Name: Rikke OLSEN Gender: Female Date of birth: 19 APR 1975 Height: 1.79 m / 5'10" Profession: Hobbies: Other sports activities: Olympic event: Badminton Olympic qualification: NOC code: DEN Place of birth: Roskilde, Denmark Weight: 65 kg / 143 lbs Marital status: Started competing: National coach: Personal best: Season best: Olympic Solidarity: General Interests Nickname: Rexy. (NOC 21/7/04). Hobbies: Movies and reading, music (Athlete 01/07/04, NOC 21/07/04) Occupation: Professional Badminton player LangSpoken: Danish, English and a little French Club: Vaerloese Badminton Club, Vaerloese, DEN (Athlete 01/07/04) Coach: Steen Pedersen, Jan Jorgensen and Jens Meibom (Athlete 01/07/04) Handedness: R Debut: 1992 for DEN, All England Tournament, ENG (Athlete 01/07/04) Injuries: An elbow injury affected her for nine months. (Athlete 01/07/04) AddInformation: When and where did you begin this sport? Aged six in Karlslunde, Denmark. Why this sport? "I was born into a badminton family." Her three sisters all play. Most influential person in career Her family. (Athlete 01/07/04) Toughest rival / opponent Kim Dong Moon and Ra Kyung Min. (Athlete 01/07/04) Sporting philosophy / motto "Fight the best you can." (Athlete 01/07/04) Awards and honours She won the 1998/99 'Fair Player of the Year' award in the Copenhagen National League. (Athlete 18/05/99) Ambitions To do her best. (Athlete 01/07/04) Highlights The Competition Highlights section contains the following results: Last Olympic Cycle; Top 8 results at Olympic Games and World Championships. Top 3 results at World Grand Prix competitions. Historical; Medals at Olympic Games and World Championships. Rnk Event Year Venue Olympic Games 4th Doubles X 2000 Sydney, AUS Quarterfinal Doubles W 2000 Sydney, AUS World Championships Semi Final Doubles W 2003 Birmingham, GBR Semi Final Doubles X 2003 Birmingham, GBR Semi Final Doubles X 2001 Seville, ESP Semi Final Doubles X 1999 Copenhagen, DEN Semi Final Doubles X 1997 Glasgow, GBR Semi Final Doubles W 1995 Lausanne, SUI Quarterfinal Doubles W 2001 Seville, ESP World Grand Prix Winner Doubles W 2002 Rutac Holland Open Winner Doubles X 2002 Yonex German Open Winner Doubles W 2001 German Open Winner Doubles X 2001 German Open Winner Doubles W 2001 Denmark Open Winner Doubles X 2000 Chinese Taipei Open Winner Doubles W 2000 Dutch Open Winner Doubles X 2000 Denmark Open Winner Doubles X 1999 Malaysia Open Winner Doubles W 1999 Indonesia Open Winner Doubles X 1998 Hongkong Open Winner Doubles X 1998 Swiss Open Runner-up Doubles X 2002 Noonnoppi Korea Open Runner-up Doubles W 2002 Yonex German Open Runner-up Doubles X 2001 Singapore Open Runner-up Doubles X 2001 China Open Runner-up Doubles X 2001 All England Open Runner-up Doubles W 2001 Swiss Open Runner-up Doubles X 2001 Swiss Open Runner-up Doubles X 2000 Indonesia Open Runner-up Doubles W 2000 Chinese Taipei Open Semi Final Doubles W 2003 Yonex All England Open Semi Final Doubles X 2003 Yonex All England Open Semi Final Doubles X 2003 Hong Kong Open Semi Final Doubles X 2003 Proton Eon Malaysia Open Semi Final Doubles W 2003 Chinese Taipei Open Semi Final Doubles X 2002 Rutac Holland Open Semi Final Doubles X 2002 Realkredit Denmark Open Semi Final Doubles X 2002 Singapore Open Semi Final Doubles X 2002 All England Open Semi Final Doubles X 2002 China Open Semi Final Doubles X 2001 Samsung Korea Open Semi Final Doubles W 2001 Singapore Open Semi Final Doubles X 2000 Samsung Korea Open
