Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a retired badminton player from Denmark who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the Denmark badminton league. He won the men's singles *le at the 2014 European Championships, and was the bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Achievements
- 3.1 BWF World Championships
- 3.2 European Championships
- 3.3 BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)
- 3.4 BWF Superseries (4 *les, 5 runners-up)
- 3.5 BWF Grand Prix (2 *les)
- 3.6 BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit (4 *les, 2 runners-up)
- 4 Record against selected opponents
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Career
He won the European Championship *le in 2014. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships and 2012 European Badminton Championships and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and 2016 European Badminton Championships. He won the Danish Championship *le in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014).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.
Personal life
He is married to the Danish Handball player Stine Jørgensen and have twins together.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Men's singles
European Championships
Men's singles
BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
BWF Superseries (4 *les, 5 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's singles
: BWF Superseries Finals tournament: BWF Superseries Premier tournament: BWF Superseries tournamentBWF Grand Prix (2 *les)
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's singles
: BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament: BWF Grand Prix tournamentBWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit (4 *les, 2 runners-up)
Men's singles
: BWF International Challenge tournament: BWF International Series / European Circuit tournamentRecord against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists, accurate as of 17 March 2020.
- Chen Jin 4–4
- Chen Long 2–11
- Chen Yu 0–1
- Du Pengyu 2–3
- Lin Dan 7–9
- Shi Yuqi 0–1
- Tian Houwei 6–3
- Chou Tien-Chen 6–6
- Viktor Axelsen 3–5
- Peter Gade 3–4
- Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 5–1
- Rajiv Ouseph 10–3
- Parupalli Kashyap 4–3
- Srikanth Kidambi 2–4
- B. Sai Praneeth 2–0
- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 4–2
- Taufik Hidayat 2–2
- Sony Dwi Kuncoro 2–0
- Tommy Sugiarto 3–1
- Kento Momota 3–5
- Sho Sasaki 3–3
- Lee Chong Wei 1–17
- Liew Daren 1–4
- Wong Choong Hann 2–1
- Lee Hyun-il 2–3
- Park Sung-hwan 2–1
- Shon Seung-mo 0–1
- Son Wan-ho 3–3
- Boonsak Ponsana 11–2
- Kantaphon Wangcharoen 1–0
- Nguyễn Tiến Minh 2–6
References
External links
- Official website
- Badminton Denmark Profile
- Jan Ø. Jørgensen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com