Jon Holst-Christensen is a retired male badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player from Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

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Summer Olympics

Jon Holst-Christensen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. Badminton was contested in the Pavelló de la...

 in men's doubles with Thomas Lund

Thomas Lund

Thomas Lund is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the 1991 IBF World Championships...

. In the first round they defeated Dean Galt

Dean Galt

-Career:Galt competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Chris Jogis, of the United States, 15-1, 15-3....

 and Kerrin Harrison

Kerrin Harrison

Kerrin Harrison is a New Zealand badminton player. Along with Glenn Stewart he won a bronze medal in the badminton men's doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland....

 of New Zealand and in second round they were beaten by Razif Sidek

Razif Sidek

Mohamad Razif Mohd Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia and a prominent world-class doubles player during the mid 1980s to early 1990s....

 and Jalani Sidek

Jalani Sidek

Mohamed Jalani Mohamad Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia....

 of Malaysia.

He also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...

 in men's doubles with the same partner. They had a bye in the first round and lost against Ha Tae-kwon

Ha Tae-kwon

Ha Tae-kwon is a male badminton player from South Korea.Ha competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Kim Dong-moon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Ha...

 and Kang Kyung-jin of Korea in the second round.

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
2	Men's doubles (with Thomas Lund Thomas Lund Thomas Lund is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the 1991 IBF World Championships... )	1991 1991 IBF World Championships -Medalists:-Men's Singles:-Women's Singles:-Men's Doubles:-Women's Doubles:- Mixed Doubles :-Medal account:-External links:*...	Copenhaguen, DEN
2	Men's doubles (with Thomas Lund Thomas Lund Thomas Lund is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a silver medalist in both men's and mixed doubles at the 1991 IBF World Championships... )	1995 1995 IBF World Championships The 9th IBF World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, between 22 May and 28 May 1995.-Medalists:-Men's Singles:- Women's Singles:- Men's Doubles:- Women's Doubles:- Mixed Doubles:-Medal account:-External links:*...	Lausanne, SWI
3	Mixed doubles (with Grete Mogensen Grete Mogensen Grete Mogensen is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Jon Holst-Christensen.-References:... )	1991 1991 IBF World Championships -Medalists:-Men's Singles:-Women's Singles:-Men's Doubles:-Women's Doubles:- Mixed Doubles :-Medal account:-External links:*...	Copenhaguen, DEN
European Championships European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe . The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe....
1	Mixed doubles	1990 1990 European Badminton Championships The 12th European Badminton Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union, between 8 and 14 April 1990, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Sovietic Badminton Federation.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Moscow, URSS
1	Men's doubles	1992 1992 European Badminton Championships The 13th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 12 and 18 April 1992, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the BadmintonScotland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Glasgow, SCO
1	Men's doubles	1996 1996 European Badminton Championships The 15th European Badminton Championships were held in Herning, Denmark, between 13 and 20 April 1996, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Danmarks Badminton Forbund.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Herning, DEN
2	Mixed doubles	1992 1992 European Badminton Championships The 13th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 12 and 18 April 1992, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the BadmintonScotland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Glasgow, SCO
3 3	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1998 1998 European Badminton Championships The 16th European Badminton Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 18 and 25 April 1998, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Bulgarian Badminton Federation.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Sources:*...	Sofia, BUL
Open Championships
1	Men's doubles	1992, 1993, 1995, 1997	Denmark Open Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Danmarks Badminton Forbund.- History :...
1 1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1993 1993 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1993 All England Open was the 83rd edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 17 to March 21, 1993, in London, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:...	All England Open All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
1	Men's doubles	1995, 1996	Swiss Open Swiss Open (badminton) The Swiss Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Switzerland since 1955 and become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007. 2011 the tournament was dropped down to a Grand Prix Gold event.-Previous winners:-Performances by nation:...

External links

• Jon Holst-Christensen's Profile - Badminton.dk