Discover everyday information about a champions...this week WOMEN'S SINGLES' champions

Tine Rasmussen, the 2010 European Champion

Information

Date of birth/age : July 21st, 1979 – 31 years

Place of birth:  Hørsholm (Denmark)

Height: 1m83

Situation familiale : Recently married to Martin Baun, the Dane Team's physical therapist. She doesn't have child.

Competition

Country: Denmark

right-handed

Best ranking: No.1 (2008)

Current ranking: No.5 (2010)

Trophy room

Main titles :

• 2010 European Champion
• Winner 2010 Yonex All England Open Super Series
• Winner of the Denmark, Korea and Malaysia Open Super Series 2009
• Winner of the Singapore, Malaysia and All England Open 2008
• Winner Japan Open2007
• National Champion 7 times 2004-2010

Particularity

2010 European Champion, Tine Rasmussen is certainly, with the French player Hongyan Pi, the best european chance to get a title in Paris. Supported by the French public in Coubertin, she could get her most beautiful victory of her amazing career.

Strengths

power, height, fighting spirit

2010 news

• Yonex European Championships 2010 : result : 1st
• All England Super Series 2010 : result : 1st
• European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2010 : result : 1st
• Proton Malaysia Open Super Series 2010 : result : eliminated in the Round 2
• Korea Super Series 2010 : result : eliminated in the Round 2

Her 2010 challenges

• To win her first World Championships in Paris
• To stay into the top 5

Did you know that ?

if she wins at the 2010 Yonex BWF World Championships, she would be the 3nd Dane to be World Champion, 11 years after Camilla Martin and 33 years after Lene Koeppen.

Citation

[Answering to the question : What goals have you set for yourself as a professional player?]

“I try to have fun, but of course I want to win titles as well.  If I now that I have done everything I could, then it is fine by me”

Website/blog

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tine-Rasmussen/86096099376

Blog : http://www.tinerasmussen.com/