Peter Høeg Gade (born 14 December 1976 in Aalborg, Denmark)[1][3] is a Danish former professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen. He has two children with the former handball player Camilla Høeg.
Gade made his mark in badminton history through his All England Open Badminton Championships singles title in 1999 and his five European Championships crowns in the men's singles event. He topped the world rankings from 1998 to 2001. With his 22 Grand-Prix titles, he has become one of the sport's most successful players. On 22 June 2006, he briefly recaptured the number one spot in the world rankings. This was achieved after winning the Singapore Open and reaching the quarter-final at the Malaysia Open.
With his defeat in the quarter-finals of the 2012 French Open, Gade retired from international competition.
Peter Gad, who learned to play badminton at the age of 4, made a rather wise decision in his life at the age of 6: he chose badminton. Although he loved to play football and wanted to play football, he eventually chose his parents' lifelong sport, which was badminton, and badminton became his best sport. Today, almost two decades later, Gade has become a world-famous badminton star, and he has won medals by winning championships in many major events. After the Sydney Olympics, with age and injuries, Gade has gone to the top, but remains a rival to be reckoned with. In 1994, Peter Gade began to break into the international badminton scene, where he won the domestic junior men's singles and men's doubles championships;
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