Jan O Jorgensen

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Character Introduction

Jan O Jorgensen (December 31, 1987) is a Danish male badminton player.

He started playing badminton at the age of 4, and was trained at a badminton club in his hometown of Aalborg by former Danish national badminton coach Kenneth Larsen. At the age of 18, he traveled to the big city of Aarhus to continue playing badminton, where he was scouted by national team scouts and entered the Danish national team.

In April 2008, Jane O. Jorgensen represented Denmark at the European Badminton Championships in his home country, winning third place in the men’s singles at the European Championships.

In November 2009, Jørgensen competed in the China Badminton Open, knocking out Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei 2-1 in the first round, and then defeating Thailand’s Boonsak Posana and China’s Chen Jin to reach the final for the first time, but unfortunately, he lost to Lin Dan 0-2 (12-21, 12-21) in the final and was the second runner-up.

In March 2010, Jane O. Jorgensen represented Denmark at the Badminton European Championships in Manchester, England, where he won second place in the men’s singles at the European Championships. In October of the same year, he played in the Danish Badminton Superseries and won his first Superseries men’s singles title in his badminton career, defeating Olympic champion Taufik, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) in the men’s singles final.

In 2012, Jorgensen represented Denmark in the men’s singles event of the Olympic badminton tournament held in London, England, defeating Israel’s Misha Silberman and Singapore’s Wong Tsz-Liang in the group stage to reach the knockout rounds; however, the later match ended in the round of 16 with a 0-2 (17-21, 13-21) loss to South Korea’s Lee Hyun-Il out of the tournament.

In June 2014, he played in the Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries and won the men’s singles title of the Premier Superseries by defeating the tournament’s No. 4 seed and Japanese star Kenichi Taner 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) in the men’s singles final.

In February 2015, Jane O. Jorgensen represented Denmark at the Badminton Europe Mixed Team Championships in Leuven, Belgium, helping the team win the Mixed Team title.

In May 2016, Jane O. Jorgensen was selected as the main men’s singles player for the Thomas Cup, helping Denmark win the men’s team title.

In November 2016, Jane O. Jorgensen played in the China Badminton Premier Superseries and won the Premier Superseries men’s singles title, defeating the tournament’s No. 2 seed and host, Chen Long, 2-0 (22-20, 21-13) in the men’s singles final.

He retired in October 2020 after the Denmark Open.