Ulla Strand

Ulla Strand
Personal information
Birth name	Ulla Rasmussen
Country	Denmark
Born	21 March 1943[1] Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	7 August 2007(2007-08-07) (aged 64)[2]
Women's and Mixed doubles
Career title(s)	10 times All England Champion
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark European Championships 1974 Vienna Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1974 Vienna Mixed team

Ulla Strand (21 March 1943 – 7 August 2007), born as Ulla Rasmussen, was badminton player of Denmark who excelled from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Though she won three Danish national singles titles and reached the women's singles final at the All-England Championships in 1965, most of her major championship victories were in doubles (often with her sister Karin Jorgensen) and mixed doubles. Attractive and charismatic, she was a crowd favorite throughout her career.

She was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 1999. Ulla Strand died in 2007 after a long illness.^[2]

Career

Strand won 10 All England Open Badminton Championships titles, 7 in mixed doubles and 3 in women's doubles. She also won 21 Danish National Championships between 1961 and 1974, and 19 Nordic Championships between 1962 and 1973.

1972 Summer Olympics

Strand competed in badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics, as a demonstration sport competition. In women's singles, she lost in the first round against Noriko Nakayama, 11-5, 11-9. In mixed doubles she played with Svend Pri, and they were beaten in the final by Derek Talbot and Gillian Gilks of Great Britain, 15-6, 18-16.

Achievements

Olympic Games (demonstration)

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Volleyballhalle, Munich, West Germany	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	6–15, 16–18	Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1974	Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria	Pernille Kaagaard	Nora Gardner Susan Whetnall	8–15, 12–15	Bronze

