Peter Gade

Peter Høeg Gade (born 14 December 1976 in Aalborg, Denmark)[1][3] is a Danish former professional badminton player.

With a plethora of deceptive shots, he has been known to win points from more outrageous attempts, such as the reverse forehand and backhand (using the opposite side of the racket head to the one anticipated, to make contact with the shuttlecock at a radically different angle).

2000 He reached the semifinals in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medalist Ji Xinpeng of China.

2004[5] At the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, he defeated Chien Yu-Hsiu of Chinese Taipei and Nikhil Kanetkar of India in the first two rounds.

2008 Gade stated that one of his final career goals would be a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Gade beat two-time Olympic Champion Lin Dan in a farewell exhibition match at the Copenhagen Masters on 27 December 2012 in front of a sold-out crowd at Falconer Salen.