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Christinna Pedersen

Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player.[1]

Christinna Pedersen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38)
Aalborg, Denmark
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired11 March 2019
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD with Kamilla Rytter Juhl 10 May 2018)
1 (XD with Joachim Fischer Nielsen 2 April 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Mixed doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jakarta Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hyderabad Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Guangzhou Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Qingdao Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Karlskrona Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kazan Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kazan Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kolding Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kolding Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Huelva Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Almere Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Warsaw Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Amsterdam Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Den Bosch Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Den Bosch Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Den Bosch Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

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Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist.

From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two European mixed doubles titles, won bronze at the 2009 Hyderabad World Championships and at the 2014 World Championships,[2] and came third at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] Pedersen and Fischer Nielsen also produced strong results on the BWF Super Series circuit, winning a total of three World Superseries Finals and ten Superseries titles, and reaching a career high World Ranking of number 1.

Viewed by Badminton Denmark as a medal contender for the 2020 Olympics, Pedersen will compete in the mixed doubles with Mathias Christiansen as of the end of the 2016/17 season, after Joachim Fischer Nielsen broke his left ankle at the BWF World Championships 2017 in Glasgow.[4]

In women's doubles, Pedersen has paired with Kamilla Rytter Juhl from 2010 to 2018. Initially, the two athletes also focussed on competing with their respective partners in mixed doubles, however, as of 2015, Juhl has competed exclusively in the 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. Pedersen and Rytter Juhl have won a total of four European women's doubles titles, one World Superseries Final and five Superseries titles, and have a career highest World Ranking of number 2. The pair 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. This was also her second olympic medal.

Pedersen currently represents Skovshoved in the Danish Badminton League and lives in Copenhagen, where she trains with the national team. Off the badminton court, Pedersen is a qualified maths, history and food technology teacher.

Pedersen announced her retirement in March 2019 together with Rytter Juhl. The duo journey in badminton will continue in the national tournament.[5]

Personal life

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Pedersen is openly lesbian. She welcomed her first child with her partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl in January 2019.[6]

Pedersen and Rytter Juhl'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.

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir 		21–12, 21–12   Bronze

BWF World Championships

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Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir 		18–21, 21–14, 18–21   Bronze
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin 		15–21, 9–21   Bronze

European Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Line Damkjær Kruse
  Marie Røpke 		22–20, 13–21, 21–12   Gold
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Line Damkjær Kruse
  Marie Røpke 		21–11, 21–11   Gold
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Eefje Muskens
  Selena Piek 		21–18, 21–17   Gold
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		21–11, 15–21, 21–11   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Mads Pieler Kolding
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		22–24, 21–13, 21–18   Gold
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Niclas Nøhr
  Sara Thygesen 		19–21, 21–13, 21–17   Gold
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock 		17–21, 21–18, 19–21   Silver
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain   Mathias Christiansen   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock 		18–21, 21–17, 18–21   Silver

European Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands   Tine Kruse   Olga Kozlova
  Nina Vislova 		15–13, 7–15, 16–17   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands   Rasmus Bonde   Robert Adcock
  Jennifer Wallwork 		15–8, 15–5   Gold

BWF World Tour

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 India Open Super 500   Mathias Christiansen   Praveen Jordan
  Melati Daeva Oktavianti 		21–14, 21–15   Winner
2018 Korea Open Super 500   Mathias Christiansen   He Jiting
  Du Yue 		18–21, 16–21   Runner-up

