Christine Magnusson

Magnusson's Swedish national titles included seven in women's singles between 1982 and 1990. She won the bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson.^[1] She also represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.^[2] She won gold in women's doubles at the 1992 and 1994 European Badminton Championships with Lim Xiaoqing and the Badminton World Cup women's doubles with Lim in 1993.

In the Open Grand Prix Circuit Christine Magnusson won the USSR International titles in singles and doubles (with Maria Bengtsson) in 1981, the Scottish Open singles titles in 1985, 1986 and 1988. In 1987 she won the Belgian International in women's singles and the Dutch Open doubles title with Maria Bengtsson. She won more women's doubles titles again with Maria Bengtsson at the Belgian International 1988 and also at the Chinese Taipei Masters Open 1988 and the Finnish International 1990. In 1991 she won both the singles and doubles titles (with Maria Bengtsson) at the Chinese Taipei Masters Open.

She won the Scottish Open and German Open women's doubles titles in 1991 and 1992 with Lim Xiaoqing. She also won the doubles title at the Danish Open with Lim Xiaoqing in 1992 and 1994, the US Open in 1992, and both the Malaysia Open and Chinese Taipei Open in 1993.

In 1996, Magnusson won the Polish Open doubles title with Marina Andrievskaia.

Christine Magnusson was born in Uganda, as daughter of an Ugandan mother and a Swedish father. The family fled Uganda during the rule of Idi Amin and moved to Sweden in 1975 after also living in Kenya for a while, where she first came in contact with badminton. After arriving in Sweden she became a member of the Taby Badminton Club at the young age of ten years. Under the guidance of trainer Dan Andersson, she quickly improved her skills and already at a young age of 16 years she was selected by the National badminton team of Sweden. Eventually playing two Olympic Games and many international events at the top level of the sport of badminton for many decades.^[3]

Magnusson was married to fellow Danish badminton player Max Gandrup and the pair have two children; daughter Tanja born in 1997 and son Kevin born in 1999. After retirement in the sport she started working as a sales coordinator at a cosmetics company. In her free time she now plays golf.^[4]

Women's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Gillian Clark	Lin Yanfen Yao Fen		Bronze
1993	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India	Lim Xiaoqing	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	15–12, 15–9	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Thomas Kihlström	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	4–15, 15–8, 7–15	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Sporthalle, Böblingen, West Germany	Lene Køppen	4–11, 1–11	Bronze
1986	Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden	Kirsten Larsen	4–11, 6–11	Bronze
1988	Badmintonsenteret, Kristiansand, Norway	Christina Bostofte	5–11, 2–11	Bronze
1990	Luzhniki, Moscow, Soviet Union	Fiona Smith	3–11, 1–11	Bronze
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Catrine Bengtsson	11–5, 0–11, 4–11	Bronze
1996	Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark	Camilla Martin	6–11, 4–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Maria Bengtsson	Karen Chapman Gillian Clark	Walkover	Bronze
1986	Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	10–15, 15–8, 11–15	Bronze
1988	Badmintonsenteret, Kristiansand, Norway	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	8–15, 9–15	Bronze
1990	Luzhniki, Moscow, Soviet Union	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–13, 5–15, 3–15	Bronze
1992	Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Lim Xiaoqing	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	8–15, 15–11, 15–6	Gold
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Lim Xiaoqing	Lotte Olsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	17–14, 15–12	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden	Thomas Kihlström	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	8–15, 8–15	Bronze

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Helsinkian Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland	Helen Troke	5–11, 10–12	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–18, 10–15	Silver
1983	Helsinkian Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland	Jeanette Kuhl	Lisa Chapman Jane Shipman	6–15, 9–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Helsinkian Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland	Stellan Österberg	Anders Nielsen Gitte Paulsen	7–15, 12–15	Silver

