Sture Johnsson

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Sture Johnsson
Personal information
Country	Sweden
Title(s)	1968, 1970, 1974 European Champs

Sture Johnsson is a retired male badminton player from Sweden. His game was characterized by impressive mobility and a powerful overhead smash.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 1972 Summer Olympics 2 Major achievements 3 References

[edit] Career

Johnsson was the first champion of the European Badminton Championships, and he won a total of three gold medal in men's singles, in 1968, 1970 and 1974^[1]. In 1978 he won a bronze medal. He reached the semifinals of men's singles at the All-England Championships on three occasions and was one of only a few players ever to beat Rudy Hartono in tournament play.

He also competed at the first ever IBF World Championships in Malmö, in 1977, and was defeated in quarterfinals by Flemming Delfs^[2].

[edit] 1972 Summer Olympics

Johnson competed in badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics, as a demonstration sport competition. In men's singles, he lost in semfinals against Rudy Hartono, 15-2, 15-4. In mixed doubles he played with Eva Twedberg, and they were beaten in the first round by Roland Maywald and Brigitte Steden of West Germany.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
European Championships
1	Men's singles	1968	Bochum, GER
1	Men's singles	1970	Port Talbot, WAL
1	Men's singles	1974	Vienna, AUT
3	Men's singles	1978	Preston, ENG
Open Championships
1	Men's singles	1965, 1968, 1976	Norwegian International
	Mixed doubles	1969
1	Men's singles	1968	French Open
1	Men's singles	1969	Belgian International
1	Men's singles	1972, 1973	U.S. Open
1	Men's singles	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977	German Open
1	Men's singles	1969, 1972, 1975	Nordic Championships
National Championships
1	Men's singles	1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979	Swedish Nationals
	Men's doubles	1970, 1972

[edit] References