Jon Holst-Christensen (born 16 June 1968) is a retired male

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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who is the son of two great badminton players in the 60's, and

Tonny Holst-Christensen Tonny Holst-Christensen is a former Danish 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 commo ...

. Jon is prominent in men's and mixed doubles for Denmark team alongside players such as

Thomas Lund Thomas Haubro Lund (born 2 August 1968) is a retired badminton player from Denmark who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club. Career Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a s ...

and Michael Sogaard.

Career

In his illustrious career, Jon has won several big titles which includes 2 All England Open titles in both men and mixed doubles categories in

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, 3 times European Champions (2 in men's doubles and 1 in mixed), Japan Open, 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 ...

. Jon also won 4 medals (3 silvers and 1 bronze) in

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and

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and compete in 3 Olympics.

Summer Olympics

Jon Holst-Christensen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with

. In the first round they defeated Dean Galt and Kerrin Harrison of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by

Razif Sidek Mohamed Razif Mohd Sidek (born 29 May 1962) is a former badminton player from Malaysia and coach. Personal life He is the second eldest of the five Sidek brothers. Razif and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their fathe ...

and Jalani Sidek of Malaysia. He also competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal ...

in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut ...

and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in the second round. In his final attempt, Jon competed in

badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Pavilion 3, Sydney Olympic Park from 17 – 23 September. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event. Medalists ...

in mixed doubles this time with Ann Jorgensen. They passed the first round against Korean pair of

Lee Dong-soo Lee Dong-soo ( ; born 7 June 1974) is a former badminton player from South Korea who affiliate with the Samsung Electro-Mechanics. Competition Lee competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Yoo Y ...

and Lee Hyo-jung before lost against an English pair of Simon Archer and

Joanne Goode Joanne Gwendoline "Jo" Goode MBE (née Wright; born 17 November 1972) is an English badminton player. She represented Great Britain at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, and won the 2000 mixed doubles bronze medal with Simon Archer. Goode also ...

in 3 sets. After losing in that final Olympics, Jon decided to retire from the sport.

Post Career

Early on, Jon is retiring due to his desire to engage in IT industry as a civilian. Nowadays, he is a senior director in human resources department of

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Group which specialized in home designs and accessories.

Achievements

World Championships

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

European Championships

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

IBF World Grand Prix (22 titles, 27 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

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

Invitation Tournament (3 titles)

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

Jon Holst-Christensen's Profile - Badminton.dk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holst-Christensen, Jon 1968 births Living people Danish male badminton players Olympic badminton players for Denmark Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics World No. 1 badminton players Sportspeople from Ringsted Badminton players from Region Zealand 20th-century Danish sportsmen