Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from

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. He competed in four consecutive

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from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in

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partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Championships, Eriksen won two silvers in 1995 and 1997, and also two bronze medals in 2001 and 2006.

Career

2004 Olympics

He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In men's doubles, Eriksen and his partner

Martin Lundgaard Hansen Martin Lundgaard Hansen (born 11 October 1972) is a Danish badminton player. He started his career in badminton as a singles player, and competed in the 1993 IBF World Championships. But as the years went by, he made a choice to play doubles. T ...

had a bye in the first round and defeated Howard Bach and Kevin Han of the

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Eriksen and Hansen beat Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of

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3-15, 15-11, 15-8. They lost the semifinal to Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of

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9-15, 15-5, 15-3 and the bronze medal match against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of

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15-13, 15-7 to finish fourth place. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner Mette Schjoldager. They defeated Svetoslav Stoyanov and Victoria Wright of

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in the first round and Kim Yong-hyun and Lee Hyo-jung of Korea in the second. In the quarterfinals, Eriksen and Schjoldager beat Nova Widianto and Vita Marissa of

15-12, 15-8 to advance to the semifinals. There, they lost to Zhang Jun and

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of China 15-9, 15-5. In the bronze medal match, they defeated fellow Danish pair

Jonas Rasmussen Jonas Rasmussen (born 28 October 1977 in Aarhus) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. Career With his men's doubles partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian pair Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiart ...

and Rikke Olsen 15-5, 15-5 to win the

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. He missed the chance to be the first Danish sportsman in 20 years (since Henning Lynge Jakobsen at the

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) to win two medals in the same

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Mixed doubles''

World Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

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