Maria Bengtsson (badminton)
Maria Bengtsson (born March 5, 1964 in Malmö ) is a former Swedish badminton player .
Career
The highlight of her long and successful badminton career was winning the silver medals at the 1985 and 1991 World Championships. In 1989 she won bronze. At the European Championships, she won another ten medals. At the Olympics her best result was a 5th place.
Sporting successes
| event | season | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977/1978 | Sweden: Individual Championship U15 | Ladies singles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson (BMK Smash) |
| 1977/1978 | Sweden: Individual Championship U15 | Mixed | 1 | Ulf Persson / Maria Bengtsson (BK Smash) |
| 1978/1979 | Sweden: Individual Championship U17 | Ladies singles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson (BMK Smash) |
| 1978/1979 | Sweden: Individual Championship U17 | Mixed | 1 | Ulf Persson / Maria Bengtsson (BMK Smash) |
| 1978/1979 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Ladies doubles | 1 | Lena Axelsson / Maria Bengtsson (Lidingö / Smash) |
| 1979/1980 | Sweden: Individual Championship U17 | Mixed | 1 | Ulf Persson / Maria Bengtsson (BMK Smash) |
| 1979/1980 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Mixed | 1 | Manfred Mellquist / Maria Bengtsson (Västra Frölunda / Smash) |
| 1979/1980 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Ladies doubles | 1 | Lena Axelsson / Maria Bengtsson (Lidingö / Smash) |
| 1979/1980 | Sweden: Individual Championship U17 | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Smash / Täby IS) |
| 1980/1981 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Mixed | 1 | Manfred Mellquist / Maria Bengtsson (Västra Frölunda / Smash) |
| 1980/1981 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (MBK / Täby IS) |
| 1981 | European Junior Championship | Ladies doubles | 2 | Christine Magnusson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1981 | USSR International | Ladies doubles | 1 | Christine Magnusson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1981 | Nordic Junior Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1981/1982 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Mixed | 1 | Ulf Persson / Maria Bengtsson (MBK) |
| 1981/1982 | Sweden: Individual Championship U19 | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (MBK / Täby IS) |
| 1981/1982 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (Malmö BMK / Täby BMF) |
| 1981/1982 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies singles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson (Malmö BMK) |
| 1982 | Nordic Junior Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1982/1983 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (Malmö BMK / BKC) |
| 1983 | Nordic championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1983 | Nordic championships | Mixed | 1 | Thomas Kihlström / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1983/1984 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / BKC) |
| 1984 | European Championship | Mixed | 2 | Thomas Kihlström / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1984 | European Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1984 | Swedish Open | Mixed | 1 | Thomas Kihlström / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1984/1985 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / BKC) |
| 1985 | Swedish Open | Mixed | 1 | Stefan Karlsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1985 | World Championship | Mixed | 2 | Stefan Karlsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1985 | Nordic championships | Mixed | 1 | Stefan Karlsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1985/1986 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / BKC) |
| 1986 | European Championship | Mixed | 3 | Stefan Karlsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1986 | Nordic championships | Mixed | 1 | Jan-Eric Antonsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1986 | European Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1986/1987 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / BKC) |
| 1987 | Denmark Open | Mixed | 1 | Mark Christiansen / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1987 | Dutch Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Christine Magnusson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1987 | Dutch Open | Mixed | 1 | Stefan Karlsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1987/1988 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / Spårvägen) |
| 1988 | Belgian International | Ladies doubles | 1 | Christine Magnusson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1988 | European Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1988 | Scottish Open | Mixed | 1 | Par-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1988 | European Championship | Mixed | 3 | Jan Erik Antonsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1988/1989 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / Spårvägen) |
| 1989 | Chinese Taipei Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Gandrup |
| 1989 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1989 | All of England | Mixed | 2 | Jan Erik Antonsson / Maria Bengtson |
| 1989/1990 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Mixed | 1 | Jan-Eric Antonsson / Maria Bengtsson (BKC / BK Aura) |
| 1989/1990 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (BK Aura / Spårvägen) |
| 1990 | Swedish Open | Mixed | 1 | Jan-Eric Antonsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1990 | Scottish Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Catharine Bengtsson |
| 1990 | Singapore Open | Mixed | 1 | Jan-Eric Antonsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1990 | European Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1990 | Finnish International | Ladies doubles | 1 | Christine Magnusson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1990 | German Open | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1990 | Dutch Open | Mixed | 1 | Par Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1990 | European Championship | Mixed | 2 | Jan Erik Antonsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1990 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson (Sweden) |
| 1990/1991 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Catrine Bengtsson / Maria Bengtsson (GBK / BK Aura) |
| 1990/1991 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson (Västra Frölunda / BK Aura) |
| 1991 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 2 | Maria Bengtsson / Christine Magnusson |
| 1991 | Finnish International | Mixed | 1 | Henrik Svarrer / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1991/1992 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Catrine Bengtsson / Maria Bengtsson (GBK / BK Aura) |
| 1991/1992 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson (Västra Frölunda / BK Aura) |
| 1992 | European Championship | Mixed | 3 | Per Gunnar Jonsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | European Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Maria Bengtsson / Catrine Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Olympia | Ladies doubles | 5 | Catrine Bengtsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Nordic championships | Mixed | 1 | Par Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Indonesia Open | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Swiss Open | Mixed | 1 | Mikael Rosén / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Singapore Open | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Chinese Taipei Open | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Swiss Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Catrine Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Swedish Open | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992/1993 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson (Västra Frölunda / BK Aura) |
| 1993 | Swiss Open | Mixed | 1 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1994 | Norwegian International | Mixed | 1 | Robert Larsson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1994 | Norwegian International | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Margit Borg |
| 1994 | Swiss Open | Ladies doubles | 3 | Christine Magnuson / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1994/1995 | EBU Circuit | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Margit Borg |
| 1994/1995 | Sweden: Individual Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Margit Borg (BK Aura / MBK) |
| 1995 | Scottish Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Maria Bengtsson / Catrine Bengtsson |
| 1995 | French Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Margit Borg / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1995 | Malmö International | Ladies doubles | 1 | Margit Borg / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1996 | Malmö International | Ladies doubles | 1 | Margit Borg / Maria Bengtsson |
| 1996 | Malmö International | Mixed | 1 | Robert Larsson / Maria Bengtsson |
credentials
- Maria Bengtsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bengtsson, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malmo |