As the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou closes in to just 3 days to go, we zoomed in in the last week on one of Europe's best bet in the men's singles discipline - Jan Ø. Jørgensen - who will be playing in his third BWF World Championships this summer since making his debut in 2009 as a 21-year-old youngster.
Since the 2012 Olympic Games concluded, Jørgensen (25) has registered 4 semi-finals appearances on the World Superseries tour in the last 12 months leading up to qualifying for the World Championships in Guangzhou - a testament of his capability to steal an elusive men's singles medal for Europe.
Denmark remains the European country with a convincing history of medaling at the men's singles discipline. In fact, Danish household names like Peter Gade, Morten Frost and current BWF President, Poul-Erik Høyer, have all medaled at the World Championships more than once.
Win an original signed t-shirt of Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Jørgensen was the main star in a 6-part finale series on Smashing Stars, where we took you deeper into the character he is off-court. In the last episode you have the chance to win a signed shirt of Jørgensen - you won't want to miss out on that!
Watch Smashing Stars episode #21 and answer the question Jan asked in the video. Send your answer via email to manuel.roesler@badmintoneurope.com. Deadline for entering the contest is 15 August 2013.
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