Lotte Olsen

Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark, who won a silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won several international tournaments, and four Danish National Badminton Championships in women's doubles during her career.^[1]

Lotte Olsen
Personal information
Birth name	Lotte Olsen
Country	Denmark
Born	23 November 1966 (1966-11-23) (age 58) Nyborg, Denmark
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness	Right
Highest ranking	1 (1993)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark World Championships 1993 Birmingham Women's doubles World Cup 1994 Ho Chi Minh Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Uber Cup 1996 Hong Kong Women's team European Championships 1994 Dan Bosch Women's doubles 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed doubles 1990 Moscow Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1990 Moscow Mixed team 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed team European Junior Championships 1985 Pressbaum Girls' doubles 1985 Pressbaum Mixed team 1985 Pressbaum Girls' singles
BWF profile

Lotte Olsen was a leading women's doubles player from her junior year, and won the Danish under-19 championship in 1984 and 1985.^[2] She won the silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen. They won silver medals at the 1994 European Badminton Championships, where Olsen also won silver medals with Christian Jacobsen in mixed doubles.^[3]

Lotte is the older sister of badminton player Rikke Olsen, and together they won the 1995 Hamburg Open in women's doubles.^[4] She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Ann Jørgensen and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's doubles, she lost in the quarter final to the runners-up from South Korea.^[5] She ended her career after the Olympics,^[4] and later received the Danish Badminton Federation badge of merit.^[6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei	2–15, 13–15	Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Finarsih Lili Tampi	3–15, 5–15	Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	14–17, 12–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union	Jasper Knudsen	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson	13–18, 5–15	Bronze
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Christian Jakobsen	Michael Sogaard Catrine Bengtsson	6–15, 9–15	Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall, Pressbaum, Austria	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	5–11, 6–11	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall, Pressbaum, Austria	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Debbie Hore Sara Halsall	15–11, 9–15, 15–7	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Dorte Kjær	Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnussen	13–15, 15–9, 6–15	Runner-up
1990	Danish Open	Dorte Kjær	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–13, 9–15, 15–11	Winner
1990	German Open	Dorte Kjær	Pernille Dupont Grete Mogensen	10–15, 15–2, 15–9	Winner
1992	Canada Open	Pernille Dupont	Denyse Julien Joanne Muggeridge	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1993	Malaysia Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	12–15, 14–18	Runner-up
1993	Canada Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	11–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1993	Denmark Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Tokiko Hirota Yuki Koike	15–4, 15–2	Winner
1993	Scottish Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Anne-Mette van Dijk Marlene Thomsen	11–15, 15–10, 15–7	Winner
1994	Chinese Taipei Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Finarsih Lili Tampi	9–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1994	Swiss Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Anne-Mette van Dijk Marlene Thomsen	15–6, 3–15, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Malaysia Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1992	U.S. Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1993	Canada Open	Christian Jakobsen	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson	2–15, 9–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Portugal International	Pernille Dupont	11–7, 1–11, 6–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Norwegian International	Marian Christiansen	Lillian Johannsson Catharina Andersson	15–13, 7–15, 18–16	Winner
1987	Portugal International	Pernille Dupont	Lillian Johannsson Anneli Johannsson	15–2, 15–7	Winner
1989	Norwegian International	Camilla Martin	Svetlana Beliasova Irina Serova	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1989	Stockholm International	Dorte Kjær	Elena Rybkina Vlada Tcherniavskaia	4–15, 15–6, 15–3	Winner
1990	Nordic Championships	Dorte Kjær	Nettie Nielsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	15–8, 15–7	Winner
1992	Nordic Championships	Marlene Thomsen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	6–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1995	Hamburg Cup	Rikke Olsen	Eline Coene Erica Van Den Heuvel	15–6, 12–15, 15–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Portugal International	José Nascimento	A. Choudhury Pernille Dupont	15–7, 15–8	Winner
1989	Norwegian International	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Lars Pedersen Anne Mette Bille	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1994	Hamburg Cup	Christian Jakobsen	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen	8–15, 6–15	Runner-up