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Christinna Pedersen

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Country
  
Denmark

Role
  
Player

Handedness
  
Right

Height
  
1.78 m

Weight
  
71 kg

Name
  
Christinna Pedersen


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Born
  
12 May 1986 (age 37) Alborg, Denmark (
1986-05-12
)

Current ranking
  
5 (in XD) 4 (in WD) (August 13, 2015)

Olympic medals
  
Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles

Similar People
  
Joachim Fischer Nielsen, Zhao Yunlei, Ma Jin, Zhang Nan, Xu Chen

Highest ranking
  
1 (in XD) 2 (in WD)

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Christinna Pedersen (born May 12, 1986) is a Danish internationally elite badminton player.

Contents

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Know your partner kamilla rytter juhl and christinna pedersen


Career

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Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist who has gained the most success in mixed doubles. Pairing with Joachim Fischer Nielsen, she reached the semifinals of the 2009 Hyderabad World Championships and earned the bronze medal. They had less success at the following world championships, but have continued to achieve strong results on the BWF Super Series circuit. They have also won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 World Championships, on home soil in Copenhagen.

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In women's doubles, Pedersen has paired with Kamilla Rytter Juhl, although both athletes focus on competing with their respective partners in mixed doubles. They won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships, and a bronze medal in 2013 Guangzhou World Championship.

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She won the silver medal in women doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 Japan Super Series with Kamilla Rytter Juhl and the mixed doubles title at the 2016 Denmark Super Series Premier with Joachim Fischer Nielsen. She lives in Copenhagen, where she trains with the national team.

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

European Championships

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament      BWF Superseries Premier tournament      BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament      BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

Christinna Pedersen Wikipedia