Lena Frier Kristiansen

Lena Frier Kristiansen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	12 March 1983 Randers, Jutland, Denmark
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	8 (29 October 2009)
Medal record Representing Denmark Women's badminton European Championships 2008 Herning Women's doubles 2006 Den Bosch Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2009 Liverpool Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2010 Warsaw Women's team 2008 Almere Women's team European Junior Championships 2001 Spała Mixed team 2001 Spała Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Lena Frier Kristiansen (born 12 March 1983) is a badminton player from Denmark. In 2001, she won the silver and bronze medals at the European Junior Championships in the mixed team and doubles respectively. Partneres with Kamilla Rytter Juhl, they won the bronze medal the 2006 European Championships in the women's doubles event, and made it to the gold medal in 2008. They also competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but was defeated in the first round by the Japanese pair Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota in the rubber games.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Herning, Denmark	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Donna Kellogg Gail Emms	21–18, 21–18	Gold
2006	Den Bosch, Netherlands	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether	21–9, 14–21, 15–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Spała, Poland	Peter Hasbak	Rasmus Andersen Mette Nielsen	10–15, 5–15	Bronze

BWF Superseries

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 levels: 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.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	World Superseries Finals	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Denmark Open	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Pan Pan Zhang Yawen	20–22, 21–18, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Dutch Open	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	21–16, 25–23	Winner
2004	Dutch Open	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Pernille Harder Helle Nielsen	15–12, 15–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Dutch Open	Peter Steffensen	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	11–15, 7–15	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Finnish International	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2006	Dutch International	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether	8–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2004	Dutch International	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Petya Nedelcheva Neli Boteva	10–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2002	Portugal International	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Lene Mørk Helle Nielsen	2–7, 3–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	Slovenian International	Karina Sørensen	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	7–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2001	Irish International	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Lene Mørk Helle Nielsen	3–7, 3–7, 2–7	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Croatian International	Rasmus Andersen	Carsten Mogensen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	2–11, 3–11	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament