Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (born 20 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen.[2] Kjærsfeldt also won a gold medal in 2015 European Games.[3]

Line Kjærsfeldt
Kjærsfeldt at the 2018 Indonesia Open
Personal information
Birth nameLine Højmark Kjærsfeldt
CountryDenmark
Born (1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 (age 30)[1]
Aarhus, Denmark[1]
ResidenceCopenhagen, Denmark[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Years active2010
HandednessRight[1]
Women's singles
Career record281 wins, 221 losses
Highest ranking16 (30 July 2019[1])
Current ranking20 (22 October 2024[1])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Denmark
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Women's singles
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Huelva Women's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Basel Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Liévin Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Amsterdam Women's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guadalajara Girls' doubles
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Vantaa Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ankara Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Ankara Girls' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Vantaa Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Vantaa Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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Kjærsfeldt began to playing badminton at the age of eight, and started to playing competitively at the age of 15.[4] She competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal in the girls' doubles partnered with Sandra-Maria Jensen, after in the semi-finals, they were beaten by the Chinese pair Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni in straight games.[5] Kjærsfeldt won her first international title in the women's doubles at the 2011 Croatian International with Jensen.[6] She then played at the Vantaa European Junior Championships, won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Kim Astrup and bronze medal in the girls' doubles with Jensen.[7][8] She entered two finals at the Scottish International, and won her first mixed doubles title with Astrup.[9]

In 2012, Kjærsfeldt won her first title of the year at the Banuinvest International in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen.[10] In May, Kjærsfeldt finished runner-up at the Denmark International in the mixed doubles with Kim Astrup.[11] She then won her first women's singles title at the Irish Open.[12] After won the title in Ireland, she then entered the top 100 BWF world ranking.[13]

Kjærsfeldt opened the 2013 season by winning the Estonian International.[13] In March, she clinched the girls' singles silver medal at the European Junior Championships, after being defeated by Bulgarian Stefani Stoeva in the final.[14] In 2014, Kjærsfeldt won the Finnish Open,[15] and also runners-up in the Swedish Masters and Irish Open.[16][17]

Kjærsfeldt competed at the 2015 Baku European Games and won the gold medal in the women's singles.[3] She then won a Grand Prix title at the Scottish Open beating home favorite Kirsty Gilmour in the final in three games.[18] In 2016, she was defeated by Carolina Marín in the semi-finals of the European Championships, settled for the bronze medal.[19][20] Kjærsfeldt made her debut at the Olympics in Rio 2016, but her pace was stopped in the group stage.[21] In December, she won her second Irish Open title.[22]

Achievements

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European Games

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan   Lianne Tan 18–21, 21–19, 21–9   Gold [3]
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus   Kirsty Gilmour 21–13, 16–21, 8–21   Bronze

European Championships

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France   Carolina Marín 21–23, 15–21   Bronze [20]
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain   Evgeniya Kosetskaya 10–21, 14–21   Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Mexico
  Sandra-Maria Jensen   Bao Yixin
  Ou Dongni
15–21, 7–21   Bronze [5]

European Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey   Stefani Stoeva 13–21, 25–23, 19–21   Silver [14]

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland
  Sandra-Maria Jensen   Thamar Peters
  Josephine Wentholt
21–16, 15–21, 19–21   Bronze [23]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Energia Areena,
Vantaa, Finland
  Kim Astrup   Matthew Nottingham
  Helena Lewczynska
19–21, 21–14, 21–16   Gold [24]

BWF World Tour (6 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[25] 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.[26]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300   Tai Tzu-ying 21–17, 10–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2018 Scottish Open Super 100   Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 21–18, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Spain Masters Super 300   Mia Blichfeldt 14–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2023 Hylo Open Super 300   Beiwen Zhang 18–21, 21–16, 16–21   Runner-up
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300   Nozomi Okuhara 19–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2024 Canada Open Super 500   Busanan Ongbamrungphan 18–21, 14–21   Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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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.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Scottish Open   Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 21–16, 21–18   Winner [18]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Bitburger Open   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen   He Jiting
  Du Yue
18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Scottish International   Judith Meulendijks 9–21, 19–21   Runner-up [9]
2012 Irish Open   Chloe Magee 23–21, 18–21, 21–18   Winner [12]
2013 Estonian International   Natalia Perminova 13–21, 21–18, 21–18   Winner [13]
2014 Swedish Masters   Kirsty Gilmour 22–24, 21–12, 10–21   Runner-up [16]
2014 Finnish Open   Anna Thea Madsen 21–9, 13–3 Retired   Winner [15]
2014 Irish Open   Beatriz Corrales 21–23, 13–21   Runner-up [17]
2016 Irish Open   Sung Shuo-yun 21–18, 21–18   Winner [22]
2021 Irish Open   Hsu Wen-chi 9–21, 21–14, 15–21   Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open   Hsu Wen-chi 15-21, 18-21   Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Croatian International   Sandra-Maria Jensen   Natalia Pocztowiak
  Staša Poznanović
21–14, 21–18   Winner [6]
2012 Banuinvest International   Sandra-Maria Jensen   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
21–19, 17–21, 21–16   Winner [10]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Croatian International   Kim Astrup   Zvonimir Đurkinjak
  Staša Poznanović
13–21, 13–21   Runner-up [6]
2011 Scottish International   Kim Astrup   Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
  Agnieszka Wojtkowska
15–21, 21–15, 21–13   Winner [9]
2012 Denmark International   Kim Astrup   Mads Pieler Kolding
  Julie Houmann
19–21, 9–21   Runner-up [11]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Invitational tournament

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Copenhagen Masters   P. V. Sindhu 21–12, 21–19   Winner

References

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