Lotte Olsen is a retired female 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 from Denmark

Denmark

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, who won a silver medal

Silver medal

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 at the 1993 IBF World Championships and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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. She won several international tournaments, and four Danish National Badminton Championships

Danish National Badminton Championships

The Danish National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Denmark since the season 1930/1931.-21st century:Below is the list of the past winners in this 21st century.-References:*...

 in women's double during her career.

Lotte Olsen was a leading women's double player from her junior year, and won the Danish under-19 championship in 1984 and 1985. She won the silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships

1993 IBF World Championships

The 8th World Badminton Championships were held in Birmingham, England in 1993.-Medalists:-Men's Singles:- Women's Singles:- Men's Doubles:- Women's Doubles:- Mixed Doubles:-Medal account:-External links:*...

 in women's doubles with Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen

Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen

-Career:She won the silver medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Lotte Olsen.Stuer-Lauridsen was from 1993 to 1997 ranked between 1 and 3 on the world ranking list in women's doubles.-Summer Olympics:...

. They won silver medals at the 1994 European Badminton Championships

1994 European Badminton Championships

The 14th European Badminton Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands, between 10 and 17 April 1994, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...

, where Olsen also won silver medals with Christian Jacobsen in mixed-double.

Lotte is the older sister of badminton player Rikke Olsen

Rikke Olsen

-2004 Summer Olympics:Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second...

, and together they won the 1995 Hamburg Open in women's double. She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Ann Jørgensen

Ann Jørgensen

-Career:Jørgensen competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics and in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...

 and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's double she lost in the quarter final to the runners up from South Korea

South Korea

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. She ended her career after the Olympics, and later received the Danish Badminton Federation badge of merit.