Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lilian Anette Börjesson | ||
Date of birth | 11 November 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Sweeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Tuve IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–91 | Jitex BK | 181 | (52) |
1985–87 | GAIS | 52 | (13) |
Total | 233 | (65) | |
International career‡ | |||
1975–87 | Sweden | 70 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC) |
Medal record | ||
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Women's badminton | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
European Championships | ||
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1980 Groningen | Women's singles |
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1980 Groningen | Mixed doubles |
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1978 Preston | Women's singles |
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1982 Böblingen | Mixed doubles |
European Mixed Team Championships | ||
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1982 Böblingen | Mixed team |
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1978 Preston | Mixed team |
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1980 Groningen | Mixed team |
European Junior Championships | ||
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1973 Edinburgh | Girls' singles |
Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.[1]
Badminton
[edit]Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships and was a silver medalist at the 1980 European Badminton Championships, also in singles, as well as in mixed doubles.
European Championships
[edit]Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1978 | Preston, England | ![]() |
0–11, 2–11 | ![]() |
1980 | Groningen, Netherlands | ![]() |
4–11, 6–11 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1980 | Groningen, Netherlands | ![]() |
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0–15, 6–15 | ![]() |
1982 | Böblingen, West Germany | ![]() |
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8–15, 5–15 | ![]() |
Football
[edit]She captained Sweden to their win in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. In the final against England, Börjesson struck the first penalty in Sweden's shootout victory.[2] She won a total of 70 caps between 1975 and 1987, scoring 12 goals.[3] In 1985 she scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks against France.[4]
Börjesson won the Årets Fotbollstjej Award, the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1982.[4]
After her retirement from playing, Börjesson founded a magazine dedicated to women's football, called nya mål.[5]
Börjesson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ "Anette Börjesson on her rise to elite level of two sports". The Telegraph. 5 July 2022.
- ^ Andreas Nilsson (27 August 2009). "EM för damer 1984". SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Fakta och meriter för medlemmarna i SFS Hall of Fame". SFS (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ a b Heidi Silvander (3 September 2009). "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.