Mette Sørensen

Mette Sørensen (born 28 May 1975) is a retired female Danishbadminton player.[1] While competing in 2000 Olympics, she lost in the third round to 4th seeded Ye Zhaoying of China.[2] She married Dutch born Danish badminton player Quinten van Dalm[3] Their daughter Kasja van Dalm is now playing international for Denmark.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1999Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, DenmarkChinaDai Yun8–11, 12–13BronzeBronze

European Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1998Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, BulgariaDenmarkCamilla Martin7–11, 11–12BronzeBronze
2000Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, ScotlandSwedenMarina Andrievskaya7–11, 4–11BronzeBronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1993Hristo Botev Hall, Sofia, BulgariaRussiaMarina Andrievskaya11–7, 11–3GoldGold

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Hristo Botev Hall,Sofia, BulgariaDenmarkRikke OlsenDenmarkLone SørensenDenmarkSara Runesten15–10, 15–5GoldGold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1996Hamburg CupDenmarkAnne Søndergaard11–6, 3–11, 5–112nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up
1997Russian OpenDenmarkMette Pedersen3–11, 2–112nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up
1998Indonesia OpenIndonesiaMia Audina0–11, 6–112nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up
2001U.S. OpenSouth KoreaRa Kyung-min8–6, 4–7, 3–72nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Swiss OpenDenmarkRikke OlsenDenmarkAnn JørgensenDenmarkMajken Vange15–2, 15–01st place, gold medalist(s)Winner

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1993Czech InternationalRussiaIrina Yakusheva8–11, 11–7, 11–01st place, gold medalist(s)Winner
1994Czech InternationalAustriaIrina Serova8–11, 1–112nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up
1995Malmö InternationalDenmarkMichelle Rasmussen11–4, 11–31st place, gold medalist(s)Winner
1995Czech InternationalRussiaElena Rybkina12–10, 7–11, 4–112nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Polish InternationalDenmarkLone SørensenIndonesiaEny OktaviantiIndonesiaNonong Denis Zanati15–11, 15–81st place, gold medalist(s)Winner
1994Czech InternationalDenmark Lone SørensenBulgariaNeli BotevaBulgariaDiana Koleva17–14, 15–111st place, gold medalist(s)Winner
1995Malmö InternationalDenmarkMichelle RasmussenSwedenMaria BengtssonSwedenMargit Borg9–15, 8–152nd place, silver medalist(s)Runner-up

References

  1. "Mette SØRENSEN – Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. Ritzau, ed. (18 September 2000). "Kineser sendte Mette Sørensen ud". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. Henning, Hansen (4 August 2004). "Guld på hjemmefronten". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.

Mette Sørensen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)