Catrine Bengtsson (born 21 September 1969) is a retired female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

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Career

Bengtsson competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarterfinals to

Guan Weizhen Guan won numerous major international doubles titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is the only woman to have won three consecutive women's doubles titles at the BWF World Championships. She won the 1987 and 1989 tournaments with Lin Yin ...

and

Nong Qunhua Nong Qunhua (; born July 20, 1966) is a former international badminton player from China who specialized in women's doubles. Career Nong was one of the world's leading women's doubles players of the early 1990s, winning the IBF World Championsh ...

, of China, 15-4, 15-9. She also competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the three events: women's singles, women's doubles with

Margit Borg Margit Borg (born 15 June 1969) is a Swedish badminton player, born in Mariestad. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. ...

and mixed doubles with

Peter Axelsson Hans Peter Christian Axelsson (born 22 June 1967) is a retired badminton player from Sweden. Career He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson (born 6 August 196 ...

. In

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, she won the

European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE). The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition was held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe. Europ ...

in mixed doubles with Denmark's

Michael Søgaard Michael Skals Søgaard (born 4 February 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. Career Søgaard made his debut at the national team in 1992. Since then he has won many tournaments for Denmark. Played for the Kastrup-Magleby BK, he has won ten ...

. In

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she claimed her biggest title, the IBF World Championship in mixed doubles with Denmark's

Thomas Lund Thomas Haubro Lund (born 2 August 1968) is a retired badminton player from Denmark who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club. Career Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a s ...

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* * * * Swedish female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Sweden Living people 1969 births Sportspeople from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-badminton-bio-stub