Tonny Ahm
| Tonny Ahm | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Tonny Kristine Olsen |
| Country |
 Denmark |
| Born | (1914-09-21)September 21, 1914 |
| Died | 1993 |
Tonny Kristine Ahm (f. Olsen) (September 21, 1914 – 1993) was a female badminton player of Denmark.
She won 26 Danish National Championships between 1935 and 1957. She won eleven events at the prestigious All-England Championships, all but one of them after reaching the age of thirty. In her early forties she played singles for Denmark in the first Uber Cup (women's world team championship) series, and helped her team to a second-place finish.
Ahm was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997.
Major achievements
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Championships | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952 | All England Open |
| Women's doubles | 1939,[1] 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952 | ||
| 1 | Singles | 1950, 1952 | All England Open |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1935-36, 1937–38,[1] 1945–46, 1947–48, 1948-49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52 |
Denmark Open |
| Singles | 1936-37, 1938–39,[1] 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948-49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52 | ||
| Mixed doubles | 1948-49, 1949–50, 1951–52 | ||
| 2 | Singles | 1948, 1951 | All England Open |
| Women's doubles | 1949 | ||
References
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