1979 European Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates14 – 21 April 1979
Edition6th
LocationMülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany
← 1977 Ta' Qali 1981 Edinburgh →

The 1979 European Junior Badminton Championships was the 6th tournament of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Mülheim, Germany, in the month of April.[1] Danish players won four titles, both the singles and Mixed doubles and Mixed team championships. While Sweden bagged boys' doubles title and England the girls' doubles gold.[2][3]

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff England Nick Yates Soviet Union Vitaliy Shmakov
Soviet Union Evgeniy Dayanov
Girls' singles Denmark Kirsten Larsen Norway Else Thoresen Denmark Kirsten Meier
England Diane Simpson
Boys' doubles Sweden Peter Isaksson
Sweden Jan-Eric Antonsson 		West Germany Harald Klauer
West Germany Gerhard Treitinger 		Denmark Jesper Knudsen
Denmark Torben Kjær
England Nick Yates
England Christopher Back
Girls' doubles England Sally Leadbeater
England Gillian Clark 		Denmark Charlotte Pilgaard
Denmark Bettina Kristensen 		Denmark Kirsten Larsen
Denmark Kirsten Meier
England Diane Simpson
England Christine Dickinson
Mixed doubles Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff
Denmark Charlotte Pilgaard 		Sweden Peter Isaksson
Sweden Lena Axelsson 		Netherlands Frank van Dongen
Netherlands Grace Kakiay
Sweden Jan-Eric Antonsson
Sweden Ann Sofi Bergman
Mixed team  Denmark
Jens Peter Nierhoff
Kirsten Larsen
Jesper Knudsen
Torben Kjær
Charlotte Pilgaard
Bettina Kristensen
Bent Svenningsen
Kirsten Meier
Mark Christiansen
Michael Kjeldsen 		 England
Gillian Clark
Nick Yates
Diane Simpson
Stephen Baddeley
Donald Burden
Sally Leadbeater
Christopher Back 		 Sweden
Peter Isaksson
Lena Axelsson
Jan-Eric Antonsson
Ann-Sofi Bergmann

Final results

Discipline Winner Runner-up Score
Boys' singles Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff England Nick Yates 17–16, 15–1
Girls' singles Denmark Kirsten Larsen Norway Else Thoresen 11–2, 11–4
Boys' doubles Sweden Peter Isaksson
Sweden Jan-Eric Antonsson 		West Germany Harald Klauer
West Germany Gerhard Treitinger 		15–9, 16–17, 15–0
Girls' doubles England Sally Leadbeater
England Gillian Clark 		Denmark Charlotte Pilgaard
Denmark Bettina Kristensen 		15–12, 15–9
Mixed doubles Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff
Denmark Charlotte Pilgaard 		Sweden Peter Isaksson
Sweden Lena Axelsson 		15-7, 15-7

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark (DEN)4138
2 England (ENG)1236
3 Sweden (SWE)1124
4 Norway (NOR)0101
 West Germany (FRG)0101
6 Soviet Union (SOV)0022
7 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (7 entries)661123

References

  1. ^ "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1979–06" (PDF) (in Danish).
  3. ^ "Badminton Museet magazine 1979–05" (PDF) (in Danish).
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