Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Born (1987-12-31) December 31, 1987[1]
Denmark 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])
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at the 2010 European Badminton Championships.[5] He won the Danish Championship title in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014).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]

References

External links

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