Björn Siegemund
Björn Siegemund (born September 30, 1973 in Berlin ) is a German badminton player . He is married to the Danish badminton player Rikke Olsen .
Career
In 1988, in the U14 age group, he earned his first laurels for his home club, VfB Hermsdorf, when he became German champion in men's singles, men's doubles and mixed. In 1996 he became the first adult champion in mixed with Kerstin Ubben .
Björn Siegemund started at the Olympics in 2000 and 2004. At the first attempt he failed both in singles and in mixed in round one. He was eliminated in a mixed game with Karen Stechmann in a game over three sets with the result 15:10, 7:15 and 10:15 against the Chinese Zhang Jun and Gao Ling , who later won the gold medal. In 2004 he made it to the second round in mixed and was ninth.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987/1988 | German individual championship U14 | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicole Hampel (VfB Hermsdorf / BC Comet Braunschweig) |
| 1987/1988 | German individual championship U14 | Men's singles | 1 | Björn Siegemund (VfB Hermsdorf) |
| 1987/1988 | German individual championship U14 | Men's doubles | 1 | Guido Darius / Björn Siegemund (STC Blau-Weiß Solingen / VfB Hermsdorf) |
| 1989/1990 | German individual championship U16 | Men's singles | 1 | Björn Siegemund (VfB Hermsdorf) |
| 1989/1990 | German individual championship U16 | Mixed | 2 | Björn Siegemund (VfB Hermsdorf) / Nicole Hampel (BC Comet Braunweig) |
| 1989/1990 | German individual championship U16 | Men's doubles | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Christian Tupay (VfB Hermsdorf / 1. BV Mülheim) |
| 1991/1992 | German individual championship U18 | Men's singles | 1 | Björn Siegemund (BC Eintracht Südring Berlin) |
| 1991/1992 | German individual championship U18 | Men's doubles | 1 | Christian Tupay / Björn Siegemund (1st BV Mülheim / VfB Hermsdorf) |
| 1992 | Hungarian International | Men's doubles | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Kai Mitteldorf |
| 1993/1994 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 3 | Thomas Berger / Björn Siegemund (SSV Heiligenwald / TTC Brauweiler) |
| 1993/1994 | German individual championship U22 | Men's singles | 1 | Björn Siegemund (SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1993/1994 | German individual championship | Men's singles | 3 | Björn Siegemund (Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1994/1995 | German individual championship U22 | Men's singles | 2 | Oliver Pongratz (FC Langenfeld) |
| 1994/1995 | German individual championship U22 | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicole Pitro (SV Fortuna Regensburg / FC Langenfeld) |
| 1995 | Austria: International championships | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Katrin Schmidt (BER) |
| 1995/1996 | German individual championship | Mixed | 3 | Björn Siegemund / Kerstin Ubben (OSC Düsseldorf) |
| 1995/1996 | German individual championship U22 | Men's doubles | 1 | Marc Hannes / Björn Siegemund (Bottroper BG / SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1995/1996 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 2 | Stephan Kuhl / Björn Siegemund (OSC Düsseldorf / Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1995/1996 | German individual championship U22 | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicole Pitro (SV Fortuna Regensburg / TuS Wiebelskirchen) |
| 1996/1997 | German individual championship | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Katrin Schmidt (SV Fortuna Regensburg / TuS Wiebelskirchen) |
| 1996/1997 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 1 | Michael Helber / Björn Siegemund (SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1997/1998 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 1 | Michael Helber / Björn Siegemund (SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1997/1998 | German individual championship | Mixed | 2 | Björn Siegemund / Karen Stechmann (Fortuna Regensburg / FC Langenfeld) |
| 1998/1999 | German individual championship | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Karen Stechmann (SV Fortuna Regensburg / FC Langenfeld) |
| 1998/1999 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 1 | Michael Helber / Björn Siegemund (SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1999 | Portugal: International Championships | Mixed | 1 | Bjoern Siegemund / Karen Stechmann (GER) |
| 1999/2000 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 2 | Björn Siegemund / Michael Helber (Fortuna Regensburg) |
| 1999/2000 | German individual championship | Mixed | 2 | Björn Siegemund / Karen Stechmann (Fortuna Regensburg / FC Langenfeld) |
| 2000/2001 | German individual championship | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicol Pitro (VfB Friedrichshafen) |
| 2000/2001 | German team championship | team | 2 | VfB Friedrichshafen (Niels-Christian Kaldau, Xu Huaiwen, Lars Paaske, Nicol Pitro, Björn Siegemund, Claudia Vogelgsang, Ingo Kindervater, Bettina Mayer, Dennis Lens, Michael Fuchs, Peter Weinert, Falko Schmidt) |
| 2001 | Portugal: International Championships | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicol Pitro (GER) |
| 2001/2002 | German individual championship | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicol Pitro (VfB Friedrichshafen) |
| 2001/2002 | German team championship | team | 1 | VfB Friedrichshafen (Henrik Bengtsson, Tomas Johansson, Ingo Kindervater, Lars Paaske, Michael Pongratz, Björn Siegemund, Peter Weinert, Rasmus Wengberg, Xu Huaiwen, Bettina Mayer, Nicol Pitro, Claudia Vogelgsang) |
| 2001/2002 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 2 | Björn Siegemund / Joachim Tesche (VfB Friedrichshafen / FC Langenfeld) |
| 2002/2003 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Ingo Kindervater (VfB Friedrichshafen) |
| 2002/2003 | Carebaco championship | Men's doubles | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Ingo Kindervater (VfB Friedrichshafen) |
| 2002/2003 | German team championship | team | 3 | VfB Friedrichshafen (Niels-Christian Kaldau, Lars Paaske, Björn Siegemund, Ingo Kindervater, Dennis Lens, Michael Fuchs, Peter Weinert, Falko Schmidt, Xu Huaiwen, Nicol Pitro, Claudia Vogelgsang, Bettina Mayer) |
| 2003/2004 | German individual championship | Mixed | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Nicol Pitro (VfB Friedrichshafen) |
| 2003/2004 | German individual championship | Men's doubles | 1 | Björn Siegemund / Ingo Kindervater (VfB Friedrichshafen / TuS Wiebelskirchen) |
credentials
- Martin Knupp: German Badminton Almanach , self-published / German Badminton Association (2003), 230 pages
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siegemund, Björn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |