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Karin Jørgensen
Karin Jørgensen (née Rasmussen) was a Danish former badminton player. She won nine National Danish titles and five Nordic titles in addition to playing for the national team 28 times from 1961 to 1972. However, she was best known for her All England title successes with her sister Ulla Strand née Rasmussen. The pair won the doubles in 1964 and 1965. They also lost three finals in 1962, 1963 and 1966 against Judy Hashman who played either with another Dane, Tonny Holst-Christensen or with her own sister Susan Devlin, Sue Peard. Achievements European Championships ''Women's doubles'' International tournaments (15 titles, 25 runners-up) ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Karin Danish female badminton players 2014 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), 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 per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a Yard (land), yard or on a beach; professional games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the other team's half of the court, within the set boundaries. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or ground, or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile that flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulla Rasmussen
Ulla Strand (21 March 1943 – 7 August 2007), born as Ulla Rasmussen, was badminton player of Denmark who excelled from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Though she won three Danish national singles titles and reached the women's singles final at the All-England Championships in 1965, most of her major championship victories were in doubles (often with her sister Karin Jorgensen) and mixed doubles. Attractive and charismatic, she was a crowd favorite throughout her career. She was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1999. Ulla Strand died in 2007 after a long illness. Career Strand won 10 All England Open Badminton Championships titles, 7 in mixed doubles and 3 in women's doubles. She also won 21 Danish National Championships between 1961 and 1974, and 19 Nordic Championships between 1962 and 1973. 1972 Summer Olympics Strand competed in badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics, as a demonstration sport competition. In women's singles, she lost in the first round a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunilla Dahlström
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Jenny Horton
Helen Jennifer Horton (née Pritchard, born 1938) is a former English badminton player. Badminton career Born Helen Jennifer Pritchard she first competed as Pritchard when she won the mixed doubles title at the 1964 All England Open Badminton Championships, with Tony Jordan. In addition she won the German Open in 1964. After marrying fellow international player David Horton in 1965 she competed as Jenny Horton and won the U.S. Open Badminton Championships and the South African Championships in 1965 and from 1966 to 1968 won four titles at the Scottish Open. Horton was selected as part of the England team that went to 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal, with Ursula Smith in the women's doubles and a silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aase Winther
Aase Winther (née Aase Svendsen) is a former Danish badminton player. Career Aase Winther won the Women's Doubles title at the Danish national championships four times. Her partners were Kirsten Thorndahl in 1949, Anni Jorgensen in 1955 and Birgit Anker Hansen in 1956 and 1960. She reached the All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ... singles final in 1949. and represented Denmark at the 1960 Uber Cup. References Danish female badminton players Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bente Kristiansen
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All England Open
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018. The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton (Great Britain, China, Malaysia and Indonesia) are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis. The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 All England Badminton Championships ...
The 1962 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 21–24 March 1962. Final results Men's singles Section 1 Section 2 Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 References {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England Open Badminton Championships in London All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Jansen
Hanne is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hanne Blank (born 1969), American historian, writer, editor and public speaker * Hanne Budtz (1915–2004), Danish politician and lawyer * Hanne Darboven (1941–2009), German conceptual artist * Hanne Grete Einarsen (born 1966), Norwegian-Sami artist * Hanne Harlem (born 1964), Norwegian politician * Hanne Haugland (born 1967), Norwegian high jumper * Hanne Hiob (1923–2009), German actress * Hanne Hukkelberg (born 1979), Norwegian singer-songwriter * Hanne Krogh (born 1956), Norwegian singer * Hanne Liland (born 1969), Norwegian race walker * Hanne Sigbjørnsen (born 1989), Norwegian blogger * Hanne Staff (born 1972), Norwegian orienteering athlete * Hanne Wolharn (born 1968), German actress See also * Hanna (other) * Hanni (other) * Hanno (other) * Hannu (other) Hannu (from Hannes, a diminutive of Johannes) is a Finnish first name. Notable people with the name include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen was a Danish badminton player. Career Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen won the women's singles title at the 1949 All England Badminton Championships and the 1951 All England Badminton Championships. Jacobsen also represented Denmark at the 1957 Uber Cup The 1957 Uber Cup was the inaugural Uber Cup; a women's international team badminton championship promoted by Betty Uber. Eleven nations took part competing first (as in Thomas Cup competition) within zones to qualify for interzone matches. The ... and won three Danish National Championships. References Danish female badminton players Year of birth missing 2005 deaths Place of birth missing {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnete Friis (badminton)
Agnete Friis (married name Varn) is a former Danish badminton player. She became Danish Champion in the women's singles in 1941 and 1944 and nine times in women's doubles from 1941 to 1958. She played for the national team until the end of the 1950s. She also reached three All England Championship Finals in all three categories in 1953. In the singles final she lost to Marie Ussing; the two of them lost the doubles final to Iris Cooley and June White of Great Britain and in the mixed doubles with Poul Holm, they were defeated by Eddy Choong and June White. Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Friis, Agnete Danish female badminton players 20th-century Danish sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Schmidt
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