Johanna Persson

Johanna Sofia Elisabeth Persson (born 25 December 1978) is a former Swedish badminton player.

Career

Persson started her junior career in Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and won her first national junior title in 1993 in the U-14 girls' singles, doubles, and mixed doubles event. She won the Swedish National senior title 11 times from 2002 to 2012, 6 in the women's doubles, and 5 in the mixed doubles. She won the bronze medals at the 2004 European Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Fredrik Bergström, and also at the 2006 and 2008 European Championship in the women's doubles event with Elin Bergblom. Persson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles with partner Bergström. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in the second. In the quarterfinals, Persson and Bergström lost to Zhang Jun and Gao Ling of China 15–3, 15–1. After retiring from the international tournament, in 2009, Persson runs a project Girls of Badminton, to encourage and promote females within the Swedish Badminton Association. In 2011, she was awarded as a Person of the Year by the Badminton Europe. Her sister, Sara Persson, also an Olympian who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg	18–21, 7–21	Bronze Bronze
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg	9–21, 21–16, 15–21	Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	3–15, 10–15	Bronze Bronze

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Vladislav Druzchenko	Template:Flagicon Daniel Shirley Template:Flagicon Sara Runesten-Petersen	15–11, 11–15, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Polish International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Shendy Puspa Irawati Template:Flagicon Meiliana Jauhari	11–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Elodie Eymard Template:Flagicon Weny Rahmawati	21–11, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Swedish International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Birgit Overzier Template:Flagicon Carina Mette	21–13, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Scottish International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Nina Vislova Template:Flagicon Valeria Sorokina	5–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Iceland International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Paulien van Dooremalen Template:Flagicon Rachel van Cutsen	17–14, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	4–15, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Olga Konon Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	11–5, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Filipa Lamy Template:Flagicon Telma Santos	8–6, 7–0, 7–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Verena Fastenbauer Template:Flagicon Karina Lengauer	Walkover	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom	Template:Flagicon Krisztina Ádám Template:Flagicon Csilla Fórián	3–7, 7–2, 7–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Caroline Eriksson	Template:Flagicon Anu Weckström Template:Flagicon Nina Weckström	15–10, 10–15, 7–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Iceland International	Template:Flagicon Henri Hurskainen	Template:Flagicon Jacob Chemnitz Template:Flagicon Julie Houmann	15–5, 13–15, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Henri Hurskainen	Template:Flagicon Tim Dettmann Template:Flagicon Annekatrin Lillie	17–15, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Ingo Kindervater Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	15–4, 15–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Scottish International	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Jochen Cassel Template:Flagicon Birgit Overzier	15–3, 15–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Kristian Roebuck Template:Flagicon Liza Parker	16–17, 15–4, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Bitburger International	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Nikolay Zuev Template:Flagicon Marina Yakusheva	13–15, 15–10, 15–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg	6–11, 11–5, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström	Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen Template:Flagicon Helle Nielsen	10–13, 11–5, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Dennis Lens	Template:Flagicon Kasper Kiim Jensen Template:Flagicon Helle Nielsen	6–8, 8–7, 7–4, 8–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Daniel Glaser	Template:Flagicon Andrej Pohar Template:Flagicon Maja Pohar	5–7, 1–7, 1–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Henrik Andersson	Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	4–7, 1–7, 0–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Ola Molin	Template:Flagicon Jörgen Olsson Template:Flagicon Frida Andreasson	17–15, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Ola Molin	Template:Flagicon David Lindley Template:Flagicon Liza Parker	15–9, 12–15, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Ola Molin	Template:Flagicon Peter Jeffrey Template:Flagicon Joanne Davies	15–11, 5–15, 13–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Ola Molin	Template:Flagicon Christian Mohr Template:Flagicon Anne Hönscheid	15–7, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Henrik Andersson	Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	8–11, 4–9, 3–9	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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External links

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