Anne-Mette van Dijk explained

Anne-Mette van Dijk
Country:Denmark
Birth Date:1968 4, df=y
Height:1.68 m
Event:Doubles
Handedness:Right
Bwf Id:5A6C0325-AB6B-4354-B72A-B767D507122C

Anne-Mette van Dijk (née Anne Mette Bille; born 22 April 1968) is a Danish former top badminton player of mid '90s.[1] Anne Mette Bille won her first title in 1980 at the Danish U13 Junior Individual Championships. In 1986, she won Nordic Junior Championships partnering Thomas Lund. In 1989 she won the senior national doubles title for the first time with Lotte Olsen. In 1993 she reached the quarter-finals at the World Championships. 1994, she won silver at the European Championship in the mixed team event. Her husband Jeroen van Dijk was a former Olympian in Badminton. They met each other in 1994 in Taiwan & got married in 1999. She runs a shop for greeting cards for various occasions in Lyngby.[2]

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Dutch Open Marianne Rasmussen Julie Bradbury
Joanne Goode
15–9, 9–15, 15–2 Winner
1993Swiss Open Marlene Thomsen Lotte Olsen
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
6–15, 15–3, 4–15 Runner-up
1993Scottish Open Marlene Thomsen Lotte Olsen
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
15–11, 10–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1994German Open Marlene Thomsen Zhang Jin
Peng Xinyong
11–15, 5–15 Runner-up
1994Denmark Open Marlene Thomsen Christine Magnusson
Lim Xiaoqing
12–15, 15–7, 2–15 Runner-up
1995Swiss Open Marlene Thomsen Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
15–10, 5–15, 14–17 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Denmark Open Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
10–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1992Scottish Open Jon Holst-Christensen Jan-Eric Antonsson
Astrid Crabo
11–15, 15–11, 10–15 Runner-up
1993Korea Open Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund
Catrine Bengtsson
9–15, 15–12, 4–15 Runner-up
1995Scottish Open Lars Pedersen Lorraine Cole
Julian Robertson
17–14, 15–10 Winner
1996German Open Jens Eriksen Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur
1–15, 6–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1989Austrian International Charlotte Madsen Bożena Bąk
Bożena Haracz
15–9, 15–10 Winner
1992Uppsala International Marianne Rasmussen Margit Borg
Charlotta Wihlborg
15–0, 15–7 Winner
1992Norwegian International Trine Pedersen Rikke Broen
Helene Kirkegaard
15–11, 15–6 Winner
1993Hamburg Cup Marlene Thomsen Joanne Davies
Joanne Goode
15–11, 15–7 Winner
1994Hamburg Cup Marlene Thomsen Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
15–11, 15–12 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1989Norwegian International Lars Pedersen Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
Lotte Olsen
Runner-up
1992Norwegian International Lars Pedersen Thomas Damgaard
Rikke Broen
18–17, 16–17, 15–5 Winner
1992Irish Open Lars Pedersen Nick Ponting
Joanne Davies
15–7, 15–11 Winner
1993Hamburg Cup Jens Eriksen Christian Jakobsen
Marlene Thomsen
15–10, 13–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1996Strasbourg International Lars Pedersen Winner

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile:Anne Mette van Dijk. bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 18 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Jaroen van Dijk. archiv.badminton.de. 18 December 2020.