Mette Poulsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Næstved, Denmark | 14 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Copenhagen, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's singles & doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 26 (WS 29 September 2016) 29 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 23 March 2021) 91 (XD with Joel Eipe 22 October 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 70 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 13 December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BWF profile |
Mette Poulsen (born 14 June 1993) is a Danish badminton player. [1] She was the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2011 European Junior Championships, [2] and the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2017 European Championships. [3] Poulsen helped the national team win the European Women's Team Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2020. [4]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark | Carolina Marín | 17–21, 12–21 | Bronze |
Girls' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland | Ditte Strunge Larsen | Thamar Peters Josephine Wentholt | 13–21, 22–20, 21–17 | Gold |
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.
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Scottish Open | Sabrina Jaquet | 21–18, 17–21, 21–14 | Winner |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Denmark International | Olga Konon | 15–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
2014 | Croatian International | Özge Bayrak | 23–25, 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2015 | Iceland International | Nanna Vainio | 21–11, 21–9 | Winner |
2016 | Dutch International | Yvonne Li | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Czech International | Natalia Koch Rohde | 10–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Polish Open | Alexandra Bøje | Chisato Hoshi Aoi Matsuda | 18–21, 21–15, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Dubai International | Alexandra Bøje | Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi | 21–18, 15–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Iceland International | Frederik Colberg | Kasper Paulsen Josephine van Zaane | 21–17, 8–21, 21–16 | Winner |
2018 | Hungarian International | Joel Eipe | Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova | 21–10, 19–21, 21–10 | Winner |
2018 | Norwegian International | Joel Eipe | Mathias Moldt Baskjær Marie Louise Steffensen | 21–12, 21–14 | Winner |
Petya Nedelcheva is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.
Juliane Schenk is a German badminton player. In March 2014 she retired from international play.
Pi Hongyan is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France.
Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl is a badminton player from Russia.
Helle Nielsen is a Danish badminton player. In 1999, she won a silver and two bronzes at the European Junior Badminton Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in the girls doubles, mixed doubles and mixed team respectively. In 2008, she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in mixed doubles with Carsten Mogensen.
Nina Gennadyevna Vislova is a badminton player from Russia. Along with her partner Valeria Sorokina, she is the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.
Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina is a badminton player from Russia. Together with her doubles partner Nina Vislova, she is the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.
Li Xuerui is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympics in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists in the 2013 and 2014 World Championships. Li Xuerui won fourteen Superseries titles, confirming her status as China's second most successful player after Wang Yihan. She reached a career high of no. 1 in the women's singles for 124 weeks. Li graduated with a BA from Huaqiao University.
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah is an Indonesian doubles badminton player. She was the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships. She also won the women's doubles title at the Indonesia International Challenge back to back in 2014 and 2015 with different partners.
Della Destiara Haris is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. In the junior event, she was the mixed doubles silver medalist at the 2009 World Junior Championships, and also the mixed team and doubles bronze medalists at the 2010 Asian Junior Championships. She won her first international title in 2010 Indonesia International, and claimed her first Grand Prix title in 2016 Vietnam Open. Haris was two times Asian Championships bronze medalists winning in 2018 and 2019.
Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen. Kjærsfeldt also won a gold medal in 2015 European Games.
Chen Qingchen is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. With partner Jia Yifan, Chen won silver in women's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics and gold in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Kim Astrup Sørensen is a Danish badminton player. He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the 2018 European Championships and the 2023 European Games with his partner Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. He also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2021 and later a silver medal in 2023. Astrup joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final. Together with Rasmussen, he reached a career high of World number 1 in December 2024.
Isabel Lohau is a German badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at her hometown Hersbruck in 2001, and in 2010 she joined the Germany national badminton team. She along with national team won the 2011 European Junior Championships and 2012 European Women's Team Championships. In the individual event, Lohau also won the bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles, 2011 European Junior Championships in the mixed and girls' doubles, and at the 2018 and 2021 European Championships in the mixed doubles. She represented her country competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ksenia Olegovna Polikarpova is a Russian-Israeli Olympic badminton player.
Mathias Christiansen is a Danish badminton player who joined the national team in July 2013. He was the silver medalists in the 2018 and 2024 European Championships, and also the bronze medalists in the 2016, 2017, and 2021 European Championships, as well at the 2023 European Games. He was part of Danish winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Line Damkjær Kruse is a Danish badminton player. She won silver medal in girls' doubles event at the 2007 European Junior Championships, and bronze medal in mixed doubles event.
Mia Blichfeldt is a Danish badminton player. She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event.
Alexandra Bøje is a Danish badminton player. She won her first senior international title at the 2016 Czech International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Mathias Bay-Smidt after fight through the qualification round, with the eight matches played. She was part of the national team that clinched the gold medals at the 2019 European Mixed Team and 2020 Women's Team Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Polina Buhrova is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine.