Morten Frost was born on April 4, 1958 in Denmark and was one of the best badminton players in the world in the 80s. He managed to stay 12 years in the top-3 of the world ranking.
He won all the existing titles, except the world championship where he reached two finals in 1985 and 1987. When he lost his second world championship final, the headlines were "The best player in the world will never be world champion". Morten Frost won in England 4 times: 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1987. He was also proclaimed European champion in 1984 and 1986 and 8 times of the North Championship, 7 of them consecutive between 1978 and 1984, and the other in 1988.
Frost also stands out for having won all the Grand Prix to which he was invited at least once, including the Denmark Open, in which he was the winner between 1980 and 1986 and in 1989. He has been the Danish athlete who has represented his country for a longer period, between 1976 and 1991.
At the end of his playing career as a player, he was appointed coach of the Danish national team. During that period, the Danish national team won 20 international titles, including gold by Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, 6 gold and 3 silver medals at the 1996 European Championship, All England titles in men's singles in 1995 and 1996, also won by Høyer Larsen and one gold, two silvers and 4 bronzes in the 1995 world championship.
Later he trained the national teams of Malaysia and South Africa.
In 1998 he was named by the IBF Hall of Fame member. Links of interest
Anecdotes about Frost (in English)
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