Nettie Nielsen

Nettie Nielsen
Nettie Nielsen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	July 23, 1964 (age 60); Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark
Handedness	Right
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Denmark
World Cup
Sudirman Cup
European Championships
European Junior Championships

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

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Dorte Kjaer	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	15–12, 1–15, 5–15	Bronze
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Gillian Clark	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	5–15, 16–18	Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Sporthalle, Böblingen, West Germany	Dorte Kjaer	Jane Webster Nora Perry	9–15, 17–14, 11–15	Bronze
1986	Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden	Dorte Kjaer	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	11–15, 12–15	Silver
1988	Badmintonsenteret, Kristiansand, Norway	Dorte Kjaer	Gillian Clark Julie Munday	15–7, 15–4	Gold
1990	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union	Dorte Kjaer	Eline Coene Erica Van Dijck	15–5, 15–6	Gold

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Helen Troke	11–8, 9–12, 6–11	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Dorte Kjaer	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	18–15, 15–10	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Dutch Open	Sally Podger	7–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1983	German Open	Kirsten Larsen	11–12, 11–3, 11–4	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Dutch Open	Dorte Kjær	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	18–16, 9–15, 12–15	Runner-up
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
1987	Malaysia Open	Dorte Kjær	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	2–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1987	English Masters	Dorte Kjær	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–8, 15–12	Winner
1988	Poona Open	Dorte Kjær	Yoo Sang-hee Kim Yun-ja	12–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1988	Dutch Open	Dorte Kjær	Gillian Clark Sara Sankey	15–9, 9–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1988	Denmark Open	Dorte Kjær	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	3–15, 12–15	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
1987	English Masters	Jesper Knudsen	Richard Outterside Karen Chapman	14–18, 15–9, 15–9	Winner
1988	All England Open	Jesper Knudsen	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing	9–15, 13–18	Runner-up
1988	English Masters	Jesper Knudsen	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	15–11, 15–6	Winner
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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Nordic Championships	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Dorte Kjær Lotte Olsen	8–15, 7–15	Runner-up

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

References

^ Europamesterskaber Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine at Danish Badminton Federation

[1] Europamesterskaber Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine at Danish Badminton Federation

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