Johnnie Torjussen (born 24 June 1999) is a former
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 England.
Career
In 2020, he lost the finals at the
Slovak Open to
Jan Louda. In 2021, he became the
national champion of England after winning the men's singles at the 2021 English National Badminton Championships by defeating
Alex Lane
Alex Lane (born 29 August 1995) is a male English badminton player from Kingston, Surrey.
Badminton career
Alex won the singles European Under 17 Junior Gold in 2001. He won his first senior international title at the 2015 Slovak Open in the m ...
. This earned him a place in representing England at the
2021 Sudirman Cup
The 2021 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams ...
.
In 2022, he was selected as part of the squad to represent England in the
2022 Thomas Cup. In 2023, he won his third consecutive national singles title at the
English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham.
Torjussen announced his retirement in December 2023, due to an ongoing
meniscus
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*Meniscus (anatomy), crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure that partly divides a joint cavity
*Meniscus (liquid)
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injury.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
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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.
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tournament
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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
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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
References
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Living people
1999 births
English male badminton players
Alumni of the University of Nottingham
English people of Norwegian descent
European Games competitors for Great Britain
Badminton players at the 2023 European Games