Profile Name: Kenneth JONASSEN Gender: Male Date of Birth: 3 JUL 1974 Height: 1.88 m / 6'2" Profession: Hobbies: Other Sports Activities: Olympic Event: Badminton Olympic Qualification: NOC Code: DEN Place of Birth: Herning, Denmark Weight: 81 kg / 179 lbs Marital Status: Started Competing: National Coach: Personal Best: Season Best: Olympic Solidarity: General Interests Nickname: Krogen. (Athlete 30/06/04) Hobbies: Wine and playing golf, family. (Athlete 30/06/04 NOC 21/7/04). Occupation: Student and Athlete Education: Trade and Business - Herning Trade and Business College: Herning, DEN MarStatus: Married LangSpoken: Danish, English and German Club: Greve Strand BK, DEN (Athlete 30/06/04) Coach: Jan Jorgensen, Steen Pedersen and Jens meibom., DEN (Athlete 30/06/04) AddInformation: When and where did you begin this sport? Age six, Denmark. Why this sport? His father played. Most influential person in career His dad and his first coach, Lars Engelbrechtsen. (Athlete 03/08/99) Hero / Idol He admires the chef, Jamie Oliver. (Athlete 30/06/04) Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs He listens to special music. (Athlete 30/06/04) Sporting philosophy / motto "Give it all." (Athlete 30/06/04) Ambitions To win a medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. (NOC 21/07/04) Other Information COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT He served one year in the Royal Guards. (Athlete 03/08/99) Highlights The Competition Highlights section contains the following results: Last Olympic Cycle; Top 8 results at Olympic Games and World Championships. Top 3 results at World Grand Prix competitions. Historical; Medals at Olympic Games and World Championships. Rnk Event Year Venue World Championships Quarterfinal Singles 2003 Birmingham, GBR World Grand Prix Winner Singles 2004 holland Open Winner Singles 2003 korea Open Winner Singles 2001 German Open Runner-up Singles 2002 Realkredit Denmark Open Runner-up Singles 2001 USA Open Semi Final Singles 2003 Chinese Taipei Open Semi Final Singles 2002 China Open Semi Final Singles 2000 Swiss Open
Thanks for the information! Seawell I saw him playing in the German Bundesliga (German first badminton league at Bayer Uerdingen). He has got an excellent manner. He played against my club (Bonn-Beuel), namely my Chinese friend Xie Yangchun. He lost to Xie, but it was an exciting match.
Kenneth's definitely one of my favorite players. He plays so hard and fights with such spirit, it's great to watch
in that pic, he looks just like Heath Ledger. that guy who starred in 'the four feathers' and 'a knight's tale'. he's a really tough player. never gives up.
Exactly! I saw the film and I must say the similarity between both is obvious. Maybe Kennth Jonassen could become an actor. Smart and energetic and last not least a real gentleman! He could play James Bond.
however, all past 007 agents have dark hairs (hint) I dont know off hand any action hero who has blonde hair. (claude van dam and arnold S. have brown hairs??) slyvestor stallone and steven seagul have dark hairs too.
Kenneth Jonassen in Germany? Next year after the World Championship Kenneth Jonassen will probably become the coach of the German National squad as Asgar Madsen's successor. A. Madsen, a former national player from Denmark, has been the coach of the German national squad for years. This was inofficially confirmed to me by the German player Mark Zwiebler who won the French Open last year and was semifinalist in this Dutch Open. In a negotiation yet not finished, K. Jonassen expressed his wish to play one more year. Then he will train the Men Singles in Saarbruecken, Germany. By the way Xu Huaiwen lives in Saarbruecken, too.
Jonassen = the mopping guy sorry...just kidding (for you fans of Kenneth Jonassen) but i could not help remembering thomas cup match between him and taufik hidayat when taufik forced him to "mop" the floor hehehe with his own body. well i don't like taufik but it was funny though my photographer got this picture where he was still laying on floor while a guy mopped the court next to his side but i also agree that he's a tough player...when everyone else was having breakfast at the hotel, he and peter gade were practicing hard in the morning. good fighting spirit
