Margit Borg
CountrySweden
Birth date15 June 1969 (age 57)
Birth placeMariestad, Sweden
Height169 cm
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles

Margit Borg (born 15 June 1969) is a Swedish badminton player, born in Mariestad. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]

Career

Margit Borg competed in the women's singles and doubles at the 1996 Olympics, finishing 9th in singles and 17th in doubles with partner Maria Bengtsson. The year before, she had already won the French Open. In 2000, she became the German team champion with BC Eintracht Südring Berlin as a foreign player.[1]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1987Hali Mery, Warsaw, PolandCatrine BengtssonJulie Munday
Tracy Dineen		15–4, 17–14Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1987Hali Mery, Warsaw, PolandJonas EricssonJens Maibom
Charlotte Madsen		15–4, 10–15, 14–18Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1996German OpenYao Jie1–11, 0–11Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995French OpenMaria BengtssonElena Rybkina
Marina Yakusheva		15–10, 15–6Winner
1996Dutch OpenChristine MagnussonEline Coene
Erica van Dijck		5–9, 1–9, 9–5, 2–9Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1993Uppsala InternationalLotte Thomsen11–2, 11–5Winner
1994Polish OpenLotta Andersson4–11, 11–5, 11–2Winner
1994Austrian OpenChen Hsiao-li11–7, 11–2Winner
1994Norwegian InternationalAstrid Crabo3–11, 11–5, 11–7Winner
1994Irish OpenKarolina Ericsson11–4, 11–8Winner
1995La Chaux-de-Fonds InternationalMarina Andrievskaya11–8, 11–7Winner
1995Victor CupHuang Chia-chi12–10, 11–8Winner
1996Malmo InternationalMarina Andrievskaya11–6, 12–11Winner
1998Scottish OpenAnu Nieminen11–5, 11–3Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1989USSR InternationalAstrid CraboSvetlana Belyasova
Irina Serova		14–17, 5–15Runner-up
1990Stockholm InternationalMaria BengtssonEmma Edbom
Ulrika Gideonsson		15–6, 15–5Winner
1992Uppsala InternationalCharlotta WihlborgMarianne Rasmussen
Anne-Mette van Dijk		0–15, 7–15Runner-up
1994La Chaux-de-Fonds InternationalLotta AnderssonNicole Baldewin
Karen Stechmann		15–12, 15–3Winner
1994Norwegian InternationalMaria BengtssonKarolina Ericsson
Ulrika Persson		15–0, 15–3Winner
1994Irish OpenMaria BengtssonHelene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen		11–15, 12–15Runner-up
1995La Chaux-de-Fonds InternationalMaria BengtssonHeidi Dössing
Karen Neumann		8–15, 15–12, 15–2Winner
1995Malmo InternationalMaria BengtssonMichelle Rasmussen
Mette Sørensen		15–9, 15–8Winner
1996Malmo InternationalMaria BengtssonPernille Harder
Ann-Lou Jørgensen		15–4, 15–7Winner

References

  1. ^ "Margit Borg". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2019.