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Scottish Open	Rikke van Sørensen	11–8, 7–11, 11–6	Winner
1986	Scottish Open	Erica van Dijck	11–6, 11–4	Winner
1988	Poona Open	Helen Troke	11–12, 11–4, 11–4	Winner
1988	Scottish Open	Fiona Smith	11–9, 12–10	Winner
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Susi Susanti	8–11, 11–3, 11–7	Winner
1989	Dutch Open	Eline Coene	11–12, 4–11	Runner-up
1990	Finnish Open	Pernille Nedergaard	10–12, 0–11	Runner-up
1991	Scottish Open	Lim Xiaoqing	0–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1992	Chinese Taipei Masters	Yuliani Santosa	6–11, 12–8, 9–11	Runner-up
1992	U.S. Open	Lim Xiaoqing	2–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1992	Scottish Open	Lim Xiaoqing	9–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1993	U.S. Open	Lim Xiaoqing	5–11, 0–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Malaysia Open	Gillian Clark	Guan Weizhen Wu Jianqiu	10–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1985	Scandinavian Open	Maria Bengtsson	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	15–8, 5–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1985	Scottish Open	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	13–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1986	Scottish Open	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1986	English Masters	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–5, 15–11	Winner
1987	Chinese Taipei Open	Maria Bengtsson	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	17–14, 9–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1987	Dutch Open	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Sara Halsall	15–10, 15–4	Winner
1988	Chinese Taipei Open	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	6–15, 15–6, 15–6	Winner
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Lotte Olsen	15–13, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
1989	Poona Open	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Sara Sankey	15–4, 13–15, 15–4	Winner
1990	Finnish Open	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1990	Singapore Open	Maria Bengtsson	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	12–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1990	Dutch Open	Maria Bengtsson	Nettie Nielsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1991	Singapore Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1991	German Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Lin Yanfen Yao Fen	15–11, 17–15	Winner
1991	Scottish Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Joanne Muggeridge Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	11–0, 11–5	Winner
1992	Malaysia Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Gil Young-ah Park Soo-yun	15–7, 15–9	Winner
1992	U.S. Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Kimiko Jinnai Hisako Mori	15–4, 15–9	Winner
1992	German Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson	15–9, 15–0	Winner
1992	Denmark Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson	15–7, 15–3	Winner
1992	Scottish Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson	15–6, 15–6	Winner
1993	Chinese Taipei Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Tomomi Matsuo Kyoko Sasage	18–15, 18–13	Winner
1993	Swedish Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1993	Malaysia Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Lotte Olsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	15–12, 18–14	Winner
1993	U.S. Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	5–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1994	Denmark Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Marlene Thomsen Anne-Mette van Dijk	15–12, 7–15, 15–2	Winner
1996	Polish Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Kelly Morgan Joanne Muggeridge	15–10, 15–8	Winner
1996	Dutch Open	Margit Borg	Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	5–9, 1–9, 9–5, 2–9	Runner-up
1996	Russian Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	12–15, 15–10, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	World Grand Prix Finals	Thomas Kihlström	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	15–8, 4–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1987	All England Open	Jan-Eric Antonsson	Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee	5–15, 18–14, 8–15	Runner-up

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	USSR International	Svetlana Belyasova	7–11, 11–7, 11–6	Winner
1984	Victor Cup	Eline Coene	5–11, 11–0, 3–11	Runner-up
1983	Nordic Championships	Kirsten Larsen	8–11, 11–4, 5–11	Runner-up
1984	Nordic Championships	Kirsten Larsen	0–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1985	Nordic Championships	Rikke van Sørensen	11–9, 11–4	Winner
1986	Nordic Championships	Kirsten Larsen	10–12, 11–5, 4–11	Runner-up
1992	Nordic Championships	Pernille Nedergaard	7–11, 12–9, 11–1	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	USSR International	Maria Bengtsson	Alla Prodan Irina Melnikova	15–10, 15–6	Winner
1982	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	5–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1983	Northumberland Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	12–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1983	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Carina Andersson Lilian Johansson	15–3, 18–13	Winner
1984	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Kirsten Larsen	7–15, 17–14, 10–15	Runner-up
1985	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	4–15, 18–16, 13–15	Runner-up
1986	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1987	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–11, 4–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1992	Nordic Championships	Lim Xiaoqing	Lotte Olsen Marlene Thomsen	15–6, 15–13	Winner
1993	Canadian Open	Lim Xiaoqing	Lotte Olsen Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	15–11, 15–5	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Malaysia Master	Thomas Kihlström	Steen Fladberg Nora Perry	9–15, 5–15	Runner-up
			Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	17–15, 15–12
			Stefan Karlsson Maria Bengtsson	15–10, 9–15, 10–15
1985	Nordic Championships	Thomas Kihlström	Stefan Karlsson Maria Bengtsson	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up

• Christine Magnusson at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Christine Magnusson at Olympics.com