Mette Schjoldager


Mette Schjoldager is a Danish badminton player from Viby, Roskilde Municipality, on the island of Zealand.

Career

Schjoldager made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Teamed-up with Ann-Lou Jørgensen, they beat Elena Nozdran/Viktoriya Evtushenko of Ukraine in the first round, but was defeated in the second round by Indonesian pair Etty Tantri/Cynthia Tuwankotta. In the mixed doubles, she partnered with Jens Eriksen. The duo had a bye in the first round, beat Michael Keck/Nicol Pitro of German, and were defeated bye Tri Kusharjanto/Minarti Timur of Indonesia in the quarterfinals.
Schjoldager again competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Pernille Harder. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won of Korea in the round of 16. In the mixed doubles with partner Jens Eriksen, they defeated Svetoslav Stoyanov /Victoria Wright of France in the first round and Kim Yong-hyun/Lee Hyo-jung of South Korea in the second. In the quarterfinals, Schjoldager and Eriksen beat Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa of Indonesia 15-12, 15-8 to advance to the semifinals. There, they lost to Zhang Jun/Gao Ling of China 15–9, 15–5. In the bronze medal match, they defeated fellow Danish pair Jonas Rasmussen/Rikke Olsen 15–5, 15–5 to win the bronze medal.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece

World Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain

World Cup

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Olympic Park, Yiyang, China

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Queue d’Arve Sport Center,
Geneva, Switzerland

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Športová hala Olympia,
Nitra, Slovakia

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001Denmark Open

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Spanish International

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results with Jens Eriksen against Super Series finalists, world Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists: