Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

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 Mette Schjoldager (born 21 April 1977) is a Danish badminton player from Viby, Roskilde Municipality, on the island of Zealand. Career Schjoldager made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Teamed-up with Ann-Lou Jørgensen, they b ...

. At the

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, Eriksen won two silvers in

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and

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, and also two bronze medals in 2001 and 2006.

Career

2004 Olympics

He played

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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 badminton player from Denmark. 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 double ...

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 Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese former badminton player. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles players of all time. Sport career Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive ...

and

Cai Yun Cai Yun (born 19 January 1980) is a former professional badminton player representing China. He is the 2012 London Olympic gold medallist and a four-time World Champion in men's doubles. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles player ...

of China 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 Flandy Limpele (born 9 February 1974) is an Indonesian former badminton player and coach. He competed in four Summer Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008. Career Player A doubles specialist, at various times ...

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15-13, 15-7 to finish fourth place. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner

. 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 Gao Ling of China 15-9, 15-5. In the bronze medal match, they defeated fellow Danish pair Jonas Rasmussen and

Rikke Olsen Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in 1992 and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993. Born in ...

15-5, 15-5 to win the bronze medal. He missed the chance to be the first Danish sportsman in 20 years (since

Henning Lynge Jakobsen Henning Lynge Jakobsen (born March 6, 1962) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1980s. He distinguished himself by winning two Olympic medals at the same Olympics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ...

at the 1984 Summer Olympics) 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

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(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

Jens Eriksen at InternationalBadminton.org
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Jens Eriksen
at Badminton.dk * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksen, Jens 1969 births Living people People from Glostrup Municipality Danish male badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World No. 1 badminton players Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark