Ulla Strand

Ulla Strand
Ulla Strand
Personal information
Birth name	Ulla Rasmussen
Country	Denmark
Born	21 March 1943
Died	7 August 2007
Doubles
Career title(s)	10 All Englands

Ulla Strand (21 March 1943 - 7 August 2007) (born as Ulla Rasmussen) was badminton player of Denmark who excelled from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Though she won three Danish national singles titles and reached the women's singles final at the All-England Championships in 1965, most of her major championship victories were in doubles (often with her sister Karin Jorgensen) and mixed doubles. Attractive and charismatic, she was a crowd favorite throughout her career.

She was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1999.

Ulla Strand died in 2007 after a long illness.^[2]

Career[]

Strand won 10 All England Open Badminton Championships titles, 7 in mixed doubles and 3 in women's doubles.

She also won 21 Danish National Championships between 1961 and 1974, and 19 Nordic Championships between 1962 and 1973.

1972 Summer Olympics[]

Strand competed in badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics, as a demonstration sport competition. In women's singles, she lost in the first round against Noriko Nakayama, 11-5, 11-9. In mixed doubles she played with Svend Pri, and they were beaten in the final by Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks of Great Britain, 15-6, 18-16.

Major achievements[]

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
European Championships
3	Women's doubles	1974	Vienna, AUT
Open Championships
1	Women's doubles	1964, 1965, 1967	All England Open
1	Mixed doubles	1962, 1963, 1965, 1966	All England Open
1	Women's doubles	1965	Denmark Open
1	Mixed doubles	1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973	Denmark Open
1	Women's doubles	1962, 1967	Dutch Open
1	Mixed doubles	1962	Dutch Open
1	Women's singles	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966	Nordic Championships
	Women's doubles	1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973
	Mixed doubles	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973
1	Women's singles	1962, 1967	Swedish Open
	Women's doubles	1963, 1965, 1967, 1968
	Mixed doubles	1963, 1965
1	Mixed doubles	1966	Canadian Open
2	Women's doubles	1962, 1963, 1966	All England Open
2	Mixed doubles	1964	All England Open

Achievements[]

International tournaments[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1967	All England	Svend Pri	Pernille Mølgaard Hansen Per Walsøe	15–2, 15–10	Winner
1968	Swedish Open	Svend Pri			Winner
1971	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	Ray Stevens	15–13, 15–11	Winner
1971	All England	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	15–12, 8–15, 15–11	Winner
1971	Dutch Open	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	4–15, 15–6, 16–17	Runner-up
1972	Swedish Open	Svend Pri	David Eddy Gillian Gilks	10-15, 8–15	Runner-up
1972	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	Wolfgang Bochow	7–15, 15–13, 10–15	Runner-up
1972	All England	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	12–15, 15–8, 15–12	Winner

References[]

^ "Døde", Kristeligt Dagblad, August 13, 2007, accessed February 18, 2011. (in Danish)
^ ^a ^b "Ulla Strand er død", Danmarks Badminton Forbund, 2007, accessed February 18, 2011. (in Danish)

External links[]

Ulla Strand's Profile - BadmintonDenmark.com

[1] "Døde", Kristeligt Dagblad, August 13, 2007, accessed February 18, 2011. (in Danish)

[dbf-2] "Ulla Strand er død", Danmarks Badminton Forbund, 2007, accessed February 18, 2011. (in Danish)

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