1979 European Junior Badminton Championships

The 1979 European Junior Badminton Championships was the 6th tournament of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Mülheim, Germany, in the month of April.^[1] Danish players won four titles, both the singles and Mixed doubles and Mixed team championships. While Sweden bagged boys' doubles title and England the girls' doubles gold.^[2][3]

Medalists[]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Nick Yates
Girls' singles	Kirsten Larsen
Boys' doubles	Jan-Eric Antonsson		Jesper Knudsen
			Nick Yates
Girls' doubles	Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark		Kirsten Larsen
Mixed doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff
			Jan-Eric Antonsson
Mixed team	Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff Kirsten Larsen Jesper Knudsen Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	England Gillian Clark Nick Yates Stephen Baddeley Sally Leadbeater	Sweden Jan-Eric Antonsson

Final results[]

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Nick Yates	17–16, 15–1
Girls' singles	Kirsten Larsen		11–2, 11–4
Boys' doubles	Jan-Eric Antonsson		15–9, 16–17, 15–0
Girls' doubles	Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark		15–12, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff		15-7, 15-7

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	4	1	3	8
2	England (ENG)	1	2	3	6
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	2	4
4	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
6	Soviet Union (SOV)	0	0	2	2
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		6	6	11	23

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