Tom Bacher

Tom Bacher

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Personal information
Born	(1941-11-16)16 November 1941
Died	4 October 2017(2017-10-04) (aged 75)
Sport
Country	Denmark
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Retired	1974
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Denmark Thomas Cup Silver medal – second place 1973 Jakarta Men's team

Tom Bacher (born 16 November 1941) was a former Danish badminton player. He was a Danish international from the mid 1960s until the mid 1970s. His greatest achievement was winning the 1970 All England Badminton Championships doubles title with Poul Petersen.

Leaderships roles and death

Although he is successful as players, he is more well-known for his managerial and leadership roles after he retired when he won Scottish Open in 1974 with Punch Gunalan. Tom was appointed as International Badminton Federation executive board members, deputy seat of IBF councils and became the IBF vice presidents from 1987 until 2003. Tom received the Herbert Scheele Trophy for extensive contribution to the badminton world and received an honorary vice presidents role in 2009. Besides his contribution for IBF, Tom also a former Badminton Europe presidents from 2004 until 2010. Tom died on 4 October 2017 due to unsuccessful emergency heart surgery.

Achievements

International tournaments (10 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Norwegian International	Svend Andersen	15–12, 15–2	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1963	Dutch Open	Bendt Rose	15–17, 15–9, 15–8	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1966	Austrian International	Gottfried Seemann	15–2, 15–8	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1968	Dutch Open	Erland Kops	8–15, 9–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1969	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	5–15, 7–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Norwegian International	Svend Andersen	Bengt-Ake Jonsson Ingemar Eliasson	14–17, 7–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1967	Nordic Championships	Jørgen Mortensen	Henning Borch Erland Kops	5–15, 16–18	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1968	Dutch Open	Erland Kops	Alan Parsons William Kerr	15–4, 15–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1968	Norwegian International	Klaus Kaagaard	Kurt Johnsson Sture Johnsson	15–9, 15–7	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1968	Austrian International	Poul Petersen	Klaus Katzor Edgar Michalowski	15–3, 15–1	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1969	German Open	Poul Petersen	Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen	3–15, 15–10, 6–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1969	Dutch Open	Erland Kops	Chavalert Chumkum Sangob Rattanusorn	15–9, 1–15, 9–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1970	All England Open	Poul Petersen	David Eddy Roger Powell	15–11, 15–0	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1970	Belgian International	Poul Petersen	David Horton Elliot Stuart	15–5, 10–15, 1–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1972	Austrian International	Poul Petersen	Franz Beinvogl Siegfried Betz	15–5, 15–3	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1974	Scottish Open	Punch Gunalan	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15–9, 15–8	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Norwegian International	Jette Føge	Klaus Kaagaard Lonny Funch	2–15, 15–13, 7–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1968	Austrian International	Bente Jeppesen	Hermann Fröhlich Lore König	13–15, 15–3, 15–5	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner