Johanna Persson

Johanna Persson
Personal information
Birth name	Johanna Sofia Elisabeth Persson
Country	Sweden
Born	(1978-12-25) 25 December 1978 (age 46) Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Sweden European Championships 2008 Herning Women's doubles 2006 Den Bosch Women's doubles 2004 Geneva Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Johanna Sofia Elisabeth Persson (born 25 December 1978) is a former Swedish badminton player.^[1]

Career

Persson started her junior career in Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and won her first national junior title in 1993 in the U-14 girls' singles, doubles, and mixed doubles event.^[2] She won the Swedish National senior title 11 times from 2002 to 2012, 6 in the women's doubles, and 5 in the mixed doubles.^[3] She won the bronze medals at the 2004 European Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Fredrik Bergström, and also at the 2006 and 2008 European Championship in the women's doubles event with Elin Bergblom.^[4] Persson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles with partner Bergström.^[5] They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in the second. In the quarterfinals, Persson and Bergström lost to Zhang Jun and Gao Ling of China 15–3, 15–1.^[6] After retiring from the international tournament, in 2009, Persson runs a project Girls of Badminton, to encourage and promote females within the Swedish Badminton Association.^[7] In 2011, she was awarded as a Person of the Year by the Badminton Europe.^[8] Her sister, Sara Persson, also an Olympian who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.^[9]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Elin Bergblom	Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	18–21, 7–21	Bronze
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Elin Bergblom	Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	9–21, 21–16, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Fredrik Bergström	Jonas Rasmussen Rikke Olsen	3–15, 10–15	Bronze

IBF Grand Prix

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Bitburger Open	Vladislav Druzchenko	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen	15–11, 11–15, 15–6	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Polish International	Elin Bergblom	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Elin Bergblom	Elodie Eymard Weny Rahmawati	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2006	Swedish International	Elin Bergblom	Birgit Overzier Carina Mette	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2005	Scottish International	Elin Bergblom	Nina Vislova Valeria Sorokina	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	Iceland International	Elin Bergblom	Paulien van Dooremalen Rachel van Cutsen	17–14, 15–11	Winner
2005	Dutch International	Elin Bergblom	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	4–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2002	Czech International	Elin Bergblom	Olga Konon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	11–5, 11–8	Winner
2002	Spanish International	Elin Bergblom	Filipa Lamy Telma Santos	8–6, 7–0, 7–4	Winner
2002	Finnish International	Elin Bergblom	Verena Fastenbauer Karina Lengauer	Walkover	Winner
2001	Hungarian International	Elin Bergblom	Krisztina Ádám Csilla Fórián	3–7, 7–2, 7–0	Winner
2000	Norwegian International	Caroline Eriksson	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström	15–10, 10–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Iceland International	Henri Hurskainen	Jacob Chemnitz Julie Houmann	15–5, 13–15, 15–11	Winner
2005	Czech International	Henri Hurskainen	Tim Dettmann Annekatrin Lillie	17–15, 15–7	Winner
2005	Dutch International	Fredrik Bergström	Ingo Kindervater Kathrin Piotrowski	15–4, 15–13	Winner
2004	Scottish International	Fredrik Bergström	Jochen Cassel Birgit Overzier	15–3, 15–13	Winner
2004	Norwegian International	Fredrik Bergström	Kristian Roebuck Liza Parker	16–17, 15–4, 15–10	Winner
2003	Bitburger International	Fredrik Bergström	Nikolay Zuev Marina Yakusheva	13–15, 15–10, 15–13	Winner
2003	Austrian International	Fredrik Bergström	Simon Archer Donna Kellogg	6–11, 11–5, 6–11	Runner-up
2003	Portugal International	Fredrik Bergström	Carsten Mogensen Helle Nielsen	10–13, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
2002	Austrian International	Dennis Lens	Kasper Kiim Jensen Helle Nielsen	6–8, 8–7, 7–4, 8–6	Winner
2001	Hungarian International	Daniel Glaser	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar	5–7, 1–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2000	Welsh International	Henrik Andersson	Anthony Clark Gail Emms	4–7, 1–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2000	Norwegian International	Ola Molin	Jörgen Olsson Frida Andreasson	17–15, 15–11	Winner
2000	Austrian International	Ola Molin	David Lindley Liza Parker	15–9, 12–15, 15–9	Winner
1999	Welsh International	Ola Molin	Peter Jeffrey Joanne Davies	15–11, 5–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1999	Czech International	Ola Molin	Christian Mohr Anne Hönscheid	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1997	Czech International	Henrik Andersson	Ian Sullivan Gail Emms	8–11, 4–9, 3–9	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Dubbeljobbigt" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
2. "Täby har vunnit 230 SM titlar" (in Swedish). Täby Badmintonförening. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
3. "Svenska Mästerskap senior" (in Swedish). Badminton Sweden. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
4. "Badminton Sverige: Svenska OS, VM och EM-medaljer" (in Swedish). Sveriges sporthistoria. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Johanna Persson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
6. "Bergström/Persson ute ur OS" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
7. "Girls of Badminton stärker och lyfter ledarna" (in Swedish). Riksidrottsförbundet. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
8. "2011 Person of the Year Award - Johanna Persson (Sweden)". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
9. "Sara Persson i stor badmintonfinal" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

External links

• Johanna Persson at BWFBadminton.com
• Johanna Persson at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Johanna Persson at Olympics.com
• Johanna Persson at Olympic.org (archived)
• Johanna Persson at Olympedia (archive)
• Johanna Persson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)