Maiken Fruergaard

Maiken Fruergaard
Maiken Fruergaard
Personal information
Birth name	Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen
Country	Denmark
Born	11 May 1995 (age 29); Odense, Denmark
Residence	Brøndby, Denmark
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Years active	2012–present
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	14 (WD with Sara Thygesen 15 January 2019); 37 (XD with Søren Gravholt 6 April 2017)
Current ranking	25 (WD with Sara Thygesen 16 July 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Denmark
European Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
European Women's Team Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen (born 11 May 1995) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was the gold medalists at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the team and mixed doubles events, and in 2014, she entered the national team.^[1]

Career

Fruergaard competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Sara Thygesen. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings.^[2]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Sara Thygesen	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	17–21, 17–21	Bronze
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Sara Thygesen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	10–21, 18–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Sara Thygesen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	16–21, 10–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Sara Thygesen	Linda Efler Isabel Lohau	22–20, 15–21, 20–22	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Aski Sports Hall, Ankara, Turkey	David Daugaard	Robin Tabeling Myke Halkema	21–15, 21–18	Gold

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Sara Thygesen	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–18, 11–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	U.S. Open	Super 300	Sara Thygesen	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Dutch Open	Søren Gravholt	Mathias Christiansen Sara Thygesen	18–21, 22–20, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Spanish International	Sara Thygesen	Heather Olver Kate Robertshaw	21–18, 13–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Dutch International	Sara Thygesen	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Croatian International	Camilla Martens	Julie Finne-Ipsen Ditte Søby Hansen	21–16, 19–21, 21–19	Winner
2015	Belgian International	Sara Thygesen	Joyce Choong Wai Chi Yap Cheng Wen	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2016	Swedish Masters	Sara Thygesen	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2023	Irish Open	Sara Thygesen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–19, 17–21, 24–22	Winner
2024	Irish Open	Natasja P. Anthonisen	Chloe Birch Estelle van Leeuwen	21–19, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Norwegian International	Søren Gravholt	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Maiken Fruergaard". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Fruergaard Maiken". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Maiken Fruergaard at BWFBadminton.com
Maiken Fruergaard at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
Maiken Fruergaard at Olympedia
Maiken Fruergaard at Olympics.com
Maiken Fruergaard at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Maiken Fruergaard's Homepage

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[1] "Players: Maiken Fruergaard". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[2] "Fruergaard Maiken". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[3] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[4] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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