Line Christophersen

Line Christophersen
Personal information
Born	Line Drost Christophersen; 14 January 2000 (age 26); Dianalund, Denmark
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Denmark
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	12 (13 October 2026)
Current ranking	12 (13 October 2026)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Denmark
European Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
European Women's Team Championships
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships

Line Drost Christophersen (born 14 January 2000) is a Danish badminton player. She once trained at the Skælskør club, and now belongs to Gentofte. Christophersen won the girls' singles title at the 2018 European Junior Championships, and the silver medal at the World Junior Championships, and then won a silver medal at the 2021 European Championships in the women's singles event. She was part of the team from Denmark that won the 2020 European Women's Team Championships, and at the 2021 and 2023 European Mixed Team Championships.

Career

In 2026, Christophersen reached the quarter-finals in the All England Open.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Carolina Marín	13–21, 18–21	Silver

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Goh Jin Wei	13–21, 11–21	Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia	Amalie Schulz	21–12, 21–15	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Li Yun	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	21–16, 15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	Spain Masters	Super 300	Putri Kusuma Wardani	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	Guwahati Masters	Super 100	Lalinrat Chaiwan	14–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up
2025	Macau Open	Super 300	Chen Yufei	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2026	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kaloyana Nalbantova	21–16, 16–21, 21–11	Winner
2026	Canada Open	Super 300	Riko Gunji	15–21, 21–15, 6–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Italian International	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	22–24, 21–16, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Dutch International	Clara Azurmendi	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2019	Belgian International	Neslihan Yiğit	23–21, 12–21, 21–11	Winner
2021	Denmark Masters	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2023	Belgian International	Neslihan Arın	11–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	Nantes International	Amalie Schulz	21–17, 21–11	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Danish Junior Cup	Michelle Skødstrup	16–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Danish Junior Cup	Frederikke Lund	21–11, 21–12	Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

↑ "Players: Line Christophersen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
↑ "Skælskørspillere i kamp i landsholdsdragten" (in Danish). VD Online. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
↑ "Line Christophersen vinder sølv til ungdomsverdensmesterskaberne" (in Danish). Gentofte Badminton Klub. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
↑ Greve, Stine (16 September 2018). "Dansk guld i Tallinn: Line Christophersen vinder UEM" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
↑ Wittenkamp, Jade (18 November 2018). "UVM: Historisk sølvmedalje til Line Christophersen efter finalenederlag" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
↑ Raftery, Alan (4 May 2021). "EBC21 Summary". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 5 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Rasmussen, Claus (16 February 2020). "Dansk EM-guld nummer 13 og 14" (in Danish). Sjællandske Medier. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
↑ "All England: Great day for Danes". Badminton World Federation. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Line Christophersen at BWFBadminton.com
Line Christophersen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)

[1] "Players: Line Christophersen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[2] "Skælskørspillere i kamp i landsholdsdragten" (in Danish). VD Online. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[3] "Line Christophersen vinder sølv til ungdomsverdensmesterskaberne" (in Danish). Gentofte Badminton Klub. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[4] Greve, Stine (16 September 2018). "Dansk guld i Tallinn: Line Christophersen vinder UEM" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[5] Wittenkamp, Jade (18 November 2018). "UVM: Historisk sølvmedalje til Line Christophersen efter finalenederlag" (in Danish). Badminton Denmark. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[6] Raftery, Alan (4 May 2021). "EBC21 Summary". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 5 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] Rasmussen, Claus (16 February 2020). "Dansk EM-guld nummer 13 og 14" (in Danish). Sjællandske Medier. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[8] "All England: Great day for Danes". Badminton World Federation. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[9] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[10] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.