Kenneth Jonassen

Kenneth Jonassen (born 3 July 1974) is a Danish badminton coach and former player, who won Danish national and international titles during the first decade of the 21st century. The big, hard fighting Dane was often ranked among the top few singles players of that era, but was rather overshadowed by his fellow countryman Peter Gade. He has served the singles head coach of the Malaysia national badminton team since 4 January 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Chen Hong of China. Jonassen reached the quarterfinals of several Badminton World Championships but never quite made it to the medal rounds.

He won the gold medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships, late in his career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This, along with victories in the 2003 Korea Open and the 2004 Singapore Open were perhaps his most impressive achievements.

Major achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	8–15, 4–15	Silver Silver
2000	Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Template:Flagicon Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen	8–15, 15–5, 8–15	Bronze Bronze
2002	Malmö, Sweden	Template:Flagicon Peter Rasmussen	7–0, 5–7, 7–3, 5–7, 2–7	Silver Silver
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	9–15, 10–15	Silver Silver
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	19–21, 18–21	Silver Silver
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Joachim Persson	21–13, 21–16	Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	French Open	Template:Flagicon Jesper Olsson	15–2, 5–15, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Russian Open	Template:Flagicon Poul-Erik Høyer	2–15, 2–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Hyun-il	8–6, 2–7, 2–7, 5–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	German Open	Template:Flagicon Niels Christian Kaldau	7–1, 7–8, 8–6, 4–7, 7–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Hong	9–15, 15–9, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Park Tae-sang	15–12, 17–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Anders Boesen	15–6, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	3–15, 17–15, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	15–7, 4–15, 5–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Hafiz Hashim	13–15, 13–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	10–21, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Irish Open	Template:Flagicon Rikard Magnusson	11–15, 2–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Austrian Open	Template:Flagicon Robert Nock	15–10, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	Amor Tournament	Template:Flagicon Jeroen van Dijk	15–12, 5–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Irish Open	Template:Flagicon Colin Haughton	8–15, 15–4, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Austrian Open	Template:Flagicon Niels Christian Kaldau	15–10, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Irish Open	Template:Flagicon Kasperi Salo	15–10, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Irish Open	Template:Flagicon Kasper Fangel	15–4, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Polish Open	Template:Flagicon Jan Jorgensen	Template:Flagicon Ade Sutrisna Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	15–11, 8–15, 8–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1998	South Africa International	Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Johan Kleingeld Template:Flagicon Anton Kriel	15–3, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	South Africa International	Template:Flagicon Beverley Meerholz	Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Meagen Burnett	5–15, 7–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

External links

• BWF Profile