1979 European Junior Badminton Championships

1979 European Junior Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	14 – 21 April 1979
Edition	6th
Location	Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany
← 1977 Ta' Qali 1981 Edinburgh →

The 1979 European Junior Badminton Championships was the 6th tournament of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Mülheim, Germany, in the month of April.^[1] Danish players won four titles, both the singles and Mixed doubles and Mixed team championships. While Sweden bagged boys' doubles title and England the girls' doubles gold.^[2][3][4]

Medalists

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Nick Yates	Steve Baddeley
			Evgeniy Dayanov
Girls' singles	Kirsten Larsen	Else Thoresen	Kirsten Meier
			Diane Simpson
Boys' doubles	Peter Isaksson Jan-Eric Antonsson	Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger	Jesper Knudsen Torben Kjær
			Nick Yates Christopher Back
Girls' doubles	Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark	Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen	Kirsten Larsen Kirsten Meier
			Diane Simpson Christine Dickinson
Mixed doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard	Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson	Frank van Dongen Grace Kakiay
			Jan-Eric Antonsson Ann Sofi Bergman
Mixed team	Denmark Jens Peter Nierhoff Kirsten Larsen Jesper Knudsen Torben Kjær Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen Bent Svenningsen Kirsten Meier Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	England Gillian Clark Nick Yates Diane Simpson Stephen Baddeley Donald Burden Sally Leadbeater Christopher Back	Sweden Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson Jan-Eric Antonsson Ann-Sofi Bergmann Klaus-Gunnar Jöhnsson Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson

Results

Semi-finals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Steve Baddeley	15–8, 15–9
	Nick Yates	Evgeniy Dayanov	15–9, 15–7
Girls' singles	Else Thoresen	Kirsten Meier	10–12, 11–6, 11–1
	Kirsten Larsen	Diane Simpson	11–6, 11–6
Boys' doubles	Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger	Torben Kjær Jesper Knudsen	15–9, 15–4
	Jan-Eric Antonsson Peter Isaksson	Christopher Back Nick Yates	15–13, 15–10
Girls' doubles	Gillian Clark Sally Leadbeater	Kirsten Larsen Kirsten Meier	15–9, 15–4
	Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen	Christine Dickinson Diane Simpson	15–10, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard	Frank van Dongen Grace Kakiay	15–7, 15–6
	Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson	Jan-Eric Antonsson Ann Sofi Bergman	15–10, 15–12

Finals

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Nick Yates	17–16, 15–1
Girls' singles	Kirsten Larsen	Else Thoresen	11–2, 11–4
Boys' doubles	Peter Isaksson Jan-Eric Antonsson	Harald Klauer Gerhard Treitinger	15–9, 16–17, 15–0
Girls' doubles	Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark	Charlotte Pilgaard Bettina Kristensen	15–12, 15–9
Mixed doubles	Jens Peter Nierhoff Charlotte Pilgaard	Peter Isaksson Lena Axelsson	15-7, 15-7

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	4	1	3	8
2	England (ENG)	1	2	4	7
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	2	4
4	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	11	23

References

1. "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, INDIVIDUALS". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
2. "Badminton Museet magazine 1979–06" (PDF) (in Danish).
3. "Badminton Museet magazine 1979–05" (PDF) (in Danish).
4. Badminton Rundschau, 5 May 1979, Jugend-Europameisterschaft, no. 5 (in German)