Pernille Nedergaard

Pernille Nedergaard Jessen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1967-12-05) 5 December 1967 (age 57) Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Left
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team European Championships 1990 Moscow Women's singles 1992 Glasgow Women's singles 1994 Den Bosch Women's singles European Mixed Team Championships 1990 Moscow Mixed team 1992 Glasgow Mixed team 1994 Den Bosch Mixed team
BWF profile

Pernille Nedergaard (born 5 December 1967) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.

She won the European Badminton Championships in women's singles in 1990 and 1992.[1] She also competed in the women's singles tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

Pernille retired in 2002 when she was 36 and make a small comeback for Værløse club back in 2006 in domestic league.[3] Nowadays, he is already married to Jens Glavind and had two children, working as a secretary for Peter Brixtofte, when he was the mayor of Farum.[4]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union	Fiona Smith	5–11, 12–11, 4–0 retired	Gold
1992	Glasgow, Scotland	Camilla Martin	12–10, 6–11, 11–7	Gold
1994	Den Bosch, Netherlands	Lim Xiaoqing	1–11, 11–6, 6–11	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Denmark Open	Zheng Yuli	4–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1988	Chinese Taipei Open	Kirsten Larsen	3–11, 11–6, 6–11	Runner-up
1989	German Open	Helen Troke	11–4, 8–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1990	Finnish Open	Christine Gandrup	12–10, 11–0	Winner
1990	Dutch Open	Minarti Timur	4–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1990	German Open	Camilla Martin	12–9, 11–8	Winner
1991	Swedish Open	Susi Susanti	2–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1991	German Open	Huang Hua	1–11, 11–6, 7–11	Runner-up
1992	Finnish Open	Elena Rybkina	11–1, 11–4	Winner
1993	Canada Open	Camilla Martin	5–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1993	Finnish Open	Camilla Martin	12–11, 11–12, 7–11	Runner-up
1994	Canada Open	Meiluawati	11–6, 11–2	Winner

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Stockholm International	Elena Rybkina	11–2, 11–8	Winner
1989	Scottish Open	Kirsten Larsen	5–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1990	Nordic Championships	Catrine Bengtsson	11–6, 8–11, 12–10	Winner
1992	Nordic Championships	Christine Gandrup	11–7, 9–12, 1–11	Runner-up
1993	Hamburg Cup	Mette Pedersen	11–8, 11–1	Winner
1995	Hamburg Cup	Mette Pedersen	11–5, 11–5	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Scottish Open	Jon Holst-Christensen	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson	2–15, 11–13	Runner-up

Invitation Tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Copenhagen Masters	Camilla Martin	2–11, 4–11	Runner-up

References

1. Rout, Abiruchi (15 April 2024). "European Badminton Championships: Full list of title winners". Khelnow.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
2. "Pernille Nedergaard". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
3. Hansen, John Broby (27 November 2006). "Comeback til Pernille (Nedergaard) Glavind (Comeback for Pernille (Nedergaard) Glavind)". dr.dk (in Danish). Presse nævnets. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
4. Wibe, Jonatan (4 December 2017). "Badmintonstjernen med Lätta-farverne (The badminton star with the Lätta colors)". JydskeVeskysten (in Danish). Presse nævnets. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

External links

• Pernille Nedergaard at Olympics.com
• Pernille Nedergaard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• European results
• badminton.dk