Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen

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Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born22 September 1968 (1968-09-22) (age 56)
Virum, Denmark
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb) [1]
HandednessRight
Women's singles and doubles
Highest ranking20 (WS)
1 (WD with Lotte Olsen) [2]  (17/1/1994)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Birmingham Women's doubles
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Ho Chi Minh Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Birmingham Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Lausanne Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Glasgow Mixed team
Uber Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Hong Kong Women's team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Herning Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Glasgow Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Dan Bosch Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Herning Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Glasgow Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Pressbaum Girls' singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Pressbaum Girls' doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Pressbaum Mixed team
BWF profile

Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen (born 22 September 1968) is a Danish former professional badminton player who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. [3] She is the sister of Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, another male badminton player for Denmark. [4]

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Career

During the early 90's, Lisbet was a prominent Denmark women badminton players in both singles and doubles. [5] [6] Unfortunately, her results in singles is not good enough since the best she ever achieved was a semifinal appearance in Scottish Open [7] , and also a quarter final appearance in her home Grand Prix, Denmark Open [8] . It is a much different story in doubles since she manage to win one bronze each in both 1993 World Championships and 1994 World Cup with Lotte Olsen. [9] [10] Lisbet also manage to win Denmark Open twice in 1993 and 1995, [11] Malaysia Open once in 1996 [12] and became the European champion with Marlene Thomsen in 1996 by beating her compatriots, Helene Kirkegaard and Rikke Olsen 6–15, 15–12, 15–10 in the final. [13] She became the world number 1 in womens doubles with Lotte Olsen in 1994 [2] and retired from the sport in 1997 due to prolonged injuries and exceeded wear and tear of the body due to the consistent training and travels. [14]

Playing style

Lisbet was a player that possessed strong mental and technical strength. She was a well-known hard hitter that able to place her smash in a way that made her opponent felt difficult to return it. [15]

Personal Life

Lisbet is a very good operational managers and graduated from Copenhagen Business School and now working as a managing director in a company that specialized in pet-euthanasia called Cloud 9 Vets in Brighton, England since 2017. [16] Although she is not currently an active coach, she is still following the development of the sports itself and had vouched for a better salaries and proper trainings being provided by Badminton Denmark for the current competing players. [17]

Major achievements

World Championships

Women's Doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nong Qunhua
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Lei
2–15, 13–15 Med 3.png Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994 Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Indonesia.svg Finarsih
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lili Tampi
3–15, 5–15 Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992 Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
15–8, 11–15, 6–15 Med 2.png Silver
1994 Maaspoort,
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
14–17, 12–15 Med 2.png Silver
1996 Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
6–15, 15–12, 15–10 Med 1.png Gold

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1985 Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall,
Pressbaum, Austria
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen 11–5, 11–6 Med 1.png Gold

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985 Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall,
Pressbaum, Austria
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of England.svg Debbie Hore
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
15–11, 9–15, 15–7 Med 1.png Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983-2006.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990 Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Nettie Nielsen Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
15–9, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1991 Scottish Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
0–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1992 Finnish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Natalya Ivanova
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Elena Rybkina
15–7, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1993 Malaysia Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
12–15, 14–18Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1993Canada Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
11–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1993 Denmark Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Japan.svg Tokiko Hirota
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Koike
15–4, 15–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1993Scottish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg Anne-Mette van Dijk
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
11–15, 15–10, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1994 Chinese Taipei Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Indonesia.svg Finarsih
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lili Tampi
9–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1994 Swiss Open Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg Anne-Mette van Dijk
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
15–6, 3–15, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1995Chinese Taipei Open Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
5–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1995Denmark Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
15–11, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996Swiss Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
15–10, 15–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996Malaysia Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
10–15, 17–15, 17–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996 Hong Kong Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Indonesia.svg Indarti Issolina
Flag of Indonesia.svg Deyana Lomban
15–9, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996 Thailand Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Indonesia.svg Indarti Issolina
Flag of Indonesia.svg Deyana Lomban
9–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997German Open Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
15–4, 5–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990 Nordic Championships Flag of Denmark.svg Nettie Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte Kjær
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Olsen
8–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1992 Amor Tournament Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
Flag of Germany.svg Kirsten Ubben
10–15, 15–13, 15–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner

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