Lotte Olsen

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Lotte Olsen
Personal information
Birth nameLotte Olsen
CountryDenmark
Born23 November 1966 (1966-11-23) (age 55)
Nyborg, Denmark
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
Highest ranking1 (1993)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Birmingham Women's doubles
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Ho Chi Minh Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Birmingham Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Lausanne Mixed team
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Hong Kong Women's team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Dan Bosch Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Moscow Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Moscow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Pressbaum Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 1985 Pressbaum Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1985 Pressbaum Girls' singles
BWF profile

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 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]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-03-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-03-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Lotte Olsen at Sports Reference
  6. ^ http://www.badminton.dk/da/Turneringer_og_Mesterskaber/Medaljer_og_vindere/veteran/aeres_og_fortjensttegn.aspx


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