Marlene Thomsen (born 5 May 1971) is a former badminton player from Denmark.

Career

1992 Summer Olympics

Thomsen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen. In the first round, they defeated

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and Doris Piche of Canada 15-7, 15-7. In the second round they were beaten by the eventual silver medalist,

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 Y ...

and

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of China, 15-3, 15-12.

1996 Summer Olympics

She also competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rath ...

in women's doubles with Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen. In the first round, they defeated Linda French and Erika von Heiland of the United States and in the second round

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and Park Soo-yun of Korea. In quarterfinales they lost against

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and

Tang Yongshu Tang Hetian (; born 23 December 1975), formerly known as Tang Yongshu (唐永淑), is a badminton player who competed internationally for China in the 1990s. She played for Australia in the 2000s as He Tian Tang. Career Specializing in wome ...

of China 15-8, 15-3.

Major achievements

Sources

Smash - Marlene Thomsen

External links

Marlene Thomsen's Profile - Badminton.dk
1971 births Living people Danish female badminton players Olympic badminton players of Denmark Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Vejle Municipality Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-badminton-bio-stub