Steen Skovgaard is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who specialized in the doubles events and won national and international titles in both men's doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. He played for the Gentofte BK.

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Steen Skovgaard
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	1950
Event	Doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Denmark World Championships 1977 Malmö Mixed doubles 1980 Jakarta Men's doubles 1980 Jakarta Mixed Doubles World Games 1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles World Cup 1980 Kyoto Men's doubles 1979 Tokyo Men's doubles Thomas Cup 1979 Jakarta Men's team 1982 London Men's team European Championships 1976 Dublin Mixed team 1980 Groningen Mixed team 1976 Dublin Mixed doubles 1978 Preston Mixed doubles 1978 Preston Mixed team 1980 Groningen Men's doubles 1982 Böblingen Mixed doubles 1982 Böblingen Mixed team

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The tall, hard-hitting Skovgaard won the gold medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Lene Køppen, defeating Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks by 15-12, 18-17 in the final. They also won the bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships.

At the European Badminton Championships they won two silver medals, in 1976 and 1978. In 1980 Skovgaard won a bronze medal in men's doubles with Flemming Delfs, and in 1982 another bronze medal in mixed doubles with his wife, Anne Skovgaard.

After ending his active career, Skovgaard became a coach in Gentofte BK. He has also been used as a badminton commentator by TV2 Sporten.

He has since 1981 worked for companies such as IBM Denmark, Errpege IBS, Kraks Forklag and Mercuri Urval. In 2004, he became a co-owner of People Capital Partner. In 2010, he became partner in the recruitment company Hansen Toft A/S.^[1]