Maria Bengtsson (badminton)

Maria Bengtsson
Personal information
Country	Sweden
Born	(1964-03-05) 5 March 1964 Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Sweden World Championships 1985 Calgary Mixed doubles 1991 Copenhagen Women's doubles 1989 Jakarta Women's doubles World Cup 1988 Bangkok Mixed doubles 1989 Guangzhou Mixed doubles 1991 Macau Mixed doubles 1992 Guangzhou Mixed doubles 1993 New Delhi Mixed doubles Uber Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1994 Jakarta Women's team European Championships 1984 Preston Mixed doubles 1990 Moscow Mixed doubles 1984 Preston Women's doubles 1986 Uppsala Women's doubles 1986 Uppsala Mixed doubles 1988 Kristiansand Women's doubles 1988 Kristiansand Mixed doubles 1990 Moscow Women's doubles 1992 Glasgow Women's doubles 1992 Glasgow Mixed doubles 1994 Den Bosch Women's doubles 1994 Den Bosch Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1992 Glasgow Mixed team 1994 Den Bosch Mixed team 1982 Böblingen Mixed team 1988 Kristiansand Mixed team 1990 Moscow Mixed team 1984 Preston Mixed team 1986 Uppsala Mixed team European Junior Championships 1981 Edinburgh Girls' doubles 1981 Edinburgh Mixed team
BWF profile

Maria Bengtsson (born 5 March 1964) is a badminton player from Sweden who played in three editions of Olympic games in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Career

She won two silver medals at the World Badminton Championships, one in 1985 in mixed doubles with Stefan Karlsson and another in 1991 in women's doubles with Christine Magnusson. She won a bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, also with Magnusson.

Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Catrine Bengtsson, and they lost in the quarterfinals to Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua, of China, 15–4, 15–9.

Personal life

Her daughter Johanna Magnusson is also a badminton player.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Christine Magnusson	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	2–15, 3–15	Bronze
1991	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Christine Magnusson	Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	7–15, 4–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada	Stefan Karlsson	Park Joo-bong Yoo Sang-hee	10–15, 15–12, 12–15	Silver

World Cup

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	6–15, 12–15	Bronze
1989	Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	2–15, 8–15	Bronze
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	4–15, 2–15	Bronze
1992	Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Pär-Gunnar Jonsson	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	15–12, 14–18, 14–17	Bronze
1993	Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Pär-Gunnar Jonsson	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	14–17, 15–7, 9–15	Bronze

