1983 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1983 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates28 March – 2 April
Edition8th
VenueHelsinkian Sports Hall [1]
Location Helsinki, Finland
1981 Edinburgh 1985 Pressbaum

The 1983 European Junior Badminton Championships was the eighth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Helsinki, Finland, in the month of March and April. [2] Denmark won two disciplines, the boys' singles and mixed doubles, England won three titles in the girls' singles, girls' doubles and mixed team championships, while, Wales won the boys' doubles. [3]

Contents

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Boys' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Schultz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pierre Pelupessy
Flag of Sweden.svg Stellan Österberg
Girls' singles Flag of England.svg Helen Troke Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson Flag of Denmark.svg Birgitte Hindse
Flag of Denmark.svg Dorthe Lynge
Boys' doubles Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Rees
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lyndon Williams
Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Schultz
Flag of England.svg Darren Hall
Flag of England.svg Stuart Spurling
Flag of England.svg Timothy Moseley
Flag of England.svg Peter Walden
Girls' doubles Flag of England.svg Lisa Chapman
Flag of England.svg Jane Shipman
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Jeanette Kuhl
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Astrid van der Knaap
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Zijderveld
Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Martin
Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Allen
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Gitte Paulsen
Flag of Sweden.svg Stellan Österberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Rausch
Flag of Germany.svg Susanne Altmann
Flag of England.svg Timothy Moseley
Flag of England.svg Lisa Chapman
Mixed teamFlag of England.svg  England Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Thomsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pierre Pelupessy 15–11, 15–12
Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Schultz Flag of Sweden.svg Stellan Österberg 15–18, 15–10, 15–11
Girls' singles Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson Flag of Denmark.svg Birgitte Hindse 11–7, 11–9
Flag of England.svg Helen Troke Flag of Denmark.svg Dorthe Lynge 11–2, 11–3
Boys' doubles Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Rees
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lyndon Williams
Flag of England.svg Peter Walden
Flag of England.svg Timothy Moseley
15–10, 18–15
Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Thomsen

Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Schultz

Flag of England.svg Darren Hall
Flag of England.svg Stuart Spurlig
17–14, 15–8
Girls' doubles Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Jeanette Kuhl
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Astrid van der Knaap
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Zijderveld
13–15, 15–6, 15–11
Flag of England.svg Jane Shipman
Flag of England.svg Lisa Chapman
Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Martin
Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Allen
15–7, 15–2
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Gitte Paulsen
Flag of England.svg Timothy Moseley
Flag of England.svg Lisa Chapman
15–4, 7–15, 15–11
Flag of Sweden.svg Stellan Österberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Rausch
Flag of Germany.svg Susanne Altmann
15–12, 15–12

Final

CategoryWinnerRunners-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Schultz 15–11, 15–4
Girls' singles Flag of England.svg Helen Troke Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson 11–5, 12–10
Boys' doubles Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Rees
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lyndon Williams
Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Schultz
15–12, 18–16
Girls' doubles Flag of England.svg Jane Shipman
Flag of England.svg Lisa Chapman
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Jeanette Kuhl
15–6, 15–9
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Gitte Paulsen
Flag of Sweden.svg Stellan Österberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
15–7, 15–12

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)3036
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)2327
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales  (WAL)1001
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0325
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0022
6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland  (SCO)0011
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0011
Totals (7 entries)661123

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References

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