Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1983-11-23) 23 November 1983 (age 38) Skagen, Denmark
Residence	Valby, Denmark
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Retired	11 March 2019
Handedness	Left
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD 10 May 2018) 1 (XD 6 January 2011)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles World Championships 2009 Hyderabad Mixed doubles 2015 Jakarta Women's doubles 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles 2013 Guangzhou Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2005 Beijing Mixed team European Championships 2017 Kolding Women's doubles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles 2014 Kazan Women's doubles 2012 Karlskrona Women's doubles 2010 Manchester Mixed doubles 2008 Herning Women's doubles 2006 Den Bosch Mixed doubles 2014 Kazan Mixed doubles 2012 Karlskrona Mixed doubles 2006 Den Bosch Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2018 Kazan Women's team 2016 Kazan Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team 2010 Warsaw Women's team 2008 Almere Women's team 2012 Amsterdam Women's team
BWF profile

Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well.^[1][2]

Career[]

Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doubles specialist.

Juhl enjoyed a successful mixed doubles career with Thomas Laybourn, winning the 2009 BWF World Championships and two European titles in 2006 and 2010. The pair also won the BWF World Superseries Finals in 2008, and won a total of two Superseries titles.

After Laybourn's retirement, Rytter Juhl played mixed doubles with Mads Pieler Kolding, and the pair came runner-up in the 2014 European Championships, losing out to their Danish teammates Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen in the final.

In the women's doubles, Juhl initially partnered with Lena Frier Kristiansen, and the pair reached 8th on the world rankings, won a bronze and a gold medal at the European Championships, and reached the World Superseries Finals in 2009.

From 2010 to 2018, Rytter Juhl was paired with Christinna Pedersen. While both athletes also focussed on competing with their respective partners in mixed doubles, in 2016 Juhl changed to competing exclusively in women's doubles. The pair won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2013 Guangzhou World Championship and at the 2017 BWF World Championships. Rytter Juhl and Pedersen won a total of four European women's doubles titles, one World Superseries Final and five Superseries titles, and had a career highest world ranking of 2nd. Having won seven European titles in total, Rytter Juhl is the most successful Danish player in European Championship history.^[3] The pair also won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and, in doing so, became the first Europeans to ever compete in an Olympic women's doubles final.

Rytter Juhl represented Skovshoved in the Danish Badminton League and lives in Copenhagen, where she trained with the national team. Off the badminton court, Rytter Juhl has a degree in Sport Management.

She announced her retirement in July 2018, due to her being pregnant,^[4][5] and officially announced her retirement from the BWF World Tour in March 2019 together with Pedersen. The duo journey in badminton will continue in the national tournament.^[6]

Personal life[]

Rytter Juhl is openly lesbian. She gave birth to a daughter named Molly in January 2019.

Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen's autobiography, "Det Unikke Makkerskab" (loosely translated: "The Unique Partnership"), written with support from journalist Rasmus M. Bech, was released in Denmark in October 2017. In the book, the couple tell not only of their lives as international badminton players, but of their life together off court; having been a couple since 2009. ^[7]

Achievements[]

Olympic Games[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Christinna Pedersen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–18, 9–21, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Christinna Pedersen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	17–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Christinna Pedersen	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	25–23, 8–21, 15–21	Silver
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Christinna Pedersen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	14–21, 21–14, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Thomas Laybourn	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	21–13, 21–17	Gold

European Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Christinna Pedersen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–11, 15–21, 21–11	Gold
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Christinna Pedersen	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	21–18, 21–17	Gold
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Christinna Pedersen	Line Damkjaer Kruse Marie Roepke	21–11, 21–11	Gold
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Christinna Pedersen	Line Damkjaer Kruse Marie Roepke	22–20, 13–21, 21–12	Gold
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Donna Kellogg Gail Emms	21–18, 21–18	Gold
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether	21–9, 14–21, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Mads Pieler Kolding	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	24–22, 13–21, 18–21	Silver
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Thomas Laybourn	Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann	21–16, 19–21, 18–21	Bronze
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Thomas Laybourn	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	21–19, 18–21, 21–12	Gold
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Thomas Laybourn	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	22–20, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour[]

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[9]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Christinna Pedersen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2018	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Christinna Pedersen	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	22–20, 21–18	Winner

