1985 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1985 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates30 March – 6 April
Edition9th
VenueSacré Coeur Cloister Hall [1]
Location Pressbaum, Austria
1983 Helsinki 1987 Warsaw

The 1985 European Junior Badminton Championships was the ninth edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Pressbaum, Austria, in the month of March and April. [2] Denmark won all the titles except the boys' singles which was won by England. [3]

Contents

Medalists

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Boys' singles Flag of England.svg Matthew Smith Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Knudsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Pedersen
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Sweden.svg Charlotta Wihlborg
Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
Boys' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Johnny Børglum
Flag of Denmark.svg Max Gandrup
Flag of Norway.svg Hans Sperre Jr.
Flag of Norway.svg Jorn Myrestrand
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Axelsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lunqvist
Girls' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
Flag of England.svg Debbie Hore
Flag of England.svg Claire Palmer
Flag of England.svg Cheryl Johnsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Marian Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Jacobsen
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marian Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Max Gandrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Jacobsen
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McMillan
Flag of Scotland.svg Aileen Nairn
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrey Antropov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Volchek
Mixed teamFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Results

Semi-finals

CategoryWinnerRunner-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of England.svg Matthew Smith Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Pedersen 15–3, 15–5
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Knudsen 15–11, 15–8
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Sweden.svg Charlotta Wihlborg 11–8, 8–11, 11–7
Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt 11–5, 11–3
Boys' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Pedersen
Flag of Norway.svg Hans Sperre Jr.
Flag of Norway.svg Jorn Myrestrand
18–15, 15–10
Flag of Denmark.svg Johnny Børglum

Flag of Denmark.svg Max Gandrup

Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundquvist
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Axelsson
15–6, 15–5
Girls' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen
Flag of England.svg Cheryl Johnsson
Flag of England.svg Claire Palmer
15–11, 15–11
Flag of England.svg Debbie Hore
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Jacobsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marian Christiansen
17–14, 17–15
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marian Christiansen
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McMillan
Flag of Scotland.svg Aileen Nairn
15–6, 15–6
Flag of Denmark.svg Max Gandrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Jacobsen
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrey Antropov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Volchek
15–5, 15–5

Final

CategoryWinnerRunners-upScore
Boys' singles Flag of England.svg Matthew Smith Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen 17–15, 15–10
Girls' singles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen 11–5, 11–6
Boys' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Johnny Børglum
Flag of Denmark.svg Max Gandrup
15–12, 9–15, 15–8
Girls' doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen
Flag of England.svg Debbie Hore
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
15–11, 9–15, 15–7
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marian Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Max Gandrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Charlotte Jacobsen
15–2, walkover

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)54312
2Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)1214
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0033
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland  (SCO)0011
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (SOV)0011
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0011
Totals (7 entries)661123

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References

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