Lena Frier Kristiansen

Lena Frier Kristiansen
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Born (1983-03-12) 12 March 1983
Randers, Jutland, Denmark
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking 8 (29 October 2009)
BWF profile

Lena Frier Kristiansen (born March 12, 1983) is a badminton player from Denmark.[1] In 2001, she won the silver and bronze medals at the European Junior Championships in the mixed team and doubles respectively.[2] Partneres with Kamilla Rytter Juhl, they won the bronze medal the 2006 European Championships in the women's doubles event, and made it to the gold medal in 2008.[3] They also competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but was defeated in the first round by the Japanese pair Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota in the rubber games.[4]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Herning, Denmark Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl England Donna Kellogg
England Gail Emms
21–18, 21–18 Gold
2006 Den Bosch, Netherlands Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Germany Juliane Schenk
Germany Nicole Grether
21–9, 14–21, 15–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Spała, Poland Denmark Peter Hasbak Denmark Rasmus Andersen
Denmark Mette Nielsen
10–15, 5–15 Bronze

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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 World Superseries Finals Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Malaysia Chin Eei Hui
Malaysia Wong Pei Tty
17–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Denmark Open Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl China Pan Pan
China Zhang Yawen
20–22, 21–18, 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 levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Dutch Open Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Indonesia Shendy Puspa Irawati
Indonesia Meiliana Jauhari
21–16, 25–23 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Dutch Open Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark Pernille Harder
Denmark Helle Nielsen
15–12, 15–8 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Dutch Open Denmark Peter Steffensen Denmark Thomas Laybourn
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
11–15, 7–15 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Finnish International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Russia Ekaterina Ananina
Russia Anastasia Russkikh
21–17, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Dutch International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Germany Juliane Schenk
Germany Nicole Grether
8–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Dutch International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva
Bulgaria Neli Boteva
10–15, 6–15 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002 Portugal International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark Lene Mørk
Denmark Helle Nielsen
2–7, 3–7, 0–7 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002 Slovenian International Denmark Karina Sørensen Russia Ekaterina Ananina
Russia Anastasia Russkikh
7–11, 5–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2001 Irish International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark Lene Mørk
Denmark Helle Nielsen
3–7, 3–7, 2–7 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 Croatian International Denmark Rasmus Andersen Denmark Carsten Mogensen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2–11, 3–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Lena Frier Kristiansen". Danmarks Badminton Forbund. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. "Europameisterschaft U19 in Spala, Polen" (in German). BLV-NRW. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. "European Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "Sådan gik det danskerne ved OL" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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