Lotte Olsen
Birth nameLotte Olsen
Birth date23 November 1966 (age 59)
Birth placeNyborg, Denmark
Height169 cm
Weight72 kg
Highest ranking1
Date of highest ranking1993
CountryDenmark
HandednessRight
Bwfbadminton id410
Bwf id42354A32-2A3E-4178-A54A-CB10569D6784

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

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, EnglandLisbet Stuer-LauridsenNong Qunhua
Zhou Lei		2–15, 13–15Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam		Lisbet Stuer-LauridsenFinarsih
Lili Tampi		3–15, 5–15Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Maaspoort,
Den Bosch, Netherlands		Lisbet Stuer-LauridsenLim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson		14–17, 12–15Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990Luzhniki Small Sports Arena,
Moscow, Soviet Union		Jasper KnudsenJan-Eric Antonsson
Maria Bengtsson		13–18, 5–15Bronze
1994Maaspoort,
Den Bosch, Netherlands		Christian JakobsenMichael Sogaard
Catrine Bengtsson		6–15, 9–15Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1985Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall,
Pressbaum, Austria		Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen5–11, 6–11Silver

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall,
Pressbaum, Austria		Lisbet Stuer-LauridsenDebbie Hore
Sara Halsall		15–11, 9–15, 15–7Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1989Chinese Taipei OpenDorte KjærMaria Bengtsson
Christine Magnussen		13–15, 15–9, 6–15Runner-up
1990Danish OpenDorte KjærGillian Clark
Gillian Gowers		15–13, 9–15, 15–11Winner
1990German OpenDorte KjærPernille Dupont
Grete Mogensen		10–15, 15–2, 15–9Winner
1992Canada OpenPernille DupontDenyse Julien
Joanne Muggeridge		15–7, 15–7Winner
1993Malaysia OpenLisbet Stuer-LauridsenLim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson		12–15, 14–18Runner-up
1993Canada OpenLisbet Stuer-LauridsenLim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson		11–15, 5–15Runner-up
1993Denmark OpenLisbet Stuer-LauridsenTokiko Hirota
Yuki Koike		15–4, 15–2Winner
1993Scottish OpenLisbet Stuer-LauridsenAnne-Mette van Dijk
Marlene Thomsen		11–15, 15–10, 15–7Winner
1994Chinese Taipei OpenLisbet Stuer-LauridsenFinarsih
Lili Tampi		9–15, 4–15Runner-up
1994Swiss OpenLisbet Stuer-LauridsenAnne-Mette van Dijk
Marlene Thomsen		15–6, 3–15, 15–4Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Malaysia OpenJon Holst-ChristensenThomas Lund
Pernille Dupont		8–15, 12–15Runner-up
1992U.S. OpenJan-Eric AntonssonThomas Lund
Pernille Dupont		5–15, 10–15Runner-up
1993Canada OpenChristian JakobsenThomas Lund
Catrine Bengtsson		2–15, 9–15Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1987Portugal InternationalPernille Dupont11–7, 1–11, 6–11Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1984Norwegian InternationalMarian ChristiansenLillian Johannsson
Catharina Andersson		15–13, 7–15, 18–16Winner
1987Portugal InternationalPernille DupontLillian Johannsson
Anneli Johannsson		15–2, 15–7Winner
1989Norwegian InternationalCamilla MartinSvetlana Beliasova
Irina Serova		15–10, 15–10Winner
1989Stockholm InternationalDorte KjærElena Rybkina
Vlada Tcherniavskaia		4–15, 15–6, 15–3Winner
1990Nordic ChampionshipsDorte KjærNettie Nielsen
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen		15–8, 15–7Winner
1992Nordic ChampionshipsMarlene ThomsenLim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson		6–15, 13–15Runner-up
1995Hamburg CupRikke OlsenEline Coene
Erica Van Den Heuvel		15–6, 12–15, 15–13Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1987Portugal InternationalJosé NascimentoA. Choudhury
Pernille Dupont		15–7, 15–8Winner
1989Norwegian InternationalThomas Stuer-LauridsenLars Pedersen
Anne Mette Bille		15–9, 15–7Winner
1994Hamburg CupChristian JakobsenThomas Lund
Marlene Thomsen		8–15, 6–15Runner-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. ^ "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.