Imre Rietveld is a retired Dutch-born Danish badminton player who won six
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
titles between 1963 and 1967.
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In 1967 she married Knud Aage Nielsen
Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.
Career
With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In ...
, a Danish badminton player. After that she competed for Denmark as Imre Rietveld Nielsen or Imre Nielsen, winning the Belgian International
The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.
Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...
and Denmark Open
The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark.
The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one ...
in 1969, as well as a silver medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships.[
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Achievements
European Championships
''Women's singles''
International tournaments (13 titles, 19 runners-up)
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Dutch female badminton players
Danish female badminton players