Pernille Dupont (born 6 October 1967) is a retired female

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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. She is formerly played for

Gentofte BK Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton Klub), also known as GBK is a badminton club in Gentofte, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is based in Gentofte Sportsby. The club has won more than 100 titles. It experienced its most suc ...

and representing

in the international tournament.

Career

She won the silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Thomas Lund. She competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Grete Mogensen. Pernille won several major honours in mixed doubles categories mostly with Thomas Lund including All England Open (

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

), a European Championship Gold medal in

and also a 3 times winner of World Badminton Grand Prix Finals successively from

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until

Post-Career

Her magnificent performance during those active years awarded her with Badminton Denmark's badge of merit from Badminton Denmark. After retiring, she worked in both

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and

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and graduated with Master of Business Administration degrees from

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which landed her a job as a private banker in

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private wealth management She since has left the job to set up her own business in

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Achievements

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix (22 titles, 7 runners-up)

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

IBF International (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupont, Pernille 1967 births Living people Danish female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Denmark 20th-century Danish women