Alexandra Bøje (born 6 December 1999) is a Danish badminton player.[1] She won her first senior international title at the 2016 Czech International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Mathias Bay-Smidt after fight through the qualification round, with the eight matches played.[2] She was part of the national team that clinched the gold medals at the 2019 European Mixed Team and 2020 Women's Team Championships.[3] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Alexandra Bøje
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 24)
Horsens, Denmark
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking29 (WD with Mette Poulsen 23 March 2021)
8 (XD with Mathias Christiansen 25 October 2022)
Current ranking10 (XD with Mathias Christiansen 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Saarbrücken Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Women's team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mulhouse Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

European Games edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
  Mathias Christiansen   Robin Tabeling
  Selena Piek
14–21, 13–21   Bronze

European Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine
  Mathias Christiansen   Marcus Ellis
  Lauren Smith
17–21, 19–21   Bronze
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
  Mathias Christiansen   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
16–21, 15–21   Silver

European Junior Championships edit

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France
  Julie Dawall Jakobsen   Emma Karlsson
  Johanna Magnusson
14–21, 14–21   Silver

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runner-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100   Mathias Christiansen   Mark Lamsfuß
  Isabel Herttrich
21–15, 19–21, 21–11   Winner
2021 Swiss Open Super 300   Mathias Christiansen   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
19–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2021 Orléans Masters Super 100   Mathias Christiansen   Niclas Nøhr
  Amalie Magelund
21–13, 21–17   Winner
2021 French Open Super 750   Mathias Christiansen   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
8–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2023 Spain Masters Super 300   Mathias Christiansen   Praveen Jordan
  Melati Daeva Oktavianti
22–20, 21–18   Winner
2023 Singapore Open Super 750   Mathias Christiansen   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
21–14, 20–22, 21–16   Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 9 runners-up) edit

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Hungarian International   Gabriella Bøje   Cheah Yee See
  Chin Kah Mun
14–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2017 Swedish International   Lena Grebak   Clara Nistad
  Emma Wengberg
17–21, 22–24   Runner-up
2017 Norwegian International   Sara Lundgaard   Isabella Nielsen
  Claudia Paredes
21–19, 21–9   Winner
2017 Italian International   Sara Lundgaard   Ekaterina Bolotova
  Alina Davletova
18–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2019 Polish Open   Mette Poulsen   Chisato Hoshi
  Aoi Matsuda
18–21, 21–15, 17–21   Runner-up
2019 Dubai International   Mette Poulsen   Rin Iwanaga
  Kie Nakanishi
21–18, 15–21, 17–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Czech International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Vasily Kuznetsov
  Ekaterina Bolotova
21–19, 21–15   Winner
2016 Norwegian International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Anton Kaisti
  Jenny Nyström
12–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2017 Swedish International   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Mikkel Mikkelsen
  Mai Surrow
18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Czech Open   Mathias Bay-Smidt   Bastian Kersaudy
  Léa Palermo
12–21, 21–8, 21–18   Winner
2017 Norwegian International   Lasse Mølhede   Gregory Mairs
  Jenny Moore
11–21, 21–19, 11–21   Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International   Mathias Christiansen   Kim Sa-rang
  Kim Ha-na
12–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2019 Irish Open   Mathias Christiansen   Ronan Labar
  Anne Tran
21–12, 21–19   Winner
2019 Scottish Open   Mathias Christiansen   Mathias Bay-Smidt
  Rikke Søby Hansen
23–21, 21–16   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Alexandra Boje". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Smith on 10 match unbeaten run with Prague win". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Claus (16 February 2020). "Dansk EM-guld nummer 13 og 14" (in Danish). Sjællandske Medier. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Boje Alexandra". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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