Camilla Martin
Camilla Martin Nygaard (née Martin; born 23 March 1974) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All England and World Championships singles *les.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Achievements
- 3.1 Olympic Games
- 3.2 World Championships
- 3.3 World Cup
- 3.4 European Championships
- 3.5 European Junior Championships
- 3.6 IBF World Grand Prix
- 3.7 IBF International
- 4 Record against selected opponents
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Career
She primarily played woman's singles. In that discipline she won the Danish national championships 13 years consecutively, from 1991 to 2003, European champion three times, in 1996, 1998, and 2000, and World champion once in 1999. She won All England Open in 2002.
The only major tournament that she never won was the Olympic Games. She earned silver in 2000 Olympics after losing to Gong Zhichao of China in the final.
In Camilla Martin's last year as an elite player, she played at the 2004 Olympics, defeating Kanako Yonekura of *an in the first round but losing to Tracey Hallam of Great Britain in the round of 16.
She helped Denmark win the European team championship in 1996, 1998, 2000,2002 and 2004.
Personal life
Camilla Martin is the daughter of the former Danish footballer Bent Martin. Her brother is the former Danish footballer Ken Martin.
She married economist Lars Nygaard 25 May 2005, and changed her name to Camilla Martin Nygaard.
She currently works as co-host of the Danish football magazine, Onside.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Women's singles
World Championships
Women's singles
World Cup
Women's singles
European Championships
Women's singles
European Junior Championships
Girls' singles
Girls' doubles
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
IBF International
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
References
External links
- Camilla Martin at BadmintonDenmark.com
- Camilla Martin at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Camilla Martin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)