Jeanine Cicognini
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Jeanine Cicognini in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
) is a badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player.
She became a badminton professional as soon as she left school.
She soon moved to Denmark
Denmark
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afterwards she moved to the international badminton federation's training centre in Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
, Germany
Germany
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. In 2010 she returned to Switerland and joined the sport army, in this time she played for the BC Uzwil.
Newly she moved to Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and she plays for the 1.BV Mülheim in the first bundesliga.
At the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing she reached the second round losing against Anna Rice
Anna Rice
Anna Rice is a female badminton player from Canada. She was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Handsworth Secondary School.-Career:...
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Cicognini won her first Swiss senior title aged 16 and has since won the award seven more times.