Liselotte Blumer (born 1957) is a retired female

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player from

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Career

In 1980 Blumer was a surprise winner of the women's singles gold medal at the

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. The powerfully built Blumer won the Swiss national women's singles title sixteen times, fifteen of them consecutively between 1973 and 1987, and the

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women's singles title six times.
/ref> Her other international titles included the French Open (badminton), French Open women's doubles, the Polish Open women's singles (1981, 1982), and the

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women's singles and doubles (1984).

References

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