# Gentofte BK

Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton Klub), also known as GBK is a badminton club in Gentofte, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is based in Gentofte Sportsby. The club has won more than 100 titles. It experienced its most successful period in the late 1970s and 1980 when it won Europe Cup seven times. Former players include some of Denmark's most successful badminton players, including, Morten Frost, Lene Køppen, Poul-Erik Høyer, Peter Gade and Camilla Martin.

## History

Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton or GBK) was founded on 10 February 1931. The club initially played in rented premises on Maltegårdsvej in Charlottenlund until inaugurating its current badminton hall in 1936.

## Location

The club is based in GBK Hallen in Gentofte Sportsby. The venue contains 10 badminton courts.

## Former players

* Poul Holm
* Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen
* Ole Jensen
* Tonny Ahm
* Per Walsøe
* Anne Flint
* Marko Daraboš
* Ib Frederiksen
* Bente Flint
* Steen Skovgaard
* Kirsten Larsen
* Flemming Delfs
* Lene Køppen
* Poul-Erik Høyer
* Pernille Dupont
* Morten Frost
* Grete Mogensen
* Peter Gade
* Camilla Martin

## Achievements
### Europe Cup

* Champions: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
* Runner-Up: 1984

### Danish Badminton League

* Champion:1949/1950, 1950/1951, 1951/1952, 1974/1975, 1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1977/1978, 1978/1979, 1982/1983, 1983/1984, 1985/1986, 1988/1989, 1989/1990, 1990/1991,1991/1992,1996/1997

