Kamilla Rytter Juhl


Kamilla Rytter Juhl is a retired Danish badminton player. She announced her retirement in July 2018, due to her pregnancy.

Career

Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doubles specialist.
Juhl enjoyed a successful mixed doubles career with Thomas Laybourn, winning the 2009 BWF World Championships and two European titles in 2006 and 2010. The pair also won the BWF World Superseries Finals in 2008, and won a total of two Superseries titles.
After Laybourn's retirement, Rytter Juhl played mixed doubles with Mads Pieler Kolding, and the pair came runner-up in the 2014 European Championships, losing out to their Danish teammates Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen in the final.
In the women's doubles, Juhl initially partnered with Lena Frier Kristiansen, and the pair reached 8th on the world rankings, won a bronze and a gold medal at the European Championships, and reached the World Superseries Finals in 2009.
From 2010 to 2018, Rytter Juhl was paired with Christinna Pedersen. While both athletes also focussed on competing with their respective partners in mixed doubles, in 2016 Juhl changed to competing exclusively in women's doubles. The pair won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2013 Guangzhou World Championship and at the 2017 BWF World Championships. Rytter Juhl and Pedersen won a total of four European women's doubles titles, one World Superseries Final and five Superseries titles, and had a career highest world ranking of 2nd. Having won seven European titles in total, Rytter Juhl is the most successful Danish player in European Championship history. The pair also won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and, in doing so, became the first Europeans to ever compete in an Olympic women's doubles final.
Rytter Juhl represented Skovshoved in the Danish Badminton League and lives in Copenhagen, where she trained with the national team. Off the badminton court, Rytter Juhl has a degree in Sport Management.
She announced her retirement in July 2018, due to her being pregnant, and officially announced her retirement from the BWF World Tour in March 2019 together with Pedersen. The duo journey in badminton will continue in the national tournament.

Personal life

Rytter Juhl is openly lesbian. She gave birth to a daughter named Molly in January 2019.
Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen's autobiography, "Det Unikke Makkerskab", written with support from journalist Rasmus M. Bech, was released in Denmark in October 2017. In the book, the couple tell not only of their lives as international badminton players, but of their life together off court; having been a couple since 2009.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Christinna Pedersen Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		21–18, 9–21, 19–21 Silver

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Christinna Pedersen Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		17–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze
2015Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Christinna Pedersen Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		25–23, 8–21, 15–21 Silver
2013Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China Christinna Pedersen Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		14–21, 21–14, 15–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Thomas Laybourn Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir		21–13, 21–17 Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Christinna Pedersen Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		21–11, 15–21, 21–11 Gold
2016Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Christinna Pedersen Eefje Muskens
Selena Piek		21–18, 21–17 Gold
2014Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Christinna Pedersen Line Damkjaer Kruse
Marie Roepke		21–11, 21–11 Gold
2012Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Christinna Pedersen Line Damkjaer Kruse
Marie Roepke		22–20, 13–21, 21–12 Gold
2008Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Lena Frier Kristiansen Donna Kellogg
Gail Emms		21–18, 21–18 Gold
2006Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands Lena Frier Kristiansen Juliane Schenk
Nicole Grether		21–9, 14–21, 15–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Mads Pieler Kolding Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen		24–22, 13–21, 18–21 Silver
2012Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Thomas Laybourn Mads Pieler Kolding
Julie Houmann		21–16, 19–21, 18–21 Bronze
2010Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Thomas Laybourn Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk		21–19, 18–21, 21–12 Gold
2006Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands Thomas Laybourn Jens Eriksen
Mette Schjoldager		22–20, 21–14 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018All England OpenSuper 1000 Christinna Pedersen Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		21–19, 21–18 Winner
2018Malaysia MastersSuper 500 Christinna Pedersen Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		22–20, 21–18 Winner

