Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired

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 won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in

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and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993. Born in Søndre Roskilde, Olsen came from the badminton family, and started playing at the age of six. She trained in Kastrup-Magleby BK and played for the team for eight seasons, won fourteen

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titles, seven

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bronze medals, three times runner-up in All England Open, and reached in to the bronze medal match at the

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in 1996, 2000 and 2004. During her career, she was ranked as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 2 in the women's doubles. After retiring from the tournament, she became the national junior coach. She is currently performance manager at Badminton New Zealand. Her sister

Lotte Olsen Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark, who won a silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won several international tournaments, and four Dani ...

also played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is married to German badminton player Björn Siegemund and settled in Solrød Strand. The pair has two kids.

Career

Olsen competed in

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in women's doubles with partner

Ann-Lou Jørgensen Ann-Lou Jørgensen (born 12 June 1977) is a badminton player from Denmark. Career Jørgensen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Rikke Olsen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole ...

. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Olsen and Jørgensen lost to

Huang Sui Huang Sui ( zh, s=黄穗, t=黃穗, p=Huáng Suì; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese- Australian female badminton player. Career Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have ...

and

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton ...

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15-6, 15-7. She also competed in mixed doubles with partner

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 ...

. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Daniel Shirley and Sara Petersen of

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Olsen and Rasmussen beat Kim Dong-moon and

Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min (; born 25 November 1976) is a badminton player from South Korea. Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from the late 1990s to early 2000s, resulting in a 70–match winning streak and 14 consecutiv ...

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17-14, 15-8, to advance to the semifinals. There, they lost to

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Spe ...

and

Gail Emms Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE (born 23 July 1977) is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to represent England in 1995 and r ...

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15-6, 15-12. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by fellow Danish pair

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Cham ...

and

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 be ...

15-5, 15-5, to finish in fourth place. In February 2018, Olsen Siegemund left her job as Danish Under 19s national coach to start a four-year contract as combined sports manager and national coach for New Zealand.

Achievements

World Championships

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

World Cup

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

European Championships

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

World Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

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

References

External links

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BWF player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olsen, Rikke 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Roskilde Badminton players from Region Zealand People from Solrød Municipality Danish female badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Denmark World No. 1 badminton players Danish badminton coaches