BWF Superseries[]

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Australian Open	Christinna Pedersen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Singapore Open	Christinna Pedersen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–18, 14–21, 21–15	Winner
2017	All England Open	Christinna Pedersen	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2016	Hong Kong Open	Christinna Pedersen	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2016	Japan Open	Christinna Pedersen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	19–21, 21–18, 21–12	Winner
2015	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Christinna Pedersen	Luo Ying Luo Yu	21–14, 9–21, 4–14 Retired	Runner-up
2015	Japan Open	Christinna Pedersen	Zhao Yunlei Zhong Qianxin	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Singapore Open	Christinna Pedersen	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	21–14, 19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2013	World Superseries Finals	Christinna Pedersen	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2013	Denmark Open	Christinna Pedersen	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Japan Open	Christinna Pedersen	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	11–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	India Open	Christinna Pedersen	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–12, 21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	World Superseries Finals	Christinna Pedersen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	French Open	Christinna Pedersen	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	12–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2012	Malaysia Open	Christinna Pedersen	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2009	World Superseries Finals	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Denmark Open	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Pan Pan Zhang Yawen	20–22, 21–18, 12–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	All England Open	Thomas Laybourn	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	Denmark Open	Thomas Laybourn	Nathan Robertson Jenny Wallwork	21–12, 12–21, 21–9	Winner
2010	Singapore Open	Thomas Laybourn	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2010	Malaysia Open	Thomas Laybourn	Tao Jiaming Zhang Yawen	21–19, 18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	World Superseries Finals	Thomas Laybourn	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	21–19, 18–21, 22–20	Winner
2008	Denmark Open	Thomas Laybourn	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Thomas Laybourn	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	14–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2007	Korea Open	Thomas Laybourn	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix[]

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Syed Modi International	Christinna Pedersen	Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2015	German Open	Christinna Pedersen	Della Destiara Haris Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	21–18, 17–21, 21–9	Winner
2015	Malaysia Masters	Christinna Pedersen	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Christinna Pedersen	Line Damkjaer Kruse Marie Roepke	12–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner
2008	Dutch Open	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	21–16, 25–23	Winner
2004	Dutch Open	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Pernille Harder Helle Nielsen	15–12, 15–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	German Open	Mads Pieler Kolding	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2012	Dutch Open	Mads Pieler Kolding	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2012	German Open	Thomas Laybourn	Lee Yong-dae Ha Jung-eun	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2011	Bitburger Open	Thomas Laybourn	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	18–21, 21–14, 25–27	Runner-up
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Thomas Laybourn	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa	18–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2006	Denmark Open	Thomas Laybourn	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	21–14, 14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2006	Macau Open	Thomas Laybourn	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	21–19, 22–20	Winner
2005	Denmark Open	Thomas Laybourn	Lars Paaske Helle Nielsen	15–8, 15–9	Winner
2005	Thailand Open	Thomas Laybourn	Lee Jae-jin Lee Hyo-jung	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2005	All England Open	Thomas Laybourn	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	10–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	Dutch Open	Thomas Laybourn	Peter Steffensen Lena Frier Kristiansen	15–11, 15–7	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Finnish International	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2004	Dutch International	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Neli Boteva Petya Nedeltcheva	10–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2002	Portugal International	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Lene Mørk Helle Nielsen	2–7, 3–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2001	Irish International	Lena Frier Kristiansen	Lene Mørk Helle Nielsen	3–7, 3–7, 2–7	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Irish International		Simon Archer Donna Kellogg	12–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2003	Croatian International	Carsten Mogensen	Lena Frier Kristiansen	11–2, 11–3	Winner
2003	French International	Carsten Mogensen	Jörgen Olsson	11–5, 9–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2002	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Carsten Mogensen	Majken Vange	5–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2002	Portugal International	Carsten Mogensen	Fredrik Bergström Jenny Karlsson	3–7, 7–2, 4–7, 4–7	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Record Against Top Opponents[]

Women's doubles results with Christinna Pedersen against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.^[10]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Kamilla RYTTER JUHL at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Kamilla RYTTER JUHL at BWFbadminton.com
• Kamilla Rytter Juhl at Badminton.dk
• Kamilla Rytter Juhl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)