Lotte Jonathans (born 17 September 1977) is a

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former

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player.

Career

Jonathans made her debut at the Olympics in the 2000 Sydney, reaching the quarter finals of the women's doubles with

Nicole van Hooren Nicole Gerarda Everdina van Hooren (born 11 June 1973) is a Dutch former badminton player. She and Lotte Jonathans who were partnered since February 1998, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where the duo reached the quar ...

. Jonathans made her second appearance at the Olympics in the 2004 Athens. She played in the women's doubles with partner

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. They had a bye in the first round and defeated

Ella Tripp Ella Kate Tripp (born 7 November 1976; née Miles) is an English badminton player. Tripp competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Joanne Wright. They beat Bulgarians in the first round and were defea ...

and Joanne Wright of

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Jonathans and Audina lost to

Lee Kyung-won Lee Kyung-won (Hangul: 이경원, Hanja: 李敬元; ; born 21 January 1980 in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a badminton player from South Korea. Lee was the women's doubles gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games. She competed at the Olympic Games ...

and

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of South Korea 5–15, 2–15. Jonathans also competed in the mixed doubles with partner

Chris Bruil Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil (born 20 December 1970 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathan ...

, who was her husband until 2008. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by

Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon (Hangul: 김동문, Hanja: 金東文; born 22 September 1975) is a retired South Korean badminton player who won major titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s (decade), and widely regarded as one of finest men's doubles and m ...

and Ra Kyung-min of South Korea in the round of 16. She captured the women's doubles title with

at the

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in Geneva, Switzerland.http://badmintoneurope.com/cms/?&pageid=23542 She won gold with the Dutch National badminton team at the 2006 European Women's Team Championships in Thessalonica, Greece. She also won two silver medals (2004 and 2006) and a bronze (2002) with the Dutch squad at the European Mixed Team Championships. Jonathans also won a bronze (2002) and a silver medal (2006) with the Dutch women's team at the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

. As a part of the BC Amersfoort team with

Yao Jie Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands. Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country ...

Larisa Griga Larisa Valeriïvna Griga ( uk, Лариса Валеріївна Грига Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine. She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles ...

Dicky Palyama Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978 in Gouda) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Early career After winning four junior titles in the Netherlands between 1994 and 1996, Dicky took the European junior U19 title in 1997. His first suc ...

and

Eric Pang Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015. Career As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Pang reached the f ...

, Jonathans reached the final of the 2007 European Cup in

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where they lost against the team of NL Primoriye.

Achievements

European Championships

''Women's doubles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF/IBF International Series tournament

References

External links

European results
* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch Indo people Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch female badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-badminton-bio-stub