Nettie Nielsen

Nettie Nielsen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1964-07-23) July 23, 1964 (age 59) Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark World Cup 1988 Bangkok Women's doubles 1991 Macau Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team European Championships 1988 Kristiansand Women's doubles 1986 Uppsala Mixed team 1988 Kristiansand Mixed team 1990 Moscow Women's doubles 1990 Moscow Mixed team 1986 Uppsala Women's doubles 1982 Böblingen Women's doubles 1982 Böblingen Mixed team European Junior Championships 1981 Edinburgh Girls' doubles 1981 Edinburgh Mixed team 1981 Edinburgh Girls' singles

Nettie Nielsen (born 23 July 1964) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.

European & Danish titles

Nielsen won the gold medal at the 1988 and 1990 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Dorte Kjaer.^[1] She took a silver medal in the girls singles event at the European Junior Badminton Championships in 1981. Together with compatriot Dorte Kjaer she won the European juniors girls doubles title in 1981. In 1983 they became the Danish National ladies doubles champions for the first time. Together they won the Danish National Badminton Championships a total of six times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 & 1990).

Other International titles

Nettie Nielsen won the ladies singles title of the German Open in 1983.

Nettie Nielsen and Dorte Kjaer won a bronze medal in Women's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul when badminton was an exhibition sport. Nettie Nielsen was the Nordic ladies singles champion in 1982. She also won the Nordic badminton Championships in Women's doubles in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 with Dorte Kjaer. Together they won the Scottish Open twice in 1985 & 1986. Nettie Nielsen won her first big Open title in mixed doubles with Morten Frost in 1983 at the Scottish Open. With Jesper Knudsen she won the Nordic badminton mixed doubles titles in 1987 & 1988 and Grand Prix titles at the Dutch Open in 1988 and Danish Opens in 1988 and 1989. They were also runners-up in the mixed doubles at the All England Open 1988.

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Scottish Open	Dorte Kjær	Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnussen	15–13, 15–8	Winner
1986	Scottish Open	Dorte Kjær	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–8, 15–11	Winner
1986	Carlton-Intersport-Cup	Dorte Kjær	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1989	World Grand Prix Finals	Dorte Kjær	Rosiana Tendean Erma Sulistianingsih	15–11, 16–18, 16–18	Runner-up
1990	Dutch Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnussen	15–9, 15–11	Winner
1991	Denmark Open	Gillian Gowers	Finarsih Lili Tampi	15–7, 15–6	Winner
1991	Swedish Open	Gillian Clark	Maria Bengtsson Catrine Bengtsson	13–15, 15–9, 15–10	Winner
1991	Finnish Open	Gillian Clark	Pan Li Wu Yuhong	15–9, 14–17, 15–11	Winner
1991	Malaysia Open	Gillian Clark	Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	10–15, 11–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Denmark Open	Jesper Knudsen	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1986	Scottish Open	Jesper Knudsen	Andy Goode Fiona Elliott	15–9, 3–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1988	All England Open	Jesper Knudsen	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing	9–15, 13–18	Runner-up
1988	Dutch Open	Jesper Knudsen	Henrik Svarrer Dorte Kjær	15–7, 15–11	Winner
1988	Denmark Open	Jesper Knudsen	Rudy Gunawan Lilik Sudarwati	15–7, 15–4	Winner
1989	Denmark Open	Jesper Knudsen	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Maria Bengtsson	15–6, 15–6	Winner
1990	Scottish Open	Jesper Knudsen	Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen	2–15, 13–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	German Open	Kirsten Larsen	11–12, 11–3, 11–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Scottish Open	Morten Frost	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder	15–9, 6–15, 15–12	Winner
1985	Welsh International	Jesper Knudsen			Winner

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