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1973 European Junior Badminton Championships

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1973 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates19–21 April 1973
Edition3rd
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
1971 Gottwaldov 1975 Copenhagen

The 1973 European Junior Badminton Championships was the third edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the month of April.[1] Danish players won both the singles disciplines and mixed doubles while England won Girls' doubles, and Sweden won Boys' doubles title.[2]

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles Denmark Jesper Helledie Norway Petter Thoresen Sweden Willy Nilsson
Sweden Christian Lundberg
Girls' singles Denmark Mette Myhre Sweden Anette Börjesson Netherlands Els van Eeuwijk
England Kathleen Whiting
Boys' doubles Sweden Stefan Karlsson
Sweden Willy Nilsson
Denmark Jesper Helledie
Denmark Jacob Dynnes Hansen
Scotland Gordon Hamilton
Scotland Alan Gilliland
Sweden Christian Lundberg
Sweden Claes Nordin
Girls' doubles England Anne Forrest
England Kathleen Whiting
Denmark Mette Myhre
Denmark Susanne Berg
Denmark Marianne Christensen
Denmark Susanne Johansen
England Kathleen Redhead
England D. Kirby
Mixed doubles Denmark Jesper Helledie
Denmark Susanne Johansen
Denmark Hans Olaf Birkholm
Denmark Mette Myhre
Denmark Hans Hjulmand
Denmark Susanne Berg
Scotland Alan Gilliland
Scotland Christine Heatly

Results

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Semi-finals

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Category Winner Runner-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Jesper Helledie Sweden Willy Nilsson 15–10, 15–9
Norway Petter Thoresen Sweden Christian Lundberg 15–11, 15–12
Girls' singles Denmark Mette Myhre England Kathleen Whiting 11–2, 11–7
Sweden Anette Börjesson Netherlands Els van Eeuwijk 11–7, 11–6
Boys' doubles Sweden Stefan Karlsson
Sweden Willy Nilsson
Scotland Alan Gilliland
Scotland Gordon Hamilton
15–9, 18–13
Denmark Jacob Dynnes Hansen

Denmark Jesper Helledie

Sweden Christian Lundberg
Sweden Claes Nordin
10–15, 15–5, 18–14
Girls' doubles Denmark Mette Myhre
Denmark Susanne Berg
England D. Kirby
England Kathleen Redhead
15–3, 15–9
England Anne Forrest
England Kathleen Whiting
Denmark Marianne Christensen
Denmark Susanne Johansen
18–15, 1–15, 15–6
Mixed doubles Denmark Jesper Helledie
Denmark Susanne Johansen
Denmark Hans Hjulmand
Denmark Susanne Berg
15–4, 15–18, 15–10
Denmark Hans Olaf Birkholm
Denmark Mette Myhre
Scotland Alan Gilliland
Scotland Christine Heatly
10–15, 15–4, 15–5

Finals

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Jesper Helledie Norway Petter Thoresen 15–1, 15–7
Girls' singles Denmark Mette Myhre Sweden Anette Börjesson 1–11, 12–9, 11–6
Boys' doubles Sweden Stefan Karlsson
Sweden Willy Nilsson
Denmark Jacob Dynnes Hansen
Denmark Jesper Helledie
15–9, 15–12
Girls' doubles England Anne Forrest
England Kathleen Whiting
Denmark Mette Myhre
Denmark Susanne Berg
15–10, 7–15, 18–14
Mixed doubles Denmark Jesper Helledie
Denmark Susanne Johansen
Denmark Hans Olaf Birkholm
Denmark Mette Myhre
15–8, 15–10

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark (DEN)3328
2 Sweden (SWE)1135
3 England (ENG)1023
4 Norway (NOR)0101
5 Scotland (SCO)0022
6 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (6 entries)551020

References

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  1. ^ "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1973–06" (PDF) (in Danish).