{{Short description|Danish badminton player (born 1995)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Maiken Fruergaard | image = | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen | country = Denmark | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|11}} | birth_place = [[Odense]], Denmark | height = 1.69 m | weight = | years_active = 2012–present | handedness = Right | coach = | event = Women's & mixed doubles | highest_ranking = 14 (WD with [[Sara Thygesen]] 15 January 2019)<br />37 (XD with [[Søren Gravholt]] 6 April 2017) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = 49 (WD with Sara Thygesen)<br />54 (WD with [[Natasja Anthonisen]]) | date_of_current_ranking = 15 April 2025 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Badminton Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2025 European Badminton Championships|2025 Horsens]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | {{Nowrap|[[2016 European Badminton Championships|2016 La Roche-sur-Yon]]}} | {{Nowrap|Women's doubles}} }} {{MedalBronze | [[2018 European Badminton Championships|2018 Huelva]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2021 European Badminton Championships|2021 Kyiv]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2022 European Badminton Championships|2022 Madrid]] | Women's doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Mixed Team Badminton Championships|European Mixed Team Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2017 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships|2017 Lubin]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2019 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships|2019 Copenhagen]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2021 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships|2021 Vantaa]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships|2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalGold | [[2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships|2025 Baku]] |Mixed team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Women's Team Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2014 Basel]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2016 Kazan]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2018 Kazan]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2020 Liévin]] | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | [[2024 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2024 Łódź]] | Women's team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Junior Badminton Championships|European Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2013 European Junior Badminton Championships|2013 Ankara]] | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalGold | 2013 Ankara | Mixed team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 70042 | bwf_id = DC90DA4A-1AD2-44C3-84E2-D583CCE5E0BC }}
'''Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen''' (born 11 May 1995) is a Danish [[badminton]] player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was the gold medalists at the [[2013 European Junior Badminton Championships|2013 European Junior Championships]] in the team and mixed doubles events, and in 2014, she entered the national team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Maiken Fruergaard |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/70042/maiken-fruergaard |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>
== Career == Fruergaard competed at the [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] partnering [[Sara Thygesen]]. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fruergaard Maiken |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1366615-fruergaard-maiken.htm |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=14 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814185411/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1366615-fruergaard-maiken.htm |archive-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== European Championships === ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2016 European Badminton Championships|2016]] | align="left" | Vendéspace,<br />[[La Roche-sur-Yon]], France | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Sara Thygesen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Eefje Muskens]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Selena Piek]] | align="left" | 17–21, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2018 European Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2018]] | align="left" | [[Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín]],<br />[[Huelva]], Spain | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Gabriela Stoeva]]<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stefani Stoeva]] | align="left" | 10–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2021 European Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2021]] | align="left" | [[Palace of Sports, Kyiv|Palace of Sports]],<br />[[Kyiv]], Ukraine | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Gabriela Stoeva<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} Stefani Stoeva | align="left" | 16–21, 10–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2022 European Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2022]] | align="left" | Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,<br />[[Madrid]], Spain | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Linda Efler]]<br />{{flagicon|GER}} [[Isabel Lohau]] | align="left" | 22–20, 15–21, 20–22 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2025 European Badminton Championships#Finals 4|2025]] | align="left" | [[Forum Horsens|Forum]],<br />[[Horsens]], Denmark | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Natasja Anthonisen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Gabriela Stoeva<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} Stefani Stoeva | align="left" | 11–21, 16–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
=== European Junior Championships === ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | [[2013 European Junior Badminton Championships|2013]] | align="left" | Aski Sports Hall,<br />[[Ankara]], Turkey | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[David Daugaard]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Robin Tabeling]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Myke Halkema]] | align="left" | 21–15, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |}
=== BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) === The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the [[Badminton World Federation]] (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2020 Indonesia Masters#Finals 4|2020]] | align="left" | [[Indonesia Masters]] | align="left" | Super 500 | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Sara Thygesen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Greysia Polii]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Apriyani Rahayu]] | align="left" | 21–18, 11–21, 21–23 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | [[2023 U.S. Open (badminton)#Finals 4|2023]] | align="left" | [[U.S. Open (badminton)|U.S. Open]] | align="left" | Super 300 | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Shengshu]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Ning (badminton)|Tan Ning]] | align="left" | 19–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
=== BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) === The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the [[BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold|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.
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | [[2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix#Finals 5|2016]] | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Gravholt]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mathias Christiansen]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Sara Thygesen]] | align="left" | 18–21, 22–20, 16–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#FFFF67|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|BWF Grand Prix Gold]] tournament : {{Color box|#D4F1C5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|BWF Grand Prix]] tournament
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up) === ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2013 | align="left" | [[Spanish International (badminton)|Spanish International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Sara Thygesen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Heather Olver]] <br /> {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kate Robertshaw]] | align="left" | 21–18, 13–21, 20–22 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2014 | align="left" | [[Dutch International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Samantha Barning]] <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Iris Tabeling]] | align="left" | 16–21, 12–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | [[Croatian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Camilla Martens]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Julie Finne-Ipsen]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ditte Søby Hansen]] | align="left" | 21–16, 19–21, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | [[Belgian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Joyce Choong Wai Chi]] <br /> {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Yap Cheng Wen]] | align="left" | 21–18, 21–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Swedish Masters International Badminton Championships|Swedish Masters]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Samantha Barning <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} Iris Tabeling | align="left" | 21–19, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen | align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Gabriela Stoeva]]<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stefani Stoeva]] | align="left" | 21–19, 17–21, 24–22 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | Irish Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Natasja Anthonisen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chloe Birch]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Estelle van Leeuwen]] | align="left" | 21–19, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | [[Norwegian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Gravholt]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sawan Serasinghe]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Setyana Mapasa]] | align="left" | 17–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWFB|70042}} * {{BWFT|DC90DA4A-1AD2-44C3-84E2-D583CCE5E0BC|member_id=70042}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240729192933/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/maiken-fruergaard_1889000 Maiken Fruergaard] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]] (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/maiken-fruergaard_1889000 alternate link]) * [http://www.maikenfruergaard.dk Maiken Fruergaard's Homepage]
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