Pia Nielsen


Pia Nielsen is a retired female badminton player of Denmark.

Career

One of Europe's better all-around female players in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nielsen played particularly well in the IBF's first three World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the IBF World Championships|1977 World Championships] in women's doubles with Inge Borgström, a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 1980 World Championships with Steen Fladberg, and a silver medal in mixed doubles with Fladberg in the 1983 Championships. Nielsen won several international titles on the European continent in each of badminton's three events; singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She was a women's doubles bronze medalist at the 1978 European Championships with Inge Borgstrom when beaten by Nora Perry and Anne Statt of England in semifinals with 14–17, 11–15, and a women's doubles silver medalist in the 1980 edition of that tournament with Kirsten Larsen.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1977 [IBF World Championships – Women's doubles|1977]Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1978Guild Hall, Preston, England

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1975Gladsaxe Sportscenter, Copenhagen, Denmark

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983German Open

International tournaments

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1976Nordic ChampionshipsSilver2