Maria Bengtsson (born 5 March 1964) is a

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 Sweden who played in three editions of Olympic games in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Career

She won two silver medals at the

World Badminton Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious i ...

, one in

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in mixed doubles with Stefan Karlsson and another in

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in women's doubles with

Christine Magnusson Christine Kajumba Magnusson (born 21 November 1964 in Toro Kingdom, Uganda) is a retired Swedish badminton player who won events in numerous Swedish National, open European and other international tournaments. Career Magnusson's Swedish nation ...

. She won a bronze medal at the

1989 IBF World Championships The 1989 IBF World Championships the sixth edition of the IBF World Championships which were held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1989. Venue *Istora Senayan Medalists Medal table Medalists ReferencesResults 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 women's singles and women's doubles with

Catrine Bengtsson Catrine Bengtsson (born 21 September 1969) is a retired female badminton player from Sweden. Career Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarte ...

, and they lost in the quarterfinals to

Guan Weizhen Guan won numerous major international doubles titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is the only woman to have won three consecutive women's doubles titles at the BWF World Championships. She won the 1987 and 1989 tournaments with Lin Yin ...

and

Nong Qunhua Nong Qunhua (; born July 20, 1966) is a former international badminton player from China who specialized in women's doubles. Career Nong was one of the world's leading women's doubles players of the early 1990s, winning the IBF World Championsh ...

, of China, 15-4, 15-9.

Personal life

Her daughter

Johanna Magnusson Johanna Magnusson (born 15 November 1998) is a Swedish badminton player. She won gold at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with her partner Emma Karlsson. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' ...

is also a badminton player.

Achievements

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

''Mixed doubles''

International tournaments

''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

* * * 1964 births Living people Swedish female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Sweden Badminton players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Malmö 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-badminton-bio-stub