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Malaysia Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Ha Jung-eun
  Kim Min-jung 		21–19, 21–18   Winner
2012 French Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Ma Jin
  Tang Jinhua 		12–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2012 World Superseries Finals   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang 		16–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2013 India Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Miyuki Maeda
  Satoko Suetsuna 		21–12, 21–23, 18–21   Runner-up
2013 Japan Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Ma Jin
  Tang Jinhua 		11–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2013 Denmark Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Bao Yixin
  Tang Jinhua 		16–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2013 World Superseries Finals   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Ma Jin
  Tang Jinhua 		21–19, 21–12   Winner
2014 Singapore Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Bao Yixin
  Tang Jinhua 		21–14, 19–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2015 Japan Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Zhao Yunlei
  Zhong Qianxin 		12–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Luo Ying
  Luo Yu 		21–14, 9–21, 4–14 retired   Runner-up
2016 Japan Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi 		19–21, 21–18, 21–12   Winner
2016 Hong Kong Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Huang Dongping
  Li Yinhui 		21–19, 21–10   Winner
2017 All England Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Chang Ye-na
  Lee So-hee 		18–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2017 Singapore Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi 		21–18, 14–21, 21–15   Winner
2017 Australian Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi 		10–21, 13–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Denmark Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Thomas Laybourn
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		21–14, 21–17   Winner
2009 Japan Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Songphon Anugritayawon
  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 		21–13, 16–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2009 Denmark Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Anthony Clark
  Donna Kellogg 		21–16, 25–27, 21–17   Winner
2009 World Superseries Finals   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Valiyaveetil Diju
  Jwala Gutta 		21–14, 21–18   Winner
2010 Hong Kong Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		22–20, 14–21, 22–20   Winner
2011 Japan Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Chen Hung-ling
  Chen Wen-hsing 		19–21, 21–16, 15–21   Runner-up
2011 Denmark Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin 		22–20, 21–16   Winner
2011 French Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin 		21–17, 21–14   Winner
2011 Hong Kong Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		21–15, 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2011 China Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		11–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2012 World Superseries Finals   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		17–21, 21–12, 21–14   Winner
2013 Malaysia Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying 		21–13, 21–18   Winner
2013 Indonesia Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		22–24, 22–20, 12–21   Runner-up
2013 China Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir 		10–21, 21–5, 17–21   Runner-up
2013 World Superseries Finals   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		12–21, 21–19, 21–10   Winner
2014 Malaysia Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin 		11–21, 21–17, 13–21   Runner-up
2014 India Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Kim Ha-na 		21–16, 18–21, 21–18   Winner
2014 Indonesia Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin 		18–21, 21–16, 21–14   Winner
2015 India Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Liu Cheng
  Bao Yixin 		19–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2015 Japan Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		17–21, 21–18, 23–21   Winner
2015 China Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei 		19–21, 21–17, 19–21   Runner-up
2016 All England Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto 		12–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2016 Denmark Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen 		21–16, 22–20   Winner
2017 China Open   Mathias Christiansen   Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong 		15–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2017 Hong Kong Open   Mathias Christiansen   Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong 		15–21, 13–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 London Grand Prix Gold   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Line Damkjær Kruse
  Marie Røpke 		12–21, 21–17, 21–15   Winner
2015 Malaysia Masters   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Naoko Fukuman
  Kurumi Yonao 		21–14, 21–14   Winner
2015 German Open   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Della Destiara Haris
  Rosyita Eka Putri Sari 		21–18, 17–21, 21–9   Winner
2017 Syed Modi International   Kamilla Rytter Juhl   Ashwini Ponnappa
  N. Sikki Reddy 		21–16, 21–18   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Dutch Open   Rasmus Bonde Nissen   Hendri Saputra
  Li Yujia 		21–16, 21–14   Winner
2008 Bitburger Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Valiyaveetil Diju
  Jwala Gutta 		21–8, 17–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2008 Dutch Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Fran Kurniawan
  Shendy Puspa Irawati 		21–17, 21–9   Winner
2011 Swiss Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Nathan Robertson
  Jenny Wallwork 		23–21, 21–14   Winner
2013 Swiss Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Zhang Nan
  Tang Jinhua 		22–20, 21–19   Winner
2015 Malaysia Masters   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto 		21–18, 21–18   Winner
2015 German Open   Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Mads Pieler Kolding
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Czech International   Line Reimers   Kamila Augustyn
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 		2–15, 1–15   Runner-up
2006 Czech International   Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen   Sarah Bok
  Rachel Howard 		17–21, 21–13, 22–20   Winner
2007 Swedish International   Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen   Guo Xin
  Cai Jiani 		13–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2007 Finnish International   Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen   Rachel van Cutsen
  Paulien van Dooremalen 		19–21, 21–10, 21–11   Winner
2007 Polish Open   Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen   Kamila Augustyn
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 		17–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2007 Czech International   Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen   Elena Shimko
  Tatjana Bibik 		21–11, 22–20   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Finnish International   Rasmus Bonde   Jonas Rasmussen
  Britta Andersen 		11–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2006 Portugal International   Rasmus Bonde   Rasmus Mangor Andersen
  Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen 		13–21, 21–14, 18–21   Runner-up
2006 Czech International   Rasmus Bonde   Robin Middleton
  Liza Parker 		16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2007 Swedish International   Rasmus Bonde   Jacob Chemnitz
  Julie Houmann 		21–12, 21–8   Winner
2007 Portugal International   Rasmus Bonde   Mikkel Delbo Larsen
  Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen 		21–12, 21–6   Winner
2007 Czech International   Rasmus Bonde   Anton Nazarenko
  Elena Chernyavskaya 		21–19, 21–12   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

References

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