Camilla Martin
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Badminton | |||
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | Singles | |
Camilla Martin Nygaard nee Martin (born March 23, 1974 in Aarhus) is a female badminton player from Denmark. Together with Lene Køppen by far the most winning Danish female player.
She primarily played woman's singles. In that discipline she became national championship 13 years in a row, from 1991 to 2003, European champion three times, in 1992, 1996, and 1998, and World champion once in 1999. She won All England in 2002.
The only significant tournament she never won was the Olympic Games. She got silver in 2000 Summer Olympics by losing to Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final.
In Camilla Martin's last year as an elite player, she played at the 2004 Olympics, defeating Kanako Yonekura of Japan in the first round but losing to Tracey Hallam of Great Britain in the round of 16.
The helped Denmark win the European championship for teams in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002.
She married the economist Lars Nygaard 25 May 2005, and changed her named to Camilla Martin Nygaard.
[edit] External links
- DBU profile. The page is in Danish, but the primary source for the results listed in this article.