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Christine Magnusson	Karen Chapman Gillian Clark	Walkover	Bronze
1986	Uppsala, Sweden	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	10–15, 15–8, 11–15	Bronze
1988	Badmintonsenteret, Kristiansand, Norway	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	8–15, 9–15	Bronze
1990	Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–13, 5–15, 3–15	Bronze
1992	Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Catrine Bengtsson	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	15–9, 16–18, 3–15	Bronze
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Erica van den Heuvel	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Lotte Olsen	2–15, 8–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Thomas Kihlström	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	5–15, 15–17	Silver
1986	Uppsala, Sweden	Thomas Kihlström			Bronze
1988	Badmintonsenteret, Kristiansand, Norway	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Alex Meijer Erica van Dijck	15–10, 11–15, 10–15	Bronze
1990	Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Jon-Holst Christensen Grete Mogensen	7–15, 8–15	Silver
1992	Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jon-Holst Christensen Grete Mogensen	6–15, 11–15	Bronze
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Michael Søgaard Catrine Bengtsson	6–15, 6–15	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–18, 10–15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Scandinavian Open	Christine Magnusson	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	15–8, 5–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1985	Scottish Open	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	13–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1986	Scottish Open	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–8, 15–11	Winner
1986	English Masters	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–5, 15–11	Winner
1987	Chinese Taipei Open	Christine Magnusson	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	17–14, 9–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1987	Dutch Open	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Sara Halsall	15–10, 15–4	Winner
1988	Chinese Taipei Open	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	6–15, 15–6, 15–6	Winner
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Lotte Olsen	15–13, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
1989	Poona Open	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Sara Sankey	15–4, 13–15, 15–4	Winner
1990	Finnish Open	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1990	Singapore Open	Christine Magnusson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	12–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1990	Dutch Open	Christine Magnusson	Nettie Nielsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1990	Scottish Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	18–16, 15–11	Winner
1991	Swedish Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Nettie Nielsen	15–13, 9–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1991	Dutch Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Gillian Gowers Sara Sankey	9–15, 16–18	Runner-up
1992	Swiss Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1992	Swedish Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Lin Yanfen Yao Fen	6–15, 16–17	Runner-up
1992	German Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	9–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1992	Denmark Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1992	Scottish Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1995	French Open	Margit Borg	Elena Rybkina Marina Yakusheva	15–10, 15–6	Winner
1995	Scottish Open	Catrine Bengtsson	Emma Constable Sarah Hardaker	15–7, 15–5	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Japan Open	Thomas Kihlström	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	15–5, 3–15, 16–18	Runner-up
1984	Swedish Open	Thomas Kihlström	Dipak Tailor Gillian Gowers	15–6, 15–11	Winner
1985	Swedish Open	Stefan Karlsson	Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee	15–5, 11–15, 15–7	Winner
1985	Scandinavian Open	Stefan Karlsson	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	15–8, 5–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1987	Dutch Open	Stefan Karlsson	Mark Christiansen Erica van Dijck	10–15, 15–2, 15–9	Winner
1987	Scandinavian Open	Stefan Karlsson	Li Ang Pan Zhenli	15–12, 7–15, 15–3	Winner
1987	Denmark Open	Mark Christiansen	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1987	World Grand Prix Finals	Stefan Karlsson	Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers	15–8, 18–15	Winner
1988	Chinese Taipei Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Andy Goode Gillian Gowers	7–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1988	Scottish Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Nils Skeby Gitte Paulsen	Walkover	Winner
1989	Poona Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	15–18, 12–15	Runner-up
1989	All England Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	1–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1989	Denmark Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1990	Chinese Taipei Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	4–15, 15–4, 10–15	Runner-up
1990	Swedish Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen	15–12, 8–15, 15–9	Winner
1990	Singapore Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	9–15, 15–10, 15–7	Winner
1990	Dutch Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen	15–11, 15–8	Winner
1990	German Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1991	Chinese Taipei Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	9–15, 15–10, 16–18	Runner-up
1991	Swedish Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	7–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1991	Finnish Open	Henrik Svarrer	Max Gandrup Gillian Clark	15–12, 15–9	Winner
1991	Singapore Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1991	Canadian Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Nick Ponting Gillian Gowers	10–15, 17–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1991	Dutch Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Henrik Svarrer Marlene Thomsen	13–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1992	Chinese Taipei Masters	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Henrik Svarrer Marlene Thomsen	15–6, 17–15	Winner
1992	Swiss Open	Mikael Rosén	Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo	15–18, 15–12, 15–5	Winner
1992	Swedish Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Max Gandrup Catrine Bengtsson	15–8, 15–12	Winner
1992	Indonesia Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael	12–15, 15–11, 15–12	Winner
1992	Singapore Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Lee Sang-bok Gil Young-ah	15–3, 15–10	Winner
1992	German Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont	9–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1993	Swiss Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo	11–15, 17–14, 15–7	Winner
1993	Dutch Open	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo	13–18, 15–9, 9–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	USSR International	Christine Magnusson	Alla Prodan Irina Melnikova	15–10, 15–6	Winner
1982	Nordic Championships	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	5–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1983	Nordic Championships	Christine Magnusson			Winner
1984	Nordic Championships	Christine Magnusson	Dorte Kjær Kirsten Larsen	7–15, 17–14, 10–15	Runner-up
1990	Stockholm International	Margit Borg	Emma Edbom Ulrika Gideonsson	15–6, 15–5	Winner
1994	Norwegian International	Margit Borg	Karolina Ericsson Ulrika Persson	15–0, 15–3	Winner
1994	Irish International	Margit Borg	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1995	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Margit Borg	Heidi Dössing Karen Stechmann	8–15, 15–12, 15–2	Winner
1995	Malmö International	Margit Borg	Michelle Rasmussen Mette Sørensen	15–9, 15–8	Winner
1996	Strasbourg International	Margit Borg			Winner
1996	Malmö International	Margit Borg	Pernille Harder Ann-Lou Jørgensen	15–4, 15–7	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Nordic Championships	Thomas Kihlström	Steen Skovgaard Hanne Adsbøl	6–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1983	Nordic Championships	Thomas Kihlström			Winner
1985	Nordic Championships	Stefan Karlsson			Winner
1986	Nordic Championships	Jan-Eric Antonsson			Winner
1992	Nordic Championships	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo	15–6, 12–15, 15–10	Winner
1993	Uppsala International	Mikael Rosén	Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1994	Norwegian International	Robert Larsson		15–6, 15–2	Winner
1995	Malmö International	Jesper Larsen	Thomas Stavngaard Ann Jørgensen	9–15, 14–17	Runner-up
1996	Malmö International	Robert Larsson	Jesper Larsen Majken Vange	15–5, 15–11	Winner

External links

• Maria Bengtsson at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Maria Bengtsson at Olympics.com
• Maria Bengtsson at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)