Jon Holst-Christensen (born 16 June 1968) is a retired male

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

Summer Olympics

Jon Holst-Christensen 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 men's doubles with

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 ...

. In the first round they defeated

Dean Galt Dean Galt (born 13 February 1971) is a retired male badminton player from New Zealand. Career Galt competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Chris Jogis, of the United States, 15–1, 15� ...

and

Kerrin Harrison Kerrin Charters Harrison (born 27 April 1964/ref>) is a New Zealand badminton player. Along with Glenn Stewart, he won a bronze medal in the badminton men's doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended Westlake Bo ...

of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek of Malaysia. He also competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rath ...

in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut in 1992, a ...

and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in the second round.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles''

External links

Jon Holst-Christensen's Profile - Badminton.dk
1968 births Living people Danish male badminton players Olympic badminton players of Denmark Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics World No. 1 badminton players People from Ringsted Sportspeople from Region Zealand {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub