Dorte Kjær

Dorte Kjær (born 6 February 1964) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.

Dorte Kjær
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	February 6, 1964 Roskilde
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark European Championships 1988 Kristiansand Women's doubles 1988 Kristiansand Mixed team 1990 Moscow Women's doubles 1990 Moscow Mixed team

European & Danish titles

Kjær won the gold medal at the 1988 and 1990 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Nettie Nielsen.[1] She and Nettie Nielsen had already won the European juniors girls doubles title in 1981. In 1983 they became the Danish National ladies doubles champions for the first time. Together they won the Danish National Badminton Championships six times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 & 1990). Dorte Kjaer won another National ladies doubles title in 1991 with Lotte Olsen. She also won one National Danish mixed doubles title in 1990 with Henrik Svarrer. Dorte Kjaer first won a bronze medal at the 1980 European Badminton Championships with Anne Skovgaard. She won a silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 1981 European Junior Championships with Mark Christiansen in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Other International titles

Dorte Kjaer and Nettie Nielsen won a bronze medal in Women's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul when badminton was an exhibition sport. Dorte Kjaer won the Nordic badminton Championships in Women's doubles in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 with Nettie Nielsen and in 1989 with Lotte Olsen. She captured the Nordic mixed doubles title in 1984 with Jesper Helledie. With Nettie Nielsen she won the Scottish Open twice in 1985 & 1986 and with Lotte Olsen the Danish Open & German Open in 1990. With Henrik Svarrer she won the Carlton-Intersport-Cup in 1987 and the Chinese Taipei Open in 1989. She was a professional badminton player for approximately 10 years.

Achievements

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Singapore	Nettie Nielsen	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	15-11, 16-18, 16–18	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Dutch Open	Kirsten Larsen	Gillian Gilks Karen Beckman	12-15, 10-15	Runner-up
1985	Scottish Open	Nettie Nielsen	Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnussen	15-13, 15–8	Champion
1986	Scottish Open	Nettie Nielsen	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15-8, 15-11	Champion
1986	Carlton-Intersport-Cup (Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany)	Nettie Nielsen	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	9-15, 11-15	Runner-up
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Lotte Olsen	Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnussen	13-15, 15-9, 6-15	Runner-up
1990	Danish Open	Lotte Olsen	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15-13, 9-15, 15–11	Champion
1990	German Open	Lotte Olsen	Pernille Dupont Grete Mogensen	10–15, 15–2, 15–9	Champion

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Dutch Open	Jesper Helledie	Steen Fladberg Gitte Paulsen	9-15, 11-15	Runner-up
1987	Thailand Open	Henrik Svarrer	Peter Buch Grete Mogensen		Runner-up
1987	Carlton-Intersport-Cup (Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany)	Henrik Svarrer	Andy Goode Fiona Elliott	16–17, 15–9, 15–10	Champion
1988	Dutch Open	Henrik Svarrer	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen	7-15, 11-15	Runner-up
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Henrik Svarrer	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	15–8, 15–6	Champion

References

1. Europamesterskaber Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine at Danish Badminton Federation