International tournaments (53 titles, 38 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	Swedish Open	Karin Jørgensen	11–3, 5–11, 11–4	Winner
1963	Nordic Championships	Anne Flindt	11–7, 11–3	Winner
1963	German Open	Judy Hashman	10–12, 9–12	Runner-up
1964	Nordic Championships	Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	11–8, 11–3	Winner
1964	German Open	Judy Hashman	2–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1964	Swedish Open	Judy Hashman	10–12, 3–11	Runner-up
1965	All England Open	Ursula Smith	7–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1965	Nordic Championships	Eva Twedberg	8–11, 12–10, 12–10	Winner
1965	Swedish Open	Eva Twedberg	11–2, 1–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1966	Canadian Open	Judy Hashman	7–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1966	Nordic Championships	Eva Twedberg	11–5, 11–6	Winner
1966	Denmark Open	Lizbeth von Barnekow	4–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1967	Swedish Open	Imre Rietveld	11–6, 4–11, 11–6	Winner
1967	German Open	Eva Twedberg	2–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1967	Norwegian International	Eva Twedberg	11–3, 8–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1967	Nordic Championships	Eva Twedberg	3–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1968	Swedish Open	Eva Twedberg	2–11, 0–11	Runner-up
1968	Nordic Championships	Jette Føge	9–12, 10–12	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	German Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Tonny Holst-Christensen	12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1962	All England Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Tonny Holst-Christensen	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1962	Swedish Open	Karin Jørgensen	Bente Kristiansen Aase Winther	15–10, 15–18, 4–15	Runner-up
1962	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Eva Petterson Gunilla Dahlström	15–5, 15–6	Winner
1962	Dutch Open	Bente Flindt	Els Robbé Jenny Pritchard	15–11, 15–8	Winner
1963	German Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1963	All England Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	6–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1963	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Anne Flindt Bente Flindt	6–15, 15–4, 15–9	Winner
1963	Swedish Open	Karin Jørgensen	Ursula Smith June Timperley	15–2, 18–14	Winner
1964	All England Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	15–11, 6–15, 15–10	Winner
1964	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Pernille Mølgaard Hansen Lizbeth von Barnekow	11–15, 18–14	Runner-up
1964	Swedish Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Mary O'Sullivan	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1965	All England Open	Karin Jørgensen	Jenny Pritchard Ursula Smith	15–10, 15–0	Winner
1965	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Eva Twedberg Gunilla Dahlström	15–9, 15–4	Winner
1965	Swedish Open	Karin Jørgensen	Eva Twedberg Gunilla Dahlström	15–1, 15–4	Winner
1966	German Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1966	All England Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	5–15, 17–14, 12–15	Runner-up
1966	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Eva Twedberg Gunilla Dahlström	15–9, 15–6	Winner
1966	Denmark Open	Karin Jørgensen	Heather Ward Imre Rietveld	15–4, 15–12	Winner
1966	Swedish Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Eva Twedberg	15–12, 10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1967	All England Open	Imre Rietveld	Judy Hashman Janet Brennan	11–15, 15–8, 15–4	Winner
1967	Dutch Open	Imre Rietveld	Pernille Mølgaard Hansen Lizbeth von Barnekow	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1967	Denmark Open	Imre Rietveld	Hiroe Amano Noriko Takagi	12–15, 15–9, 8–15	Runner-up
1967	Swedish Open	Lonny Funch	Imre Rietveld Eva Twedberg	15–9, 15–4	Winner
1967	Norwegian International	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Eva Twedberg Gittan Nyberg	15–1, 15–8	Winner
1967	Nordic Championships	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Eva Twedberg Marianne Flykt	18–13, 15–3	Winner
1967	German Open	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow	14–18, 15–9, 9–15	Runner-up
1968	Denmark Open	Karin Jørgensen	Hiroe Amano Noriko Takagi	11–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1968	Swedish Open	Lonny Funch	Anne Flindt Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	4–15, 15–6, 18–16	Winner
1968	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Anne Flindt Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1971	Dutch Open	Karin Jørgensen	Judy Hashman Gillian Gilks	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1971	Nordic Championships	Karin Jørgensen	Anne Flindt Pernille Kaagaard	walkover	Runner-up
1973	Denmark Open	Karin Jørgensen	Marjan Luesken Joke van Beusekom	14–17, 14–17	Runner-up
1973	Nordic Championships	Pernille Kaagaard	Lonny Bostofte Lene Køppen	15–12, 15–10	Winner
1974	Denmark Open	Pernille Kaagaard	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	15–18, 15–12	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Poul-Erik Nielsen Inge Birgit Hansen	15–1, 15–11	Winner
1962	Nordic Championships	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Bertil Glans Gunilla Dahlström	15–10, 15–14	Winner
1962	Dutch Open	Oon Chong Teik	Charoen Wattanasin Els Robbé	15–10, 15–5	Winner
1963	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–8, 15–12	Winner
1963	Nordic Championships	Henning Borch	Ole Mertz Karin Jørgensen	15–13, 15–8	Winner
1963	Swedish Open	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Tony Jordan June Timperley	9–15, 15–3, 15–4	Winner
1964	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Tony Jordan Jenny Pritchard	10–15, 13–18	Runner-up
1964	Nordic Championships	Finn Kobberø	Ole Mertz Annette Rye	15–6, 15–12	Winner
1965	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Tony Jordan Jenny Pritchard	9–15, 15–4, 15–12	Winner
1965	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Berndt Dahlberg Gunilla Dahlström	15–9, 15–9	Winner
1965	Nordic Championships	Erland Kops	Bengt-Ake Jonsson Gunilla Dahlström	15–11, 15–10	Winner
1966	Canadian Open	Ng Boon Bee	Donald C. Paup Helen Tibbetts	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1966	German Open	Morten Pommergaard	Wolfgang Bochow Irmgard Latz	15–6, 15–8	Winner
1966	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	15–13, 15–3	Winner
1966	Denmark Open	Finn Kobberø	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	8–15, 15–7, 15–11	Winner
1966	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	7–15, 15–9, 8–15	Runner-up
1966	Nordic Championships	Per Walsøe	Henning Borch Karin Jørgensen	15–1, 15–9	Winner
1967	German Open	Per Walsøe	Tony Jordan Angela Bairstow	15–8, 15–8	Winner
1967	All England Open	Svend Pri	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	15–2, 15–10	Winner
1967	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	15–11, 15–12	Winner
1967	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	6–15, 15–11, 4–15	Runner-up
1967	Norwegian International	Elo Hansen	Erland Kops Lizbeth von Barnekow	15–9, 15–12	Winner
1967	Nordic Championships	Erland Kops	Henning Borch Lizbeth von Barnekow	8–15, 17–14, 15–13	Winner
1968	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen	12–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1970	Denmark Open	Klaus Kaagaard	Henning Borch Imre Rietveld Nielsen	15–11, 13–18, 15–10	Winner
1970	Nordic Championships	Svend Pri	Jørgen Mortensen Anne Flindt	15–11, 6–15, 15–10	Winner
1971	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	Ray Stevens Barbara Hood	15–13, 15–11	Winner
1971	All England Open	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	15–12, 8–15, 15–11	Winner
1971	Dutch Open	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	4–15, 15–6, 16–17	Runner-up
1971	Nordic Championships	Svend Pri	Per Walsøe Pernille Kaagaard	walkover	Runner-up
1972	Swedish Open	Svend Pri	David Eddy Gillian Gilks	10-15, 8–15	Runner-up
1972	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow	7–15, 15–13, 10–15	Runner-up
1972	All England Open	Svend Pri	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	12–15, 15–8, 15–12	Winner
1972	Nordic Championships	Elo Hansen	Per Walsøe Pernille Kaagaard	15–11, 15–11	Winner
1973	Denmark Open	Elo Hansen	Derek Talbot Nora Gardner	4–15, 17–14, 15–10	Winner
1973	Nordic Championships	Elo Hansen	Gert Perneklo Eva Stuart	15–11, 15–11	Winner
1974	Denmark Open	Elo Hansen	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1974	Swedish Open	Henning Borch	Roland Maywald Brigitte Steden	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Summary of major tournaments

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
European Championships
3	Women's doubles	1974	Vienna, AUT
Open Championships
1	Women's doubles	1964, 1965, 1967	All England Open
	Mixed doubles	1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972
1	Women's doubles	1966	Denmark Open
	Mixed doubles	1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974
1	Women's doubles	1962, 1967	Dutch Open
	Mixed doubles	1962
1	Women's doubles	1963	German Open
	Mixed doubles	1966, 1967
1	Women's singles	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966	Nordic Championships
	Women's doubles	1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973
	Mixed doubles	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973
1	Women's singles	1962, 1967	Swedish Open
	Women's doubles	1963, 1965, 1967, 1968
	Mixed doubles	1963, 1965, 1968
1	Mixed doubles	1966	Canadian Open
2	Women's singles	1965	All England Open
	Women's doubles	1962, 1963, 1966
	Mixed doubles	1964

References

1. "Døde", Kristeligt Dagblad, August 13, 2007, accessed February 18, 2011. (in Danish)
2. "Ulla Strand er død", Danmarks Badminton Forbund, 2007, accessed February 18, 2011. (in Danish)

External links

• Ulla Strand at BadmintonDenmark.com^{[dead link]}
• Ulla Strand at Olympedia
• Ulla Strand at Olympics.com