Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female

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player from

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, who won a

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at the 1993

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and competed at the

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. She won several international tournaments, and four

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in women's doubles during her career. Lotte Olsen was a leading women's doubles player from her junior year, and won the Danish under-19 championship in 1984 and 1985. She won the silver medal at the

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in women's doubles with

Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen (born 22 September 1968) is a Danish former professional badminton player who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1 ...

. They won silver medals at the

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, where Olsen also won silver medals with

Christian Jacobsen Christian Jakobsen (born 27 August 1971) is a Danish badminton player. Jakobsen competed in two events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and common ...

in mixed doubles. Lotte is the older sister of badminton player

Rikke Olsen Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in 1992 and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993. Born in ...

, and together they won the 1995 Hamburg Open in women's doubles. She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with

Ann Jørgensen Ann Jørgensen (born 1 October 1973 in Copenhagen) is a badminton player from Denmark. Career Jørgensen competed in badminton at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and ...

and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's doubles, she lost in the quarter final to the runners-up from

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. She ended her career after the Olympics, and later received the

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badge of merit.

References

Living people 1966 births Danish female badminton players Olympic badminton players of Denmark Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub