# Lotte Olsen

Lotte Olsen (born 23 November 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark, who won a silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won several international tournaments, and four Danish National Badminton Championships in women's doubles during her career.
Lotte Olsen was a leading women's doubles player from her junior year, and won the Danish under-19 championship in 1984 and 1985. She won the silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen. They won silver medals at the 1994 European Badminton Championships, where Olsen also won silver medals with Christian Jacobsen in mixed doubles.
Lotte is the older sister of badminton player Rikke Olsen, and together they won the 1995 Hamburg Open in women's doubles. She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Ann Jørgensen and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's doubles, she lost in the quarter final to the runners-up from South Korea. She ended her career after the Olympics, and later received the Danish Badminton Federation badge of merit.

## Achievements
### World Championships

Women's Doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1993 | National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei | 2–15, 13–15 | Bronze |

### World Cup

Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1994 | Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Finarsih Lili Tampi | 3–15, 5–15 | Bronze |

### European Championships

Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1994 | Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson | 14–17, 12–15 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1990 | Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union | Jasper Knudsen | Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson | 13–18, 5–15 | Bronze |
| 1994 | Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands | Christian Jakobsen | Michael Sogaard Catrine Bengtsson | 6–15, 9–15 | Silver |

### European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1985 | Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall, Pressbaum, Austria | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | 5–11, 6–11 | Silver |
Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1985 | Sacré Coeur Cloister Hall, Pressbaum, Austria | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Debbie Hore Sara Halsall | 15–11, 9–15, 15–7 | Gold |

### IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1989 | Chinese Taipei Open | Dorte Kjær | Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnussen | 13–15, 15–9, 6–15 | Runner-up |
| 1990 | Danish Open | Dorte Kjær | Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers | 15–13, 9–15, 15–11 | Winner |
| 1990 | German Open | Dorte Kjær | Pernille Dupont Grete Mogensen | 10–15, 15–2, 15–9 | Winner |
| 1992 | Canada Open | Pernille Dupont | Denyse Julien Joanne Muggeridge | 15–7, 15–7 | Winner |
| 1993 | Malaysia Open | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson | 12–15, 14–18 | Runner-up |
| 1993 | Canada Open | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson | 11–15, 5–15 | Runner-up |
| 1993 | Denmark Open | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Tokiko Hirota Yuki Koike | 15–4, 15–2 | Winner |
| 1993 | Scottish Open | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Anne-Mette van Dijk Marlene Thomsen | 11–15, 15–10, 15–7 | Winner |
| 1994 | Chinese Taipei Open | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Finarsih Lili Tampi | 9–15, 4–15 | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Swiss Open | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | Anne-Mette van Dijk Marlene Thomsen | 15–6, 3–15, 15–4 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1992 | Malaysia Open | Jon Holst-Christensen | Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont | 8–15, 12–15 | Runner-up |
| 1992 | U.S. Open | Jan-Eric Antonsson | Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont | 5–15, 10–15 | Runner-up |
| 1993 | Canada Open | Christian Jakobsen | Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson | 2–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |

### IBF International

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1989 | Stockholm International | Dorte Kjær | Elena Rybkina Vlada Tcherniavskaia | 4–15, 15–6, 15–3 | Winner |
| 1990 | Nordic Championships | Dorte Kjær | Nettie Nielsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen | 15–8, 15–7 | Winner |
| 1992 | Nordic Championships | Marlene Thomsen | Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson | 6–15, 13–15 | Runner-up |
| 1995 | Hamburg Cup | Rikke Olsen | Eline Coene Erica Van Den Heuvel | 15–6, 12–15, 15–13 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1994 | Hamburg Cup | Christian Jakobsen | Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen | 8–15, 6–15 | Runner-up |