### Danish National Badminton Championships

| Season | Player(s) | Discipline | Place |
| 1934/1935 | Poul Vagn Nielsen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1935/1936 | Poul Vagn Nielsen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1935/1936 | Poul Vagn Nielsen / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1935/1936 | Eric Kirchoff / Poul V. Nielsen, Gentofte BK | Men's doubles | 1 |
| 1935/1936 | Bodil Strømann, Skovshoved IF / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1936/1937 | Eric Kirchoff, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1937/1938 | Bodil Rise / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1937/1938 | Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1938/1939 | Tonny Olsen, GentofteBK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1938/1939 | Bodil Rise / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1939/1940 | Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1939/1940 | Bodil Duus / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1941/1942 | Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1942/1943 | Agnete Friis, Odense BK / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1942/1943 | Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1944/1945 | Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1945/1946 | Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1945/1946 | Agnete Friis / Tonny Olsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1946/1947 | Agnete Friis / Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1946/1947 | Poul Holm / Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1947/1948 | Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1947/1948 | Agnete Friis / Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1947/1948 | Jørn Skaarup, Københavns BK / Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1948/1949 | Poul Holm, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1948/1949 | Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1949/1950 | Gentofte Badminton Klub | Team | 1 |
| 1949/1950 | Poul Holm / Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1949/1950 | Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1949/1950 | Agnete Friis / Birgit Rostgaard Frøhne, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1950/1951 | Gentofte Badminton Klub | Team | 1 |
| 1950/1951 | Poul Holm, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1950/1951 | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen / Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1951/1952 | Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1951/1952 | Poul Holm / Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1951/1952 | Poul Holm / Ole Jensen, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1951/1952 | Annelise Petersen, Gentofte | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1951/1952 | Poul Holm, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1951/1952 | Gentofte Badminton Klub | Team | 1 |
| 1952/1953 | Poul Holm, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1952/1953 | Poul Holm / Ole Jensen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1952/1953 | Agnete Friis / Birgit Schultz-Pedersen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1953/1954 | Agnete Friis / Gitte Schultz-Pedersen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1953/1954 | Poul Holm / Ole Jensen, Gentofte BK | Men's doubles | 1 |
| 1956/1957 | Tonny Ahm, Gentofte BK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1957/1958 | Agnete Friis / Birte Kristiansen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1963/1964 | Pernille Mølgaard Hansen, GentofteBK | Women's singles | 1 |
| 1966/1967 | Per Walsøe / Pernille Mølgaard Hansen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1967/1968 | Anne Flindt / Bente Flindt Sørensen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1968/1969 | Per Walsøe / Pernille Mølgaard Hansen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1969/1970 | Per Walsøe / Pernille Mølgaard Hansen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1969/1970 | Svend Pri, Amager BC / Per Walsøe, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1970/1971 | Svend Pri, Amager BC / Per Walsøe, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1971/1972 | Poul Petersen, Østerbro BK / Per Walsøe, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1971/1972 | Pernille Kaagaard / Anne Flindt, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1973/1974 | Pernille Kaagaard, Gentofte BK / Ulla Strand, Københavns BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1974/1975 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK / Inge Borgstrøm, Ringsted | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1974/1975 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1974/1975 | Steen Skovgaard / Pernille Kaagaard, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1975/1976 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK / Inge Borgstrøm, Ringsted | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1975/1976 | Steen Skovgaard / Pernille Kaagaard, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1975/1976 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1976/1977 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1976/1977 | Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1976/1977 | Steen Skovgaard, Gentofte BK / Svend Pri, Søllerød-Nærum IK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1976/1977 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK / Lonny Bostofte, Nykøbing F | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1977/1978 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1977/1978 | Steen Skovgaard, Gentofte BK / Flemming Delfs, Værløse | Men's double | 1 |
| 1977/1978 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1977/1978 | Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1978/1979 | Steen Skovgaard / Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1978/1979 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1978/1979 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1978/1979 | Lene Køppen / Susanne Berg, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1979/1980 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1979/1980 | Steen Fladberg / Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1979/1980 | Steen Fladberg, Køge / Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1979/1980 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1979/1980 | Lene Køppen / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1980/1981 | Steen Skovgaard / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1980/1981 | Steen Skovgaard, Gentofte BK / Flemming Delfs, Greve Strand | Men's double | 1 |
| 1980/1981 | Lene Køppen / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1980/1981 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1981/1982 | Kirsten Larsen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1981/1982 | Lene Køppen / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1981/1982 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1981/1982 | Steen Fladberg, Køge / Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1981/1982 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1981/1982 | Steen Skovgaard / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Lene Køppen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Steen Skovgaard / Jens Peter Nierhoff Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Kirsten Larsen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Steen Skovgaard / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Jens Peter Nierhoff, Gentofte BK / Jesper Helledie, Hvidovre BC | Men's double | 1 |
| 1982/1983 | Steen Skovgaard / Anne Skovgaard, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1983/1984 | Kirsten Larsen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1983/1984 | Hanne Adsbøl, Lyngby / Kirsten Larsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1983/1984 | Michael Kjeldsen, Gentofte BK / Mark Christiansen, Triton, Aalborg | Men's double | 1 |
| 1983/1984 | Morten Frost / Ulla-Britt Frost, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1983/1984 | Jens Peter Nierhoff / Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's double | 1 |
| 1983/1984 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1984/1985 | Charlotte Hattens, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1984/1985 | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1984/1985 | Michael Kjeldsen, Gentofte BK / Mark Christiansen, Triton, Aalborg | Men's double | 1 |
| 1985/1986 | Kirsten Larsen, Gentofte BK | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1985/1986 | Peter Buch, Lillerød / Hanne Adsbøl, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1985/1986 | Charlotte Hattens, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1985/1986 | Michael Kjeldsen, Gentofte BK / Mark Christiansen, Triton, Aalborg | Men's double | 1 |
| 1985/1986 | Ib Frederiksen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1985/1986 | Poul -Erik Høyer Larsen, Gentofte BK | Men's single | 1 |
| 1986/1987 | Morten Frost, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1986/1987 | Kirsten Larsen, Gentofte BK | Women's singæe | 1 |
| 1986/1987 | Pernille Nedergaard, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1986/1987 | Claus Thomsen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1988/1989 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1989/1990 | Thomas Lund, Kastrup-Magleby / Pernille Dupont, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1989/1990 | Charlotte Hattens, Gentofte BK | Women's single | 1 |
| 1990/1991 | Janek Roos, Ringsted / Jim Laugesen, Gentofte | Men's double | 1 |
| 1990/1991 | Jim Laugesen, Gentofte | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1991/1992 | Peter Rasmussen, Gentofte | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1991/1992 | Jim Laugesen, Gentofte / Janek Roos, Ringsted | Men's double | 1 |
| 1991/1992 | Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1991/1992 | Pernille Dupont, Gentofte BK / Grete Mogensen, Herning | Women's single | 1 |
| 1991/1992 | Thomas Lund, Kastrup-Magleby / Pernille Dupont, Gentofte BK | Mixed | 1 |
| 1992/1993 | Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, Gentofte BK | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1993/1994 | Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, Gentofte BK | Herreneinzel | 1 |
| 1994/1995 | Henrik Stumpe, Gentofte | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1995/1996 | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen, Gentofte / Marlene Thomsen, Skovshoved IF | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1996/1997 | Camilla Martin, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 1996/1997 | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen, Gentofte / Marlene Thomsen, Skovshoved IF | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 1997/1998 | Camilla Martin, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 1998/1999 | Camilla Martin, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 1999/2000 | Peter Gade, Gentofte | Men's singles | 1 |
| 1999/2000 | Jim Laugesen, Gentofte / Michael Søgaard, Kastrup Magleby | Men's double | 1 |
| 1999/2000 | Camilla Martin, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 2000/2001 | Camilla Martin, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 2000/2001 | Peter Gade, Gentofte | Men's single | 1 |
| 2001/2002 | Michala Wolff Petersen, SB50 Ishøj / Maria Røpke, Gentofte | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 2001/2002 | Maria Røpke, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 2001/2002 | Camilla Martin, Gentofte | Women's single | 1 |
| 2001/2002 | Peter Gade, Gentofte | Men's singles | 1 |
| 2001/2002 | Stefan K. Andersen, Skovshoved / Maria Røpke, Gentofte | Mixed | 1 |
| 2002/2003 | Peter Gade, Gentofte | Men's single | 1 |
| 2002/2003 | Jim Laugesen, Gentofte / Michael Søgaard, KMB | Men's double | 1 |
| 2003/2004 | Marie Røpke, Gentofte / Mia Sejr Nielsen, Erritsø | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 2003/2004 | Nina Mortensen / Hanne Pærregaard, Gentofte | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 2004/2005 | Peter Gade, Gentofte | Men's single | 1 |
| 2009/2010 | Marie Røpke / Helle Nielsen, Gentofte, Kastrup KMB | Women's doubles | 1 |
| 2009/2010 | Mikkel Delbo Larsen / Mette Schjoldager, Gentofte, Skovshoved | Mixed | 1 |