Camilla Martin

She primarily played woman's singles. In that discipline she won the Danish national championships 13 years consecutively, from 1991 to 2003, European champion three times, in 1996, 1998, and 2000, and World champion once in 1999. She won All England Open in 2002.

The only major tournament that she never won was the Olympic Games.^[2] She earned silver in 2000 Olympics after losing to Gong Zhichao of China in the final.

In Camilla Martin's last year as an elite player, she played at the 2004 Olympics, defeating Kanako Yonekura of Japan in the first round but losing to Tracey Hallam of Great Britain in the round of 16.

She helped Denmark win the European team championship in 1996, 1998, 2000,2002 and 2004.

Camilla Martin is the daughter of the former Danish footballer Bent Martin. Her brother is the former Danish footballer Ken Martin.

She married economist Lars Nygaard 25 May 2005, and changed her name to Camilla Martin Nygaard.

She currently works as co-host of the Danish football magazine, Onside.

Olympic Games edit

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Gong Zhichao	10–13, 3–11	Silver

World Championships edit

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Dai Yun	11–6, 6–11, 11–10	Gold

World Cup edit

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Susi Susanti	10–12, 1–11	Bronze

European Championships edit

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Pernille Nedergaard	10–12, 11–6, 7–11	Silver
1996	Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark	Marina Yakusheva	11–0, 11–3	Gold
1998	Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria	Kelly Morgan	11–2, 11–4	Gold
2000	