Christine Kajumba Magnusson (born 21 November 1964 in

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) is a retired

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player who won events in numerous Swedish National, open European and other international tournaments.

Career

Magnusson's Swedish national titles included seven in women's singles between 1982 and 1990. She won the bronze medal at the

1989 IBF World Championships The 1989 IBF World Championships the sixth edition of the IBF World Championships which were held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1989. Venue *Istora Senayan Medalists Medal table Medalists ReferencesResults 1991 IBF World Championships The 1991 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1991. Host city selection Copenhagen and Hong Kong submitted bids to host the championships. Venue *Brøndby Arena Medalists Medal table Me ...

in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson. She also represented Sweden at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and

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. She won gold in women's doubles at the

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and

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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 ...

with

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and the

Badminton World Cup The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as invitationa ...

women's doubles with Lim in 1993. In the Open Grand Prix Circuit Christine Magnusson won the USSR International titles in singles and doubles (with Maria Bengtsson) in 1981, the Scottish Open singles titles in 1985, 1986 and 1988. In 1987 she won the

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in women's singles and the Dutch Open doubles title with Maria Bengtsson. She won more women's doubles titles again with Maria Bengtsson at the

1988 and also at the Chinese Taipei Masters Open 1988 and the

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1990. In 1991 she won both the singles and doubles titles (with Maria Bengtsson) at the Chinese Taipei Masters Open. She won the Scottish Open and German Open women's doubles titles in 1991 and 1992 with

. She also won the doubles title at the Danish Open with

in 1992 and 1994, the US Open in 1992, and both the Malaysia Open and

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in 1993. In 1996 Christine Magnusson won the Polish Open doubles title with Marina Andrievskaia.

Achievements

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Personal life

Christine Magnusson was born in

, as daughter of an Ugandan mother and a Swedish father. The family fled Uganda during the rule of

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and moved to

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in 1975 after also living in Kenya for a while, where she first came in contact with badminton. After arriving in Sweden she became a member of the Taby Badminton Club at the young age of ten years. Under the guidance of trainer Dan Andersson she quickly improved her skills and already at a young age of 16 years she was selected by the National badminton team of Sweden. Eventually playing two Olympic Games and many international events at the top level of the sport of badminton for many decades. Christine was married to fellow Danish badminton player Max Gandrup and the pair have two children; daughter Tanja born in 1997 and son Kevin born in 1999. After retirement in the sport she started working as a sales coordinator at a cosmetics company. In her free time she now plays golf.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Magnusson, Christine 1964 births Living people Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Sweden Swedish female badminton players Ugandan emigrants to Sweden Badminton players at the 1988 Summer Olympics