Mette Schjoldager (born 21 April 1977) is a

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badminton player from Viby, Roskilde Municipality, on the island of Zealand.

Career

Schjoldager made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Teamed-up with

Ann-Lou Jørgensen Ann-Lou Jørgensen (born 12 June 1977) is a badminton player from Denmark. Career Jørgensen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Rikke Olsen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Gr ...

, they beat

Elena Nozdran Elena Ivanivna Nozdran ( ua, Олена Іванівна Ноздрань; born 20 July 1975) is a badminton player from Ukraine. She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the secon ...

Viktoriya Evtushenko Victoria Viktorovna Evtoushenko (Ukrainian: Вікторія Вікторівна Євтушенко; born 23 April 1965 as Victoria Viktorovna Pron) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian badminton player. Evtoushenko had won seventeen times Ukrainian Nationa ...

of Ukraine in the first round, but was defeated in the second round by Indonesian pair

Etty Tantri Eti Lesmina Tantra (; born 14 October 1975), is an Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. She has represented Indonesia and the United States in international tournaments. Career Tantri who affiliate with Tangkas club, was selected to ...

Cynthia Tuwankotta Cynthia Tuwankotta (born 28 June 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player who later represented Switzerland. Tuwankotta started playing badminton at aged six, and she won the junior title at her hometown Maluku when she was ten. She then s ...

. In the mixed doubles, she partnered with

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Champio ...

. The duo had a bye in the first round, beat Michael Keck/

Nicol Pitro Nicol Pitro (born 7 October 1975) is a female badminton player from Germany. Career Pitro competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Björn Siegemund. They defeated Travis Denney and Kate Wilson-Smith of Au ...

of German, and were defeated bye

Tri Kusharjanto Tri Kusharjanto (born 18 January 1974) is a badminton player from Indonesia. His name also appears variously as ''Tri Kusharyanto, Trikus Harjanto, Trikus Heryanto, and Trikus Haryanto''. Personal life He married fellow former Asian Champions ...

Minarti Timur Minarti Timur (; 24 March 1968) is a former Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with PB Djarum since 1987. Career Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling ...

of Indonesia in the quarterfinals. Schjoldager again competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner

Pernille Harder Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the w ...

. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by

Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min (; born 25 November 1976) is a badminton player from South Korea. Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from the late 1990s to early 2000s, resulting in a 70–match winning streak and 14 consecutive ...

and

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 ...

of Korea in the round of 16. In the mixed doubles with partner

, they defeated

Svetoslav Stoyanov Svetoslav Stoyanov ( bg, Светослав Стоянов) (born 10 July 1976) is a male badminton player originally from Bulgaria, but later competed for France. Stoyanov competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles ...

Victoria Wright Victoria Wright (born Victoria Hristova; 1 May 1974) is a former Bulgarian badminton player, and later represented France. She competed for Bulgaria at the first edition of the badminton at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In Bulgaria, she won n ...

of France in the first round and

Kim Yong-hyun Kim Yong-hyun (born 13 May 1978) is a badminton player from South Korea. Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Yim Bang-eun. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Lars Paaske an ...

/ Lee Hyo-jung of South Korea in the second. In the quarterfinals, Schjoldager and Eriksen beat

Nova Widianto Andreas Nova Widianto (born 10 October 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is currently the Indonesia national team mixed doubles head coach. Career Nova Widianto is considered one of the greatest doubles player in his era. He i ...

Vita Marissa Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Career Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Rober ...

of Indonesia 15-12, 15-8 to advance to the semifinals. There, they lost to Zhang Jun/

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...

of China 15–9, 15–5. In the bronze medal match, they defeated fellow Danish pair

Jonas Rasmussen Jonas Rasmussen (born 28 October 1977 in Aarhus) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. Career With his men's doubles partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian pair Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto ...

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 ...

15–5, 15–5 to win the bronze medal.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Mixed doubles''

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results with

against Super Series finalists, world Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists: *

Chen Qiqiu Chen Qiqiu (; born January 4, 1978, in Meizhou, Guangdong, China) is a former male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He is now a doubles coach for the Chinese national team. Career A doubles specialist who has paired with a ...

& Zhao Tingting 4–1 * Zhang Jun &

1–9 *

Xie Zhongbo Xie Zhongbo (; born 22 May 1983) is a former Chinese badminton player from Hunan and raised in Sichuan. After retired from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan. Career A doubles specialist on the world circuit, ...

& Zhang Yawen 1–2 *

Thomas Laybourn Thomas Laybourn (born 30 September 1977) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. He is a World Champion, two times European Champion and was ranked as world number 1 in the mixed doubles in January 2011. Career Laybourn won the 2006 Eur ...

& Kamilla Rytter Juhl 0–2 * Simon Archer &

Joanne Goode Joanne Gwendoline "Jo" Goode MBE (née Wright; born 17 November 1972) is a former English badminton player. She represented Great Britain at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, and won the 2000 mixed doubles bronze medal with Simon Archer. Goode ...

1–1 *

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Sp ...

Gail Emms Gail Elizabeth Emms Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 23 July 1977) is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to rep ...

2–1 *

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...

1–0 * Kim Dong-moon &

0–3 *

Robert Mateusiak Robert Bogumił Mateusiak (born 13 January 1976) is a Polish retired badminton player. Career Łogosz and Mateusiak won bronze medals at the European Championships in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. Partnered with Nadieżda Zięba in the mixed ...

& Nadieżda Zięba 1–0 *

Sudket Prapakamol Sudket Prapakamol ( th, สุดเขต ประภากมล; ; born 8 February 1980) is a badminton player from Thailand. He is a police lieutenant and a sportsman like his brother. He has a Bachelor's degree from the University of the Th ...

Saralee Thungthongkam Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication ...

0–3

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