Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a Danish retired badminton player who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the national league. He won the men's singles title at the 2014 European Championships, and was the bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.

Career Jørgensen won the European Championship title in 2014. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships and 2012 European Badminton Championships and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and 2016 European Badminton Championships. He won the Danish Championship title in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014). He was the runner up at 2009 China Open Super Series and won Denmark Open in 2010, French Open (badminton) in 2013, Indonesia Open (badminton) in 2014 and the invitational Copenhagen Masters in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2014, he became the first European male singles player to win the Indonesia Open. In March 2015 he reached the final of the All England Super Series, but lost against Chen Long, from China, 21–15, 17–21, 15–21.

Personal life Jørgensen is married to Danish handball player Stine Jørgensen and they have twins together.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Lee Chong Wei 7–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Kenneth Jonassen 12–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze 2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Peter Gade 14–21, 11–21 Silver Silver 2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Marc Zwiebler 19–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze 2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Rajiv Ouseph 21–18, 21–10 Gold Gold 2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Viktor Axelsen 11–21, 16–21 Silver Silver 2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Rajiv Ouseph 17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Sameer Verma 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (4 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 China Open Chen Long 22–20, 21–13 Winner 2016 Japan Open Lee Chong Wei 18–21, 21–15, 16–21 Runner-up 2016 Indonesia Open Lee Chong Wei 21–17, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2015 Indonesia Open Kento Momota 21–16, 19–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2015 All England Open Chen Long 21–15, 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2014 Indonesia Open Kenichi Tago 21–18, 21–18 Winner 2013 French Open Kenichi Tago 21–19, 23–21 Winner 2010 Denmark Open Taufik Hidayat 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2009 China Open Lin Dan 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2009 Bitburger Open Eric Pang 12–21, 21–13, 21–15 Winner 2015 German Open Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21–12, 21–13 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2006 Czech International Peter Mikkelsen 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2006 Irish International Jens-Kristian Leth 20–22, 21–23 Runner-up 2007 Hungarian International Ville Lång 21–6, 21–5 Winner 2008 Swedish International Marc Zwiebler 13–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2009 Swedish International Dicky Palyama 16–21, 22–20, 21–17 Winner 2011 Denmark International Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–15, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series / European Circuit tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists, accurate as of 20 November 2023.

Chen Jin 4–4 Chen Long 2–11 Chen Yu 0–1 Du Pengyu 2–3 Lin Dan 7–9 Shi Yuqi 0–1 Tian Houwei 6–3 Chou Tien-Chen 6–6 Viktor Axelsen 3–5 Peter Gade 3–4 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 5–1 Rajiv Ouseph 10–3 Parupalli Kashyap 4–3 Srikanth Kidambi 2–4 B. Sai Praneeth 2–0 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 4–2 Taufik Hidayat 2–2 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 2–0 Tommy Sugiarto 3–1 Kento Momota 3–5 Sho Sasaki 3–3 Lee Chong Wei 1–17 Liew Daren 1–4 Wong Choong Hann 2–1 Loh Kean Yew 0–1 Lee Hyun-il 2–3 Park Sung-hwan 2–1 Shon Seung-mo 0–1 Son Wan-ho 3–3 Boonsak Ponsana 11–2 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 1–0 Nguyễn Tiến Minh 2–6