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Australian Open Christinna Pedersen Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		10–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2017Singapore Open Christinna Pedersen Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		21–18, 14–21, 21–15 Winner
2017All England Open Christinna Pedersen Chang Ye-na
Lee So-hee		18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2016Hong Kong Open Christinna Pedersen Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui		21–19, 21–10 Winner
2016Japan Open Christinna Pedersen Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		19–21, 21–18, 21–12 Winner
2015Dubai World Superseries Finals Christinna Pedersen Luo Ying
Luo Yu		21–14, 9–21, 4–14 Retired Runner-up
2015Japan Open Christinna Pedersen Zhao Yunlei
Zhong Qianxin		12–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2014Singapore Open Christinna Pedersen Bao Yixin
Tang Jinhua		21–14, 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2013World Superseries Finals Christinna Pedersen Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua		21–19, 21–12 Winner
2013Denmark Open Christinna Pedersen Bao Yixin
Tang Jinhua		16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2013Japan Open Christinna Pedersen Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua		11–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2013India Open Christinna Pedersen Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna		21–12, 21–23, 18–21 Runner-up
2012World Superseries Finals Christinna Pedersen Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012French Open Christinna Pedersen Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua		12–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2012Malaysia Open Christinna Pedersen Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung		21–19, 21–18 Winner
2009World Superseries Finals Lena Frier Kristiansen Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty		17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2009Denmark Open Lena Frier Kristiansen Pan Pan
Zhang Yawen		20–22, 21–18, 12–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012All England Open Thomas Laybourn Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir		17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010Denmark Open Thomas Laybourn Nathan Robertson
Jenny Wallwork		21–12, 12–21, 21–9 Winner
2010Singapore Open Thomas Laybourn Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir		21–12, 21–15 Winner
2010Malaysia Open Thomas Laybourn Tao Jiaming
Zhang Yawen		21–19, 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2008World Superseries Finals Thomas Laybourn Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir		21–19, 18–21, 22–20 Winner
2008Denmark Open Thomas Laybourn Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen		14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2008Indonesia Open Thomas Laybourn Zheng Bo
Gao Ling		14–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2007Korea Open Thomas Laybourn Zheng Bo
Gao Ling		20–22, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Syed Modi International Christinna Pedersen Ashwini Ponnappa
N. Sikki Reddy		21–16, 21–18 Winner
2015German Open Christinna Pedersen Della Destiara Haris
Rosyita Eka Putri Sari		21–18, 17–21, 21–9 Winner
2015Malaysia Masters Christinna Pedersen Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao		21–14, 21–14 Winner
2013London Grand Prix Gold Christinna Pedersen Line Damkjaer Kruse
Marie Roepke		12–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2008Dutch Open Lena Frier Kristiansen Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari		21–16, 25–23 Winner
2004Dutch Open Lena Frier Kristiansen Pernille Harder
Helle Nielsen		15–12, 15–8 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015German Open Mads Pieler Kolding Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen		21–18, 21–17 Winner
2012Dutch Open Mads Pieler Kolding Marcus Ellis
Gabrielle White		21–15, 21–13 Winner
2012German Open Thomas Laybourn Lee Yong-dae
Ha Jung-eun		21–9, 21–16 Winner
2011Bitburger Open Thomas Laybourn Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying		18-21, 21-14, 25-27 Runner-up
2007Chinese Taipei Open Thomas Laybourn Flandy Limpele
Vita Marissa		18–21, 23–25 Runner-up
2006Denmark Open Thomas Laybourn Anthony Clark
Donna Kellogg		21–14, 14–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2006Macau Open Thomas Laybourn Zhang Jun
Gao Ling		21–19, 22–20 Winner
2005Denmark Open Thomas Laybourn Lars Paaske
Helle Nielsen		15–8, 15–9 Winner
2005Thailand Open Thomas Laybourn Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		12–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2005All England Thomas Laybourn Nathan Robertson
Gail Emms		10–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2004Dutch Open Thomas Laybourn Peter Steffensen
Lena Frier Kristiansen		15–11, 15–7 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Finnish International Lena Frier Kristiansen Ekaterina Ananina
Anastasia Russkikh		21–17, 21–15 Winner
2004Dutch International Lena Frier Kristiansen Neli Boteva
Petya Nedeltcheva		10–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2002Portugal International Lena Frier Kristiansen Lene Mørk
Helle Nielsen		2–7, 3–7, 0–7 Runner-up
2001Irish International Lena Frier Kristiansen Lene Mørk
Helle Nielsen		3–7, 3–7, 2–7 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Irish International Rasmus Mangor Andersen Simon Archer
Donna Kellogg		12–15, 4–15 Runner-up
2003Croatian International Carsten Mogensen Rasmus Mangor Andersen
Lena Frier Kristiansen		11–2, 11–3 Winner
2003French International Carsten Mogensen Jorgen Olsson
Frida Andreasson		11–5, 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up
2002Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Carsten Mogensen Jonas Glyager Jensen
Majken Vange		5–11, 8–11 Runner-up
2002Portugal International Carsten Mogensen Frederik Bergstrom
Jenny Karlsson		3–7, 7–2, 4–7, 4–7 Runner-up

Record Against Top Opponents

Women's doubles results with Christinna Pedersen against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.