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Lena Frier Kristiansen

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Lena Frier Kristiansen
Personal information
Country Denmark
Born (1983-03-12) 12 March 1983 (age 41)
Randers, Jutland, Denmark
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking8 (29 October 2009)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Women's badminton
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Herning Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Den Bosch Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Liverpool Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Warsaw Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Almere Women's team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Spała Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Spała Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Lena Frier Kristiansen (born 12 March 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

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European Championships

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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 Gold
2006 Den Bosch, Netherlands Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Germany Juliane Schenk
Germany Nicole Grether
21–9, 14–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

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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 Bronze

BWF Superseries

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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 place, 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 place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Dutch Open Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark Pernille Harder
Denmark Helle Nielsen
15–12, 15–8 1st place, 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 place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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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 place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Dutch International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Germany Juliane Schenk
Germany Nicole Grether
8–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Dutch International Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva
Bulgaria Neli Boteva
10–15, 6–15 2nd place, 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 place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002 Slovenian International Denmark Karina Sørensen Russia Ekaterina Ananina
Russia Anastasia Russkikh
7–11, 5–11 2nd place, 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 place, 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 place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  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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