ingo Kindervater
  Johannes Schottler
21–15, 21–9   Winner
2010 World Superseries Finals   Carsten Mogensen   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
21–17, 21–15   Winner
2011 Korea Open   Carsten Mogensen   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
6–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2011 All England Open   Carsten Mogensen   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
15–21, 21–18, 21–18   Winner
2011 China Open   Carsten Mogensen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Yoo Yeon-seong
21–17, 21–13   Winner
2011 World Superseries Finals   Carsten Mogensen   Chai Biao
  Guo Zhendong
25–23, 21–17   Winner
2012 Indonesia Open   Carsten Mogensen   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
21–23, 21–19, 11–21   Runner-up
2012 China Open   Carsten Mogensen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Lee Yong-dae
21–15, 21–14   Winner
2012 World Superseries Finals   Carsten Mogensen   Hiroyuki Endo
  Kenichi Hayakawa
21–17, 21–19   Winner
2013 Korea Open   Carsten Mogensen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Lee Yong-dae
21–19, 13–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2014 Korea Open   Carsten Mogensen   Fu Haifeng
  Hong Wei
21–12, 21–17   Winner
2014 India Open   Carsten Mogensen   Liu Xiaolong
  Qiu Zihan
17–21, 21–15, 21–15   Winner
2014 French Open   Carsten Mogensen   Hiroyuki Endo
  Kenichi Hayakawa
18–21, 21–9, 21–7   Winner
2015 All England Open   Carsten Mogensen   Fu Haifeng
  Zhang Nan
21–17, 22–20   Winner
2015 Hong Kong Open   Carsten Mogensen   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
7–21, 21–18, 18–21   Runner-up
2016 French Open   Carsten Mogensen   Bodin Isara
  Nipitphon Phuangphuapet
19–21, 21–18, 3–0 retired   Winner
2016 China Open   Carsten Mogensen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
18–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2016 Hong Kong Open   Carsten Mogensen   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda
19–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2017 Singapore Open   Carsten Mogensen   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
21–13, 21–14   Winner
2017 Indonesia Open   Carsten Mogensen   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
19–21, 21–19, 18–21   Runner-up
2017 Korea Open   Carsten Mogensen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–19, 19–21, 21–15   Winner
2017 French Open   Carsten Mogensen   Lee Jhe-huei
  Lee Yang
19–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2017 China Open   Carsten Mogensen   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
19–21, 11–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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Boe with his partner Carsten Mogensen at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 German Open   Carsten Mogensen   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Jesper Larsen
15–6, 17–14   Winner
2004 U.S. Open   Carsten Mogensen   Howard Bach
  Tony Gunawan
5–15, 7–15   Runner-up
2005 Singapore Open   Carsten Mogensen   Sigit Budiarto
  Candra Wijaya
15–8, 8–15, 7–15   Runner-up
2005 Chinese Taipei Open   Carsten Mogensen   Tony Gunawan
  Halim Haryanto
13–15, 13–15   Runner-up
2006 Swiss Open   Carsten Mogensen   Chan Chong Ming
  Koo Kien Keat
14–17, 15–8, 14–17   Runner-up
2006 Bulgaria Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Anders Kristiansen
  Simon Mollyhus
18–21, 21–18, 25–23   Winner
2006 Denmark Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
21–18, 10–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2007 Bitburger Open   Carsten Mogensen   Robert Blair
  David Lindley
21–17, 21–15   Winner
2008 Chinese Taipei Open   Carsten Mogensen   Tony Gunawan
  Candra Wijaya
22–20, 21–14   Winner
2008 Bitburger Open   Carsten Mogensen   Kristof Hopp
  Johannes Schottler
21–11, 21–15   Winner
2008 Bulgaria Open   Carsten Mogensen   Fran Kurniawan
  Rendra Wijaya
25–23, 21–16   Winner
2010 Bitburger Open   Carsten Mogensen   Ingo Kindervater
  Johannes Schottler
21–16, 21–16   Winner
2013 London Open   Carsten Mogensen   Berry Angriawan
  Ricky Karanda Suwardi
21–13, 21–16   Winner
2014 U.S. Open   Carsten Mogensen   Maneepong Jongjit
  Nipitphon Phuangphuapet
17–21, 21–15, 18–21   Runner-up
2015 Syed Modi International   Carsten Mogensen   Vladimir Ivanov
  Ivan Sozonov
21–9, 22–20   Winner
2016 U.S. Open   Carsten Mogensen   Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi
21–11, 22–20   Winner
2017 Syed Modi International   Carsten Mogensen   Lu Ching-yao
  Yang Po-han
21–14, 21–15   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 U.S. Open   Majken Vange   William Milroy
  Denyse Julien
7–2, 7–3, 7–1   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Romanian International   Michael Jensen   Harald Koch
  Jürgen Koch
15–4, 15–3   Winner
2000 Slovenian International   Michael Jensen   Kristian Langbak
  Peter Steffensen
Walkover   Winner
2001 Dutch International   Thomas Hovgaard   Martin Delfs
  Jonas Glyager Jensen
15–4, 15–9   Winner
2001 Austrian International   Thomas Hovgaard   Michał Łogosz
  Robert Mateusiak
13–15, 3–15   Runner-up
2003 Portugal International   Michael Lamp   Jim Laugesen
  Michael Søgaard
7–15, 3–15   Runner-up
2003 Spanish International   Michael Lamp   Stanislav Pukhov
  Nikolai Zuyev
15–4, 15–9   Winner
2007 Spanish Open   Carsten Mogensen   Richard Eidestedt
  Robin Middleton
21–4, 21–10   Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Carsten Mogensen   Kristof Hopp
  Ingo Kindervater
22–24, 21–12, 21–9   Winner
2007 Italian International   Carsten Mogensen   Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki
  Rian Sukmawan
21–18, 16–21, 21–11   Winner
2019 Spanish International   Mads Conrad-Petersen   Joel Eipe
  Rasmus Kjær
21–11, 21–10   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Portugal International   Karina Sørensen   Valeriy Strelcov
  Natalia Golovkina
15–4, 15–12   Winner
2000 Dutch International   Karina Sørensen   Tijs Creemers
  Betty Krab
15–8, 15–9   Winner
2000 Romanian International   Britta Andersen   Michael Jensen
  Lene Mørk
15–7, 15–8   Winner
2000 Czech International   Britta Andersen   Jonas Glyager Jensen
  Lene Mørk
16–17, 15–7, 15–7   Winner
2000 Slovenian International   Britta Andersen   Russell Hogg
  Kirsteen McEwan
15–9, 15–3   Winner
2001 Austrian International   Britta Andersen   Peter Steffensen
  Lene Mørk
15–2, 15–5   Winner
2002 BMW International   Rikke Olsen   Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
9–11, 11–3, 9–11   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series / European Circuit tournament

References

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