Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Summary

Joachim Fischer Nielsen (born 23 November 1978) is a Danish retired badminton player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with teammate Christinna Pedersen.[2] He retired from the international tournament in the end of 2018.[1]

Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Fischer Nielsen at 2017 Indonesia Open
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1978-11-23) 23 November 1978 (age 45)
Gentofte, Denmark
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Retired2018[1]
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking194 (MD 29 August 2013)
1 (XD 2 April 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Mixed doubles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hyderabad Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Qingdao Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kazan Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kolding Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
BWF profile

Fischer Nielsen was named Badminton Denmark 2011 Player of the Year together with his partner in the mixed doubles Christinna Pedersen.[3] He was later received Badminton Denmark's merit.[4]

Achievements edit

Olympic Games edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain   Christinna Pedersen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
21–12, 21–12   Bronze

BWF World Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India   Christinna Pedersen   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
18–21, 21–14, 18–21   Bronze
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark   Christinna Pedersen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
15–21, 9–21   Bronze

European Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia   Christinna Pedersen   Mads Pieler Kolding
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
22–24, 21–13, 21–18   Gold
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France   Christinna Pedersen   Niclas Nøhr
  Sara Thygesen
19–21, 21–13, 21–17   Gold
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark   Christinna Pedersen   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
17–21, 21–18, 19–21   Silver

BWF Superseries edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[5] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[6] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Denmark Open   Christinna Pedersen   Thomas Laybourn
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–14, 21–17   Winner
2009 Japan Open   Christinna Pedersen   Songphon Anugritayawon
  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
21–13, 16–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2009 Denmark Open   Christinna Pedersen   Anthony Clark
  Donna Kellogg
21–16, 25–27, 21–17   Winner
2009 World Superseries Finals   Christinna Pedersen   Valiyaveetil Diju
  Jwala Gutta
21–14, 21–18   Winner
2010 Hong Kong Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
22–20, 14–21, 22–20   Winner
2011 Japan Open   Christinna Pedersen   Chen Hung-ling
  Chen Wen-hsing
19–21, 21–16, 15–21   Runner-up
2011 Denmark Open   Christinna Pedersen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
22–20, 21–16   Winner
2011 French Open   Christinna Pedersen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
21–17, 21–14   Winner
2011 Hong Kong Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
21–15, 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2011 China Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
11–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2012 World Superseries Finals   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
17–21, 21–12, 21–14   Winner
2013 Malaysia Open   Christinna Pedersen   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying
21–13, 21–18   Winner
2013 Indonesia Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
22–24, 22–20, 12–21   Runner-up
2013 China Open   Christinna Pedersen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
10–21, 21–5, 17–21   Runner-up
2013 World Superseries Finals   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
12–21, 21–19, 21–10   Winner
2014 Malaysia Open   Christinna Pedersen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
11–21, 21–17, 13–21   Runner-up
2014 India Open   Christinna Pedersen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Kim Ha-na
21–16, 18–21, 21–18   Winner
2014 Indonesia Open   Christinna Pedersen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
18–21, 21–16, 21–14   Winner
2015 India Open   Christinna Pedersen   Liu Cheng
  Bao Yixin
19–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2015 Japan Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
17–21, 21–18, 23–21   Winner
2015 China Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
19–21, 21–17, 19–21   Runner-up
2016 All England Open   Christinna Pedersen   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto
12–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2016 Denmark Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen
21–16, 22–20   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix edit

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 German Open   Jesper Larsen   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
6–15, 14–17   Runner-up
2006 Denmark Open   Mathias Boe   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
21–18, 10–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2006 Bulgaria Open   Mathias Boe   Anders Kristiansen
  Simon Mollyhus
18–21, 21–18, 25–23   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Bitburger Open   Christinna Pedersen   Valiyaveetil Diju
  Jwala Gutta
21–8, 17–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2008 Dutch Open   Christinna Pedersen   Fran Kurniawan
  Shendy Puspa Irawati
21–17, 21–9   Winner
2011 Swiss Open   Christinna Pedersen   Nathan Robertson
  Jenny Wallwork
23–21, 21–14   Winner
2013 Swiss Open   Christinna Pedersen   Zhang Nan
  Tang Jinhua
22–20, 21–19   Winner
2015 Malaysia Masters   Christinna Pedersen   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto
21–18, 21–18   Winner
2015 German Open   Christinna Pedersen   Mads Pieler Kolding
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1997 Iceland International   Niels Christian Kaldau 12–15, 1–15   Runner-up
2000 Romanian International   Oliver Pongratz 4–15, 0–4 retired   Runner-up
2001 Spanish International   Conrad Hückstädt 15–5, 15–7   Winner
2003 French International   Marc Zwiebler 3–15, 15–8, 12–15   Runner-up
2004 Iceland International   Bobby Milroy 15–12, 15–7   Winner
2004 Spanish Open   Robert Kwee 15–4, 15–4   Winner
2005 Bulgarian International   Michael Christensen 15–7, 15–5   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Iceland International   Niels Christian Kaldau   Árni Þór Hallgrímson
  Broddi Kristjánsson
15–5, 15–7   Winner
1998 Amor International   Kasper Ødum   Dennis Lens
  Joris van Soerland
10–15, 15–8, 15–5   Winner
1998 Hungarian International   Kasper Ødum   Michał Łogosz
  Robert Mateusiak
15–11, 8–15, 4–15   Runner-up
2000 BMW Open International   Michael Søgaard   Henrik Andersson
  Fredrik Bergström
15–10, 15–8   Winner
2000 Portugal International   Janek Roos   Thomas Hovgaard
  Ove Svejstrup
12–15, 15–2,15–0   Winner
2000 Austrian International   Janek Roos   Harald Koch
  Jürgen Koch
12–15, 15–8, 15–9   Winner
2003 French International   Carsten Mogensen   Stanislav Pukhov
  Nikolai Zuyev
15–13, 15–9   Winner
2003 Iceland International   Jesper Larsen   David Lindley
  Kristian Roebuck
15–8, 15–9   Winner
2004 Swedish International   Jesper Larsen   Michał Łogosz
  Robert Mateusiak
15–4, 13–15, 12–15   Runner-up
2004 French International   Jesper Larsen   Gan Teik Chai
  Koo Kien Keat
6–15, 15–17   Runner-up
2004 Spanish Open   Jesper Larsen   Matthew Hughes
  Martyn Lewis
15–6, 15–5   Winner
2018 Spanish International   Frederik Colberg   Bodin Isara
  Maneepong Jongjit
21–23, 21–19, 21–15   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Iceland International   Jane F. Bramsen   Tómas Viborg
  Erla Björg Hafsteinsdóttir
15–5, 15–2   Winner
2007 Spanish Open   Britta Andersen   Ingo Kindervater
  Kathrin Piotrowski
22–24, 22–20, 23–21   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sukumar, Dev (14 January 2020). "'Europeans Struggling in Reading the Game' – Joachim Fischer (Part 1)". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Results: Mixed doubles". Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ^ Elkjær, Ronni Burkal (12 February 2022). "Viktor Axelsen kåret som Årets Badmintonspiller for andet år i træk" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Æres- og fortjensttegnmodtagere" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links edit

  • Joachim Fischer Nielsen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
  • Joachim Fischer Nielsen at BWFbadminton.com
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joachim Fischer Nielsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14.