Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Jan Ø. Jørgensen at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	December 31, 1987[1] Aalborg, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	2 (January 22, 2015)
Current ranking	5 (April 28, 2016[2])
Medal record Representing  Denmark Men's badminton BWF World Championships 2015 Jakarta Men's Singles European Badminton Championships 2014 Kazan Men's Singles 2010 Manchester Men's Singles 2008 Herning Men's Singles 2012 Karlskrona Men's Singles European Mixed Team Badminton Championships 2009 Liverpool Mixed Team 2011 Amsterdam Mixed Team 2015 Leuven Mixed Team 2013 Ramenskoe Mixed Team Thomas Cup 2012 Wuhan Men's Team Sudirman Cup 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Team
BWF profile

Jan Østergaard Jørgensen^[3] (born December 31, 1987 in Aalborg) is a male badminton player from Denmark. He plays in the Denmark Badminton league representing SIF (Skovshoved). Sportswear and equipment is sponsored by Yonex.

Career

He is the reigning European Champion 2014. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships and 2012 European Badminton Championships ^[4] and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships.^[5] He won the Danish Championship title in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014). He was the runner up at 2009 China Open Super Series and won Denmark Open in 2010, French Open (badminton) in 2013, Indonesia Open (badminton) in 2014 and the invitational Copenhagen Masters in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2014, he became the first European male singles player to win the Indonesia Open. In March 2015 he reached the final of the All England Super Series, but lost against Chen Long, from China, 21-15, 17-21, 15-21.

Performances (except Teams Events)

Year	Tournament	Level	Venue	Result
2016
	German Open	Grand Prix Gold	Mulheim an der Ruhr	Semifinalist
2015
	World Super Series Finals	Super Series Final	Dubai	Semifinalist
	French Open	Super Series	Paris	Semifinalist
	World Championships	BWF World Championships	Jakarta	Bronze medalist
	Indonesia Open	Super Series Premier	Jakarta	Runner-up
	Australian Open	Super Series	Sydney	Semifinalist
	Malaysia Open	Super Series Premier	Kuala Lumpur	Semifinalist
	All England Open	Super Series Premier	Birmingham	Runner-Up
	German Open	Grand Prix Gold	Mulheim an der Ruhr	Winner
2014
	World Super Series Finals	Super Series Final	Dubai	Semifinalist
	Indonesia Open	Super Series Premier	Jakarta	Winner
	Japan Open	BWF Super Series	Tokyo	Semifinalist
	European Championships	Grand Prix Gold	Kazan	Winner
	India Open	BWF Super Series	New Delhi	Semifinalist
	Swiss Open	Grand Prix Gold	Basel	Semifinalist
	Malaysia Open	Super Series Premier	Kuala Lumpur	Semifinalist
2013
	World Super Series Finals	Super Series Final	Kuala Lumpur	Semifinalist
	French Open	BWF Super Series	Paris	Winner
	China Master	BWF Super Series	Changzhou	Semifinalist
	Swiss Open	Grand Prix Gold	Basel	Semifinalist
	All England Open	Super Series Premier	Birmingham	Semifinalist
	Malaysia Open	BWF Super Series	Kuala Lumpur	Semifinalist
2012
	French Open	BWF Super Series	Paris	Semifinalist
	Denmark Open	Super Series Premier	Odense	Semifinalist
	European Championships	Grand Prix Gold	Karlskrona	Bronze Medalist
	German Open	Grand Prix Gold	Mulheim an der Ruhr	Semifinalist
2010
	Denmark Open	BWF Super Series	Odense	Winner
	European Championships	Grand Prix Gold	Manchester	Silver Medalist
2009
	China Open	BWF Super Series	Shanghai	Runner-Up
	Denmark Open	BWF Super Series	Odense	Semifinalist
	Bitburger Open	Grand Prix	Saarbrücken	Winner
	Swiss Open	BWF Super Series	Basel	Semifinalist
2008
	European Championships	Grand Prix Gold	Herning	Bronze Medalist

     World Championships

     Super Series Masters Finals

     Super Series Premier

     Super Series

     Grand Prix Gold

     Grand Prix

     International Challenge

     International Series

     Future Series

     BWF Team Events

Key

BWF World Championships

BWF Super Series Masters Finals

BWF Super Series Premier

BWF Super Series

BWF Grand Prix Gold

BWF Grand Prix

BWF International Challenge

BWF International Series

BWF Future Series

BWF Team Events

Record Against Selected Opponents

Includes results against Olympic opponents, quarterfinalists, World Championship semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, from all international competitions 2005–present ^[6]

• Chen Yu 0–1
• Chen Jin 4–4
• Lin Dan 3–7
• Chen Long 1–7
• Du Pengyu 2–2
• Wang Zhengming 3–2
• Chou Tien-Chen 5–3
• Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 5–1
• Joachim Persson 2–2
• Kenneth Jonassen 0–1
• Peter Gade 3–3
• Poul-Erik Høyer 0–1
• Viktor Axelsen 3–2
• Marc Zwiebler 6–2
• Hu Yun 2–1
• H. S. Prannoy 0–3
• Parupalli Kashyap 4–2
• Srikanth Kidambi 2–1
• Taufik Hidayat 2–2
• Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–0
• Tommy Sugiarto 1–0
• Simon Santoso 0–3
• Misha Zilberman 1–0
• Kenichi Tago 7–7
• Sho Sasaki 3–2
• Kento Momota 3–2
• Park Sung-hwan 1–1
• Lee Hyun-il 2–2
• Son Wan-ho 1–3
• Wong Choong Hann 2–1
• Lee Chong Wei 1–15
• Liew Daren 1–3
• Derek Wong Zi Liang 2–0
• Boonsak Ponsana 9–1
• Nguyen Tien Minh 2–6

References

1. "Jan Ø Jørgensen Profile". Badminton Denmark.
2. BWF World Ranking
3. "Jan Østergaard Jørgensen". sports-reference.com/olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
4. "2008 European Championships winners". TournamentSoftware.com.
5. "Yonex European Championships 2010 - Winners". TournamentSoftware.com.
6. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=54431

External links

• Official Website
• Badminton Denmark Profile
• BWF Profile