Mette Poulsen

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Mette Poulsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31)
Næstved, Denmark
Residence Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking26 (WS 29 September 2016)
29 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 23 March 2021)
91 (XD with Joel Eipe 22 October 2019)
Current ranking70 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 13 December 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Kolding Women's singles
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Liévin Women's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Vantaa Girls' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Vantaa Mixed team
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]

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Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín 17–21, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland
Flag of Denmark.svg Ditte Strunge Larsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thamar Peters
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Josephine Wentholt
13–21, 22–20, 21–17 Med 1.png Gold

BWF Grand Prix

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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016 Scottish Open Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sabrina Jaquet 21–18, 17–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Denmark International Flag of Germany.svg Olga Konon 15–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Croatian International Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak 23–25, 21–19, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Iceland International Flag of Finland.svg Nanna Vainio 21–11, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Dutch International Flag of Germany.svg Yvonne Li 18–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Czech International Flag of Denmark.svg Natalia Koch Rohde 10–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Polish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Alexandra Bøje Flag of Japan.svg Chisato Hoshi
Flag of Japan.svg Aoi Matsuda
18–21, 21–15, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Dubai International Flag of Denmark.svg Alexandra Bøje Flag of Japan.svg Rin Iwanaga
Flag of Japan.svg Kie Nakanishi
21–18, 15–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Iceland International Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Colberg Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Paulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Josephine van Zaane
21–17, 8–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Hungarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Joel Eipe Flag of Russia.svg Rodion Alimov
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
21–10, 19–21, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Norwegian International Flag of Denmark.svg Joel Eipe Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Moldt Baskjær
Flag of Denmark.svg Marie Louise Steffensen
21–12, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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  2. Sachetat, Raphaël (24 April 2011). "European Juniors 2011 – Viktor victorious of course". Badzine. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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