Catrine Bengtsson Explained

Catrine Bengtsson
Birth Date:21 September 1969
Birth Place:Göteborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Height:1.61 m
Highest Ranking:1
Country:Sweden
Handedness:Right
Bwf Id:FF7C8CF9-E6E6-4205-8A3B-22DCC96778CB

Catrine Bengtsson (born 21 September 1969) is a Swedish badminton player.[1]

Career

Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarter-finals to Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua, of China, 15–4, 15–9. She also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the three events: women's singles, women's doubles with Margit Borg and mixed doubles with Peter Axelsson.

In 1994, she won the European Championships in mixed doubles with Denmark's Michael Søgaard.[2] In 1993 she claimed her biggest title, the IBF World Championship in mixed doubles with Denmark's Thomas Lund.

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles

World Cup

Mixed doubles

European Championships

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Girls' doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1992Swiss Open Astrid van der Knaap11–1, 3–11, 9–11 Runner-up
1995Scottish Open Doris Piché8–11, 11–4, 11–9 Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990Scottish Open Maria Bengtsson Gillian Clark
Gillian Gowers
18–16, 15–11 Winner
1991Swedish Open Maria Bengtsson Gillian Clark
Nettie Nielsen
15–13, 9–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1991Dutch Open Maria Bengtsson Gillian Gowers
Sara Sankey
9–15, 16–18 Runner-up
1992Swiss Open Maria Bengtsson Katrin Schmidt
Kerstin Ubben
15–10, 15–10 Winner
1992Swedish Open Maria Bengtsson Lin Yanfen
Yao Fen
6–15, 16–17 Runner-up
1992German Open Maria Bengtsson Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
9–15, 0–15 Runner-up
1992Denmark Open Maria Bengtsson Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
7–15, 3–15 Runner-up
1992Scottish Open Maria Bengtsson Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
6–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1995Scottish Open Maria Bengtsson Emma Constable
Sarah Hardaker
15–7, 15–5 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Swedish Open Max Gandrup Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Maria Bengtsson
8–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1993Japan Open Thomas Lund Christian Jakobsen
Marlene Thomsen
15–6, 15–6 Winner
1993Korea Open Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen
Anne Mette Bille
15–9, 12–15, 15–4 Winner
1993Swedish Open Thomas Lund Peter Axelsson
Gillian Gowers
15–4, 15–10 Winner
1993All England Open Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen
Grete Mogensen
1–8 retired Runner-up
1993Canadian Open Thomas Lund Christian Jakobsen
Lotte Olsen
15–2, 15–9 Winner
1993U. S. Open Thomas Lund Michael Søgaard
Gillian Gowers
15–7, 15–7 Winner
1993Denmark Open Thomas Lund Jan-Eric Antonsson
Astrid Crabo
15–4, 15–4 Winner
1993Scottish Open Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen
Pernille Nedergaard
15–2, 13–11 Winner
1993World Grand Prix Finals Thomas Lund Nick Ponting
Gillian Clark
15–9, 15–7 Winner
1994Japan Open Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard
Gillian Gowers
15–7, 15–9 Winner
1994Swiss Open Jon Holst-Christensen Peter Axelsson
Marlene Thomsen
13–18, 9–15 Runner-up
1996Dutch Open Peter Axelsson Jan-Eric Antonsson
Astrid Crabo
0–9, 7–9, 6–9 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1988USSR International Vlada Chernyavskaya11–9, 11–5 Winner
1990Nordic Championships Pernille Nedergaard6–11, 11–8, 10–12 Runner-up
1992Norwegian International Helle Andersen12–9, 11–7 Winner
1993Norwegian International Karin Ericsson Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1988Nordic Championships Maria Bengtsson Dorte Kjær
Nettie Nielsen
18–14, 4–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1993Norwegian International Kristin Evernäs Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
Winner
1998Norwegian International Marina Andrievskaya Koon Wai Chee
Ling Wan Ting
12–15, 15–6, 15–13 Winner
1998Welsh International Marina Andrievskaya Felicity Gallup
Joanne Muggeridge
15–8, 15–3 Winner

Mixed doubles

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/catrine-bengtsson-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/catrine-bengtsson-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
  2. Book: 978-1782550426 . Badminton Handbook . Bernd-Volker Brahms . 2014 . Meyer & Meyer Verlag . revised . Meyer & Meyer Sport . 182 .