Tine Baun

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Character Introduction

Tine Baun, née Rasmussen, is a Danish female badminton player.

Tina started playing badminton at the age of seven at a badminton club in her hometown, and has been playing the sport ever since; in 1999, after completing her studies, she became a full-time athlete and was selected to play second singles for the Danish national badminton team in the same year.

In 2004, Tina qualified to represent Denmark at the Olympic badminton tournament in Athens, but lost to Bulgaria’s Petia Nedelcheva 1-2 (11-8, 7-11, 11-13) in the first round.

After national team star Camilla Maltin retired at the end of 2004, Tina replaced her as the No. 1 Danish women’s singles player; however, she suffered an unfortunate injury during the 2005 Sudirman Cup, rupturing her left Achilles tendon, which greatly affected her performance in the years to come.

After overcoming her injury, Tina went on to win the Danish Open and the Hong Kong Open at the end of 2006, and in 2007, she won her first high-level international title at the Japan Super Badminton Championships, defeating Xu Huaifen, Jiang Yanjiao, Zhang Ning, Lu Lan and Xie Xingfang in a row.

In 2008, Tina won three Super Series titles in Malaysia, All England and Singapore, as well as a silver medal at the European Badminton Championships in Haining, Denmark, and reached the No. 1 spot in the world women’s singles rankings for the first time in the year.

In the summer of the same year, Tina represented Denmark for the second time in the Olympic badminton tournament; she managed to knock out Lithuania’s Ervil Stapsettit 2-0 (21-6, 21-8) in the round of 32, but lost to eventual bronze medallist Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia 1-2 (21-18, 19-21, 14-21) in the round of 16, and then lost again early in the tournament. Out of the tournament.

In March 2010, Tina won her second All-England title, putting her on par with her predecessor Lena Koppen as the best Danish women’s singles player at the All-England Championships. In April 2010, Tina was seeded 2nd at the Badminton European Championships in Manchester, England, where she swept her opponents 2-0 to reach the final, and then beat Juliane Schenk of Germany 2-1 (21-19, 14-21, 21-18) to win her first European Championships.

In August of the same year, Tina went on to play in the World Badminton Championships in Paris, France, where she lost to eventual champion Wang Lin of China 0-2 (11-21, 8-21) in the quarterfinals, but had already recorded her best World Championships result.

After the World Championships, at the age of 31, Tina was still ranked in the top ten in the world, although her open results were not as good as they had been, and she was hard to beat both domestically and in Europe, defending her title at the Badminton Europe Championships in Karlskrona, Sweden, in April 2012, where she once again beat Julian Schenk of Germany 2-1 (21-19, 16-21, 21-19) in the final.

In July 2012, Tina represented Denmark in the women’s singles badminton event at the Olympic Games in London, England, for her third Olympic appearance. In the group stage, she defeated Poland’s Camilla Augustin and Russia’s Anastasia Prokopenko to advance to the knockout stage, and reached the last eight of the tournament in the first round of the event due to the injury withdrawal of Japan’s Saeka Sato, a personal best. Unfortunately, Tina ended up going 0-2 (15-21, 20-22) against India’s Saina Neville in the quarterfinals and did not advance.

In January 2013, Tina announced that she would retire after the All-England tournament and would thereafter major in a nutrition course and coach at a club in Denmark.

In March of the same year, Tina overcame an injury sustained earlier in the year to play her “curtain raiser”, reaching the quarterfinals of the women’s singles without being tested too much. In the semifinals, Tina and Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun fought for 76 minutes before finally winning 2-1 (24-22, 19-21, 21-19); and in the finals, Tina faced the 18-year-old Thai Rachano Indanon in a tough battle again, but finally also beat her opponent 2-1 (21-14, 16-21, 21-10), cheered by the fans for the third time! The All-England Championships title was a perfect conclusion to his career.

Major Achievements

2013 All England Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2012 European Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2011 BWF Super Series Finals Women’s Singles Quarter-finalist
2011 Hong Kong Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2011 Singapore Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2011 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 1st Runner-up
2010 Japan Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2010 China Badminton Masters Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2010 Badminton World Championships Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2010 European Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2010 All England Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
2009 Copenhagen Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
2009 Denmark Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Champion
2009 All England Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Runner-up
2009 Korea Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Champion
2009 Malaysia Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Champion
2008 Copenhagen Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
2008 Woman’s Singles Quarter-finalist of Badminton World Cup Super Series Finals
2008 France Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2008 Denmark Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2008 Japan Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2008 Singapore Badminton Super Series Women’s Singles Champion
2008 Badminton Europe Championships Women’s Singles Runner-up
2008 All England Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Champion
2008 Malaysia Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Champion
2007 Japan Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Singles Champion
2006 Hong Kong Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finalist
2006 Denmark Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2006 Sweden Open Women’s Singles Champion
2005 Italy Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
2004 China Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2004 Sweden Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
2003 Ireland Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
2003 Toulouse Golden Wheel Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
2003 Norway Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
2002 Scotland Badminton International Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
2002 Norway Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
2001 U.S. Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
2001 France Badminton International Women’s Singles Runner-up
1998 Poland Open Women’s Doubles Champion