Margit Borg

Margit Borg

Personal information
Born	(1969-06-15) 15 June 1969 (age 56) Mariestad, Sweden
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Sweden Uber Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's team

Margit Borg (born 15 June 1969) is a Swedish badminton player, born in Mariestad. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. ^[1]

Career

Margit Borg competed in the women's singles and doubles at the 1996 Olympics, finishing 9th in singles and 17th in doubles with partner Maria Bengtsson. The year before, she had already won the French Open. In 2000, she became the German team champion with BC Eintracht Südring Berlin as a foreign player. ^[1]

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	German Open	Yao Jie	1–11, 0–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	French Open	Maria Bengtsson	Elena Rybkina Marina Yakusheva	15–10, 15–6	Winner
1996	Dutch Open	Christine Magnusson	Eline Coene Erica van Dijck	5–9, 1–9, 9–5, 2–9	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Uppsala International	Lotte Thomsen	11–2, 11–5	Winner
1994	Polish Open	Lotta Andersson	4–11, 11–5, 11–2	Winner
1994	Austrian Open	Chen Hsiao-li	11–7, 11–2	Winner
1994	Norwegian International	Astrid Crabo	3–11, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
1994	Irish Open	Karolina Ericsson	11–4, 11–8	Winner
1995	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Marina Andrievskaya	11–8, 11–7	Winner
1995	Victor Cup	Huang Chia-chi	12–10, 11–8	Winner
1996	Malmo International	Marina Andrievskaya	11–6, 12–11	Winner
1998	Scottish Open	Anu Nieminen	11–5, 11–3	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	USSR International	Astrid Crabo	Svetlana Belyasova Irina Serova	14–17, 5–15	Runner-up
1990	Stockholm International	Maria Bengtsson	Emma Edbom Ulrika Gideonsson	15–6, 15–5	Winner
1992	Uppsala International	Charlotta Wihlborg	Marianne Rasmussen Anne-Mette van Dijk	0–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1994	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Lotta Andersson	Nicole Baldewin Karen Stechmann	15–12, 15–3	Winner
1994	Norwegian International	Maria Bengtsson	Karolina Ericsson Ulrika Persson	15–0, 15–3	Winner
1994	Irish Open	Maria Bengtsson	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1995	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Maria Bengtsson	Heidi Dössing Karen Neumann	8–15, 15–12, 15–2	Winner
1995	Malmo International	Maria Bengtsson	Michelle Rasmussen Mette Sørensen	15–9, 15–8	Winner
1996	Malmo International	Maria Bengtsson	Pernille Harder Ann-Lou Jørgensen	15–4, 15–7	Winner

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margit Borg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

External links

• Margit Borg at BWFBadminton.com
• Margit Borg at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Margit Borg at Olympics.com
• Margit Borg at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
• Margit Borg at Olympedia