Anette Börjesson
Personal information
Full name Lilian Anette Börjesson
Date of birth (1954-11-11) 11 November 1954
Place of birth Sweden
Position(s) Sweeper
Youth career
Tuve IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–91 Jitex BK 181 (52)
1985–87 GAIS 52 (13)
Total 233 (65)
International career‡
1975–87 Sweden 70 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Anette Börjesson
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Sweden
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1980 Groningen Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1980 Groningen Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Preston Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Böblingen Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Böblingen Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Preston Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Groningen Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Edinburgh Girls' singles

Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.[1]

Badminton

Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships and was a silver medalist at the 1980 European Badminton Championships, also in singles, as well as in mixed doubles.

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1978 Preston, England Denmark Lene Køppen 0–11, 2–11 Bronze Bronze
1980 Groningen, Netherlands Switzerland Liselotte Blumer 4–11, 6–11 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Groningen, Netherlands Sweden Lars Wengberg England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Perry		 0–15, 6–15 Silver Silver
1982 Böblingen, West Germany Sweden Lars Wengberg England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Perry		 8–15, 5–15 Bronze Bronze

Football

She captained Sweden to their win in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. In the final against England, Börjesson struck the first penalty in Sweden's shootout victory.[2] She won a total of 70 caps between 1975 and 1987, scoring 12 goals.[3] In 1985 she scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks against France.[4]

Börjesson won the Årets Fotbollstjej Award, the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1982.[4]

After her retirement from playing, Börjesson founded a magazine dedicated to women's football, called nya mål.[5]

Börjesson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Anette Börjesson on her rise to elite level of two sports". The Telegraph. 5 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Andreas Nilsson (2009-08-27). "EM för damer 1984". SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  3. ↑ "Fakta och meriter för medlemmarna i SFS Hall of Fame". SFS (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  4. 1 2 Heidi Silvander (2009-09-03). "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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