Emma Karlsson (born 16 May 1998) is a retired Swedish

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player. She won gold at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with her partner,

Johanna Magnusson Johanna Magnusson (born 15 November 1998) is a Swedish badminton player. She won gold at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with her partner Emma Karlsson. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' ...

. Karlsson won her first senior international title at the 2018

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, and at the 2019

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she claimed two titles in the women's and mixed doubles events. Karlsson retired from the international badminton in November 2020.

Personal life

Karlsson educated Sports Science and Management at the

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, and in 2019, she received an elite sports scholarship from the Swedish Sports Confederation.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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* 1998 births Living people People from Älmhult Municipality Swedish female badminton players Badminton players at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Sweden Sportspeople from Kronoberg County 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-badminton-bio-stub