Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Jan Ø. Jørgensen at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Born (1987-12-31) December 31, 1987[1]
Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Years active 2005
Handedness Right
Men's singles
Career record 392 wins, 195 losses
Career title(s) 7
Highest ranking 2 (22 January 2015)
Current ranking 55 (24 May 2018[2])
BWF profile

Jan Østergaard Jørgensen[3] (born December 31, 1987 in Aalborg) is a male badminton player from Denmark. He plays in the Denmark Badminton league representing SIF (Skovshoved).

He is married to the Danish Handball player Stine Jørgensen.

Career

He won the European Championship title in 2014. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships and 2012 European Badminton Championships [4] and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and 2016 European Badminton Championships.[5] He won the Danish Championship title in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014). He was the runner up at 2009 China Open Super Series and won Denmark Open in 2010, French Open (badminton) in 2013, Indonesia Open (badminton) in 2014 and the invitational Copenhagen Masters in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2014, he became the first European male singles player to win the Indonesia Open. In March 2015 he reached the final of the All England Super Series, but lost against Chen Long, from China, 21-15, 17-21, 15-21.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Malaysia Lee Chong Wei 7–21, 19–21 Bronze

European Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain England Rajiv Ouseph 17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Denmark Viktor Axelsen 11–21, 16–21 Silver
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia England Rajiv Ouseph 21–18, 21–10 Gold
2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Germany Marc Zwiebler 19–21, 15–21 Bronze
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Denmark Peter Gade 14–21, 11–21 Silver
2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Denmark Kenneth Jonassen 12–21, 9–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300 India Sameer Verma 15–18, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

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 level such as 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.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 China Open China Chen Long 22–20, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Japan Open Malaysia Lee Chong Wei 18–21, 21–15, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Indonesia Open Malaysia Lee Chong Wei 21–17, 19–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Indonesia Open Japan Kento Momota 21–16, 19–21, 7–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 All England Open China Chen Long 21–15, 17–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Indonesia Open Japan Kenichi Tago 21–18, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 French Open Japan Kenichi Tago 21–19, 23–21 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Denmark Open Indonesia Taufik Hidayat 21–19, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 China Open China Lin Dan 12–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 German Open Indonesia Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21–12, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Bitburger Open Netherlands Eric Pang 12–21, 21–13, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Denmark International Denmark Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–15, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Swedish International Netherlands Dicky Palyama 16–21, 22–20, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Swedish International Germany Marc Zwiebler 13–21, 21–23 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Hungarian International Finland Ville Lang 21–6, 21–5 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Irish International Denmark Jens-Kristian Leth 20–22, 21–23 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Czech International Denmark Peter Mikkelsen 21–18, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series / European Circuit tournament

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against Olympic opponents, quarterfinalists, World Championship semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, from all international competitions 2005–present [8]

References

  1. "Jan Ø Jørgensen Profile". Badminton Denmark.
  2. http://bwfbadminton.com/rankings/
  3. "Jan Østergaard Jørgensen". sports-reference.com/olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. "2008 European Championships winners". TournamentSoftware.com.
  5. "Yonex European Championships 2010 - Winners". TournamentSoftware.com.
  6. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  7. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
  8. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=54431
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