Christine Magnusson

Christine Magnusson
Personal information
Country	Sweden
Born	November 21, 1964 Toro Kingdom, Uganda
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	2
Medal record Competitor for  Sweden World Championships 1991 Copenhagen Women's Doubles 1989 Jakarta Women's Doubles Badminton World Cup 1993 New Delhi Women's Doubles European Badminton Championships 1992 Glasgow Women's Doubles 1992 Glasgow Team 1994 Den Bosch Women's Doubles 1994 Den Bosch Team 1988 Kristiansand Team 1990 Moscow Team 1996 Herning Team 1982 Böblingen Women's Singles 1984 Preston Women's Doubles 1984 Preston Team 1986 Uppsala Women's Singles 1986 Uppsala Women's Doubles 1986 Uppsala Mixed Doubles 1986 Uppsala Team 1988 Kristiansand Women's Singles 1988 Kristiansand Women's Doubles 1990 Moscow Women's Singles 1990 Moscow Women's Doubles 1994 Den Bosch Women's Singles 1996 Herning Women's Singles

Christine Kajumba Magnusson (born November 21, 1964 in Toro Kingdom, Uganda) is a retired Swedish badminton player who won events in numerous Swedish National, open European and other international tournaments.

Career

Magnusson's Swedish national titles included seven in women's singles between 1982 and 1990. She won the bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson.^[1] She also represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.^[2] She won gold in women's doubles at the 1992 and 1994 European Badminton Championships with Lim Xiaoqing and the Badminton World Cup women's doubles with Lim in 1993.

In the Open Grand Prix Circuit Christine Magnusson won the USSR International titles in singles and doubles (with Maria Bengtsson) in 1981, the Scottish Open singles titles in 1985, 1986 and 1988. In 1987 she won the Belgian International in women's singles and the Dutch Open doubles title with Maria Bengtsson. She won more women's doubles titles again with Maria Bengtsson at the Belgian International 1988 and also at the Chinese Taipei Masters Open 1988 and the Finnish International 1990. In 1991 she won both the singles and doubles titles (with Maria Bengtsson) at the Chinese Taipei Masters Open.

She won the Scottish Open and German Open women's doubles titles in 1991 and 1992 with Lim Xiaoqing. She also won the doubles title at the Danish Open with Lim Xiaoqing in 1992 and 1994, the US Open in 1992, and both the Malaysia Open and Chinese Taipei Open in 1993.

In 1996 Christine Magnusson won the Polish Open doubles title with Marina Andrievskaia.

Personal life

Christine Magnusson was born in Uganda, as daughter of an Ugandan mother and a Swedish father. The family fled Uganda during the rule of Idi Amin and moved to Sweden in 1975 after also living in Kenya for a while, where she first came in contact with badminton. After arriving in Sweden she became a member of the Taby Badminton Club at the young age of ten years. Under the guidance of trainer Dan Andersson she quickly improved her skills and already at a young age of 16 years she was selected by the National badminton team of Sweden. Eventually playing two Olympic Games and many international events at the top level of the sport of badminton for many decades.^[3]

Christine was married to fellow Danish badminton player Max Gandrup and the pair have two children; daughter Tanja born in 1997 and son Kevin born in 1999. After retirement in the sport she started working as a sales coordinator at a cosmetics company. In her free time she now plays golf.^[4]

References

1. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/wbadminton.shtml#wdoubles Hickoksports
2. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/christine-magnusson-1.html
3. http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Black-Star-Brings-Prominence-to-Swedish-Badminton/id-2f005993ae5a09dd2d8875e2933644a3
4. http://www.idrottensaffarer.se/namn/2012/11/christine-gjorde-en-total-make-up