Jan Ø. Jørgensen Explained

Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Size:250 px
Birth Name:Jan Østergaard Jørgensen
Birth Place:Svenstrup, Aalborg, Denmark[1]
Country:Denmark
Years Active:2005–2020
Retired:16 October 2020
Handedness:Right
Career Record:425 wins, 226 losses
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:2
Date Of Highest Ranking:22 January 2015
Bwf Id:7D1E14D8-1B2E-48E1-B6A4-3973D713C3EF

Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a Danish retired badminton player who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the national league.[2] He won the men's singles title 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.[3]

Career

Jørgensen won the European Championship title in 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 and 2016 European Badminton Championships.[5] He won the Danish Championship title in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014).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.[6] 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

Jørgensen 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

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2008Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Kenneth Jonassen12–21, 9–21 Bronze
2010Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Peter Gade14–21, 11–21 Silver
2012Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Marc Zwiebler19–21, 15–21 Bronze
2014Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Rajiv Ouseph21–18, 21–10 Gold
2016Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Viktor Axelsen11–21, 16–21 Silver
2018Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Rajiv Ouseph17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's singles

BWF Superseries (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016China Open Chen Long22–20, 21–13 Winner
2016Japan Open Lee Chong Wei18–21, 21–15, 16–21 Runner-up
2016Indonesia Open Lee Chong Wei21–17, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2015Indonesia Open Kento Momota21–16, 19–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2015All England Open Chen Long21–15, 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2014Indonesia Open Kenichi Tago21–18, 21–18 Winner
2013French Open Kenichi Tago21–19, 23–21 Winner
2010Denmark Open Taufik Hidayat21–19, 21–19 Winner
2009China Open Lin Dan12–21, 12–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2009Bitburger Open Eric Pang12–21, 21–13, 21–15 Winner
2015German Open Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka21–12, 21–13 Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2006Czech International Peter Mikkelsen21–18, 21–15 Winner
2006Irish International Jens-Kristian Leth20–22, 21–23 Runner-up
2007Hungarian International Ville Lång21–6, 21–5 Winner
2008Swedish International Marc Zwiebler13–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2009Swedish International Dicky Palyama16–21, 22–20, 21–17 Winner
2011Denmark International Hans-Kristian Vittinghus21–15, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series / European Circuit tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists, accurate as of 20 November 2023.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan Ø. Jørgensen om finaleplads: Lidt af en eventyrhistorie . www.dr.dk . 25 February 2018 . 23 February 2020 . da.
  2. Web site: Jan Østergaard Jørgensen . sports-reference.com/olympics . . 5 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081806/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jan-ostergaard-jorgensen-1.html . 7 April 2014 .
  3. News: Denmark wins world badminton team title . www.thelocal.dk . . 30 January 2017.
  4. Web site: 2008 European Championships winners . TournamentSoftware.com . 2008-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930092816/http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=20426 . 2018-09-30 . dead .
  5. Web site: Yonex European Championships 2010 - Winners . TournamentSoftware.com.
  6. Mohapatra, Bikash (24 October 2020). "Jan Ø. Jørgensen: Making significant additions to Danish badminton history", [Badzine]. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  8. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation. 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.
  9. Web site: BWF Launches Super Series . Badminton Australia . 15 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006123828/http://www.badminton.org.au/index.php?id=22&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=136&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=26fb36d8a5 . dead . 6 October 2007.
  10. Web site: Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event . IBadmintonstore . 29 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002005757/http://www.ibadmintonstore.com/iBADMINTONstore-News/Yonex-All-England-Elevated-To-BWF-Premier-Super-Se.aspx . dead . 2 October 2013.
  11. Web site: Jan O Jorgensen head-to-head analysis . bwfbadminton.com . 20 November 2023.