Line Kjærsfeldt

Line Kjærsfeldt
Kjærsfeldt at the 2018 Indonesia Open
Personal information
Birth nameLine Højmark Kjærsfeldt
CountryDenmark
Born (1994-04-20) 20 April 1994[1]
Aarhus, Denmark[1]
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Years active2010
HandednessRight[1]
Women's singles
Career record290 wins, 230 losses
Highest ranking16 (30 July 2019[1])
Current ranking19 (8 July 2025[1])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Sudirman Cup
2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
European Games
2015 Baku Women's singles
2019 Minsk Women's singles
European Championships
2025 Horsens Women's singles
2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's singles
2018 Huelva Women's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
2015 Leuven Mixed team
2017 Lubin Mixed team
2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
2025 Baku Mixed team
2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
2014 Basel Women's team
2016 Kazan Women's team
2018 Kazan Women's team
2020 Liévin Women's team
2024 Łódź Women's team
2012 Amsterdam Women's team
World Junior Championships
2010 Guadalajara Girls' doubles
European Junior Championships
2011 Vantaa Mixed doubles
2013 Ankara Mixed team
2013 Ankara Girls' singles
2011 Vantaa Girls' doubles
2011 Vantaa Mixed team
BWF profile

Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (born 20 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She was a gold medalists in the 2015 European Games and 2025 European Championships.[2][3] In the juniors, she won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen.[4]

Career

Kjærsfeldt began to playing badminton at the age of eight, and started to playing competitively at the age of 15.[5] She competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal in the girls' doubles partnered with Sandra-Maria Jensen, after in the semi-finals, they were beaten by the Chinese pair Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni in straight games.[6] Kjærsfeldt won her first international title in the women's doubles at the 2011 Croatian International with Jensen.[7] She then played at the Vantaa European Junior Championships, won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Kim Astrup and bronze medal in the girls' doubles with Jensen.[8][9] She entered two finals at the Scottish International, and won her first mixed doubles title with Astrup.[10]

In 2012, Kjærsfeldt won her first title of the year at the Banuinvest International in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen.[11] In May, Kjærsfeldt finished runner-up at the Denmark International in the mixed doubles with Kim Astrup.[12] She then won her first women's singles title at the Irish Open.[13] After won the title in Ireland, she then entered the top 100 BWF world ranking.[14]

Kjærsfeldt opened the 2013 season by winning the Estonian International.[14] In March, she clinched the girls' singles silver medal at the European Junior Championships, after being defeated by Bulgarian Stefani Stoeva in the final.[15] In 2014, Kjærsfeldt won the Finnish Open,[16] and also runners-up in the Swedish Masters and Irish Open.[17][18]

Kjærsfeldt competed at the 2015 Baku European Games and won the gold medal in the women's singles.[2] She then won a Grand Prix title at the Scottish Open beating home favorite Kirsty Gilmour in the final in three games.[19] In 2016, she was defeated by Carolina Marín in the semi-finals of the European Championships, settled for the bronze medal.[20][21] Kjærsfeldt made her debut at the Olympics in Rio 2016, but her pace was stopped in the group stage.[22] In December, she won her second Irish Open title.[23]

Achievements

European Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Lianne Tan 18–21, 21–19, 21–9 Gold [2]
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Kirsty Gilmour 21–13, 16–21, 8–21 Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Carolina Marín 21–23, 15–21 Bronze [21]
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Evgeniya Kosetskaya 10–21, 14–21 Bronze
2025 Forum, Horsens, Denmark Kirsty Gilmour 21–16, 21–17 Gold [3]

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Mexico 		Sandra-Maria Jensen Bao Yixin
Ou Dongni 		15–21, 7–21 Bronze [6]

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Stefani Stoeva 13–21, 25–23, 19–21 Silver [15]

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland 		Sandra-Maria Jensen Thamar Peters
Josephine Wentholt 		21–16, 15–21, 19–21 Bronze [24]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland 		Kim Astrup Matthew Nottingham
Helena Lewczynska 		19–21, 21–14, 21–16 Gold [25]

BWF World Tour (7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[26] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[27]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Tai Tzu-ying 21–17, 10–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Mia Blichfeldt 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Beiwen Zhang 18–21, 21–16, 16–21 Runner-up
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Nozomi Okuhara 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2024 Canada Open Super 500 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2025 Swiss Open Super 300 Chen Yufei 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Scottish Open Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 21–16, 21–18 Winner [19]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Bitburger Open Anders Skaarup Rasmussen He Jiting
Du Yue 		18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Scottish International Judith Meulendijks 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up [10]
2012 Irish Open Chloe Magee 23–21, 18–21, 21–18 Winner [13]
2013 Estonian International Natalia Perminova 13–21, 21–18, 21–18 Winner [14]
2014 Swedish Masters Kirsty Gilmour 22–24, 21–12, 10–21 Runner-up [17]
2014 Finnish Open Anna Thea Madsen 21–9, 13–3 Retired Winner [16]
2014 Irish Open Beatriz Corrales 21–23, 13–21 Runner-up [18]
2016 Irish Open Sung Shuo-yun 21–18, 21–18 Winner [23]
2021 Irish Open Hsu Wen-chi 9–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open Hsu Wen-chi 15-21, 18-21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Croatian International Sandra-Maria Jensen Natalia Pocztowiak
Staša Poznanović 		21–14, 21–18 Winner [7]
2012 Banuinvest International Sandra-Maria Jensen Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva 		21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner [11]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Croatian International Kim Astrup Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Staša Poznanović 		13–21, 13–21 Runner-up [7]
2011 Scottish International Kim Astrup Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Agnieszka Wojtkowska 		15–21, 21–15, 21–13 Winner [10]
2012 Denmark International Kim Astrup Mads Pieler Kolding
Julie Houmann 		19–21, 9–21 Runner-up [12]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Invitational tournament

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Copenhagen Masters P. V. Sindhu 21–12, 21–19 Winner

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