Mette Poulsen

Summary

Mette Poulsen (born 14 June 1993) is a Danish badminton player.[1] She was the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2011 European Junior Championships,[2] and the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2017 European Championships.[3] Poulsen helped the national team win the European Women's Team Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2020.[4]

Mette Poulsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 30)
Næstved, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking26 (WS 29 September 2016)
29 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 23 March 2021)
91 (XD with Joel Eipe 22 October 2019)
Current ranking70 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 13 December 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kolding Women's singles
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Women's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Vantaa Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Vantaa Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

European Championships edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark   Carolina Marín 17–21, 12–21   Bronze

European Junior Championships edit

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland
  Ditte Strunge Larsen   Thamar Peters
  Josephine Wentholt
13–21, 22–20, 21–17   Gold

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.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Scottish Open   Sabrina Jaquet 21–18, 17–21, 21–14   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Denmark International   Olga Konon 15–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2014 Croatian International   Özge Bayrak 23–25, 21–19, 21–16   Winner
2015 Iceland International   Nanna Vainio 21–11, 21–9   Winner
2016 Dutch International   Yvonne Li 18–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2016 Czech International   Natalia Koch Rohde 10–21, 15–21   Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polish Open   Alexandra Bøje   Chisato Hoshi
  Aoi Matsuda
18–21, 21–15, 17–21   Runner-up
2019 Dubai International   Alexandra Bøje   Rin Iwanaga
  Kie Nakanishi
21–18, 15–21, 17–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Iceland International   Frederik Colberg   Kasper Paulsen
  Josephine van Zaane
21–17, 8–21, 21–16   Winner
2018 Hungarian International   Joel Eipe   Rodion Alimov
  Alina Davletova
21–10, 19–21, 21–10   Winner
2018 Norwegian International   Joel Eipe   Mathias Moldt Baskjær
  Marie Louise Steffensen
21–12, 21–14   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Mette Poulsen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ Sachetat, Raphaël (24 April 2011). "European Juniors 2011 – Viktor victorious of course". Badzine. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Må nøjes med bronze: Poulsen får klø i EM-semifinale". Tv2 (in Danish). 29 April 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, Claus (16 February 2020). "Dansk EM-guld nummer 13 og 14". Sjællandske Medier (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.

External links edit

  • Mette Poulsen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com