Mette Poulsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993
Næstved, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking26 (WS 29 September 2016)
29 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 23 March 2021)
91 (XD with Joel Eipe 22 October 2019)
Current ranking70 (WD with Alexandra Bøje 13 December 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kolding Women's singles
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Women's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Vantaa Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Vantaa Mixed team
BWF profile

Mette Poulsen (born 14 June 1993) is a Danish badminton player.[1] She was the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2011 European Junior Championships,[2] and the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2017 European Championships.[3] Poulsen helped the national team win the European Women's Team Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2020.[4]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Spain Carolina Marín 17–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland		 Denmark Ditte Strunge Larsen Netherlands Thamar Peters
Netherlands Josephine Wentholt		 13–21, 22–20, 21–17 Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Scottish Open Switzerland Sabrina Jaquet 21–18, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Denmark International Germany Olga Konon 15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Croatian International Turkey Özge Bayrak 23–25, 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Iceland International Finland Nanna Vainio 21–11, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International Germany Yvonne Li 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Czech International Denmark Natalia Koch Rohde 10–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polish Open Denmark Alexandra Bøje Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Aoi Matsuda		 18–21, 21–15, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Dubai International Denmark Alexandra Bøje Japan Rin Iwanaga
Japan Kie Nakanishi		 21–18, 15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Iceland International Denmark Frederik Colberg Denmark Kasper Paulsen
Denmark Josephine van Zaane		 21–17, 8–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hungarian International Denmark Joel Eipe Russia Rodion Alimov
Russia Alina Davletova		 21–10, 19–21, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Norwegian International Denmark Joel Eipe Denmark Mathias Moldt Baskjær
Denmark Marie Louise Steffensen		 21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Mette Poulsen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Sachetat, Raphaël (24 April 2011). "European Juniors 2011 – Viktor victorious of course". Badzine. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Må nøjes med bronze: Poulsen får klø i EM-semifinale". Tv2 (in Danish). 29 April 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Rasmussen, Claus (16 February 2020). "Dansk EM-guld nummer 13 og 14". Sjællandske Medier (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.


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