Lotte Olsen

Lotte Olsen
Personal information
Birth name	Lotte Olsen
Country	Denmark
Born	23 November 1966 (1966-11-23) (age 58) Nyborg, Denmark
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness	Right
Highest ranking	1 (1993)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark World Championships 1993 Birmingham Women's doubles World Cup 1994 Ho Chi Minh Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Uber Cup 1996 Hong Kong Women's team European Championships 1994 Dan Bosch Women's doubles 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed doubles 1990 Moscow Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1990 Moscow Mixed team 1994 Dan Bosch Mixed team European Junior Championships 1985 Pressbaum Girls' doubles 1985 Pressbaum Mixed team 1985 Pressbaum Girls' singles
BWF profile

Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark, who won a silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won several international tournaments, and four Danish National Badminton Championships in women's doubles during her career.^[1]

Lotte Olsen was a leading women's doubles player from her junior year, and won the Danish under-19 championship in 1984 and 1985.^[2] She won the silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen. They won silver medals at the 1994 European Badminton Championships, where Olsen also won silver medals with Christian Jacobsen in mixed doubles.^[3]

Lotte is the older sister of badminton player Rikke Olsen, and together they won the 1995 Hamburg Open in women's doubles.^[4] She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Ann Jørgensen and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's doubles, she lost in the quarter final to the runners-up from South Korea.^[5] She ended her career after the Olympics,^[4] and later received the Danish Badminton Federation badge of merit.^[6]

References

1. "Danmarks Badminton Forbund - Danmarksmesterskaber". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
2. "Danmarks Badminton Forbund - DM individuel U19". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
3. "Championships History - European Badminton Championships". Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
4. "Rikke Olsen - badminton". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
5. Lotte Olsen at Sports Reference
6. "Danmarks Badminton Forbund - Æres- og fortjensttegn". www.badminton.dk. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15.