Lotte Olsen

Lotte Olsen
Personal information
Birth nameLotte Olsen
CountryDenmark
Born23 November 1966 (1966-11-23) (age 58)
Nyborg, Denmark
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
Highest ranking1 (1993)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
1993 Birmingham Women's doubles
World Cup
1994 Ho Chi Minh Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
1989 Jakarta Mixed team
1993 Birmingham Mixed team
1995 Lausanne Mixed team
Uber Cup
1996 Hong Kong Women's team
European Championships
1994 Dan Bosch Women's doubles
1994 Dan Bosch Mixed doubles
1990 Moscow Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
1990 Moscow Mixed team
1994 Dan Bosch Mixed team
European Junior Championships
1985 Pressbaum Girls' doubles
1985 Pressbaum Mixed team
1985 Pressbaum Girls' singles
BWF profile

Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark, who won a silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won several international tournaments, and four Danish National Badminton Championships in women's doubles during her career.[1]

Lotte Olsen was a leading women's doubles player from her junior year, and won the Danish under-19 championship in 1984 and 1985.[2] She won the silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen. They won silver medals at the 1994 European Badminton Championships, where Olsen also won silver medals with Christian Jacobsen in mixed doubles.[3]

Lotte is the older sister of badminton player Rikke Olsen, and together they won the 1995 Hamburg Open in women's doubles.[4] She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Ann Jørgensen and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's doubles, she lost in the quarter final to the runners-up from South Korea.[5] She ended her career after the Olympics,[4] and later received the Danish Badminton Federation badge of merit.[6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1993 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Nong Qunhua
Zhou Lei
2–15, 13–15 Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Finarsih
Lili Tampi
3–15, 5–15 Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Maaspoort,
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
14–17, 12–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1990 Luzhniki Small Sports Arena,
Moscow, Soviet Union
Jasper Knudsen Jan-Eric Antonsson
Maria Bengtsson
13–18, 5–15 Bronze
1994 Maaspoort,
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Christian Jakobsen Michael Sogaard
Catrine Bengtsson
6–15, 9–15 Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1985 Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall,
Pressbaum, Austria
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen 5–11, 6–11 Silver

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1985 Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall,
Pressbaum, Austria
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Debbie Hore
Sara Halsall
15–11, 9–15, 15–7 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1989 Chinese Taipei Open Dorte Kjær Maria Bengtsson
Christine Magnussen
13–15, 15–9, 6–15 Runner-up
1990 Danish Open Dorte Kjær Gillian Clark
Gillian Gowers
15–13, 9–15, 15–11 Winner
1990 German Open Dorte Kjær Pernille Dupont
Grete Mogensen
10–15, 15–2, 15–9 Winner
1992 Canada Open Pernille Dupont Denyse Julien
Joanne Muggeridge
15–7, 15–7 Winner
1993 Malaysia Open Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
12–15, 14–18 Runner-up
1993 Canada Open Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
11–15, 5–15 Runner-up
1993 Denmark Open Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Tokiko Hirota
Yuki Koike
15–4, 15–2 Winner
1993 Scottish Open Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Anne-Mette van Dijk
Marlene Thomsen
11–15, 15–10, 15–7 Winner
1994 Chinese Taipei Open Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Finarsih
Lili Tampi
9–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1994 Swiss Open Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Anne-Mette van Dijk
Marlene Thomsen
15–6, 3–15, 15–4 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1992 Malaysia Open Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
8–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1992 U.S. Open Jan-Eric Antonsson Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
5–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1993 Canada Open Christian Jakobsen Thomas Lund
Catrine Bengtsson
2–15, 9–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1987 Portugal International Pernille Dupont 11–7, 1–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1984 Norwegian International Marian Christiansen Lillian Johannsson
Catharina Andersson
15–13, 7–15, 18–16 Winner
1987 Portugal International Pernille Dupont Lillian Johannsson
Anneli Johannsson
15–2, 15–7 Winner
1989 Norwegian International Camilla Martin Svetlana Beliasova
Irina Serova
15–10, 15–10 Winner
1989 Stockholm International Dorte Kjær Elena Rybkina
Vlada Tcherniavskaia
4–15, 15–6, 15–3 Winner
1990 Nordic Championships Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
15–8, 15–7 Winner
1992 Nordic Championships Marlene Thomsen Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
6–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1995 Hamburg Cup Rikke Olsen Eline Coene
Erica Van Den Heuvel
15–6, 12–15, 15–13 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1987 Portugal International José Nascimento A. Choudhury
Pernille Dupont
15–7, 15–8 Winner
1989 Norwegian International Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Lars Pedersen
Anne Mette Bille
15–9, 15–7 Winner
1994 Hamburg Cup Christian Jakobsen Thomas Lund
Marlene Thomsen
8–15, 6–15 Runner-up

References

  1. ^ "Danmarks Badminton Forbund - Danmarksmesterskaber". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  2. ^ "Danmarks Badminton Forbund - DM individuel U19". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  3. ^ "Championships History - European Badminton Championships". Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  4. ^ a b "Rikke Olsen - badminton". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  5. ^ Lotte Olsen at Sports Reference
  6. ^ "Danmarks Badminton Forbund - Æres- og fortjensttegn". www.badminton.dk. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15.