Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female

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player and

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from

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Badminton

Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships and was a silver medalist at the 1980 European Badminton Championships, also in singles, as well as in mixed doubles.

European Championships

''Women's singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Football

She captained

to their win in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. In the final against

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, Börjesson struck the first penalty in Sweden's

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victory. She won a total of 70 caps between 1975 and 1987, scoring 12 goals. In 1985 she scored a

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of penalty kicks against

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. Börjesson won the ''Årets Fotbollstjej Award'', the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1982. After her retirement from playing, Börjesson founded a magazine dedicated to women's football, called ''nya mål''. Börjesson can be seen in the

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documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

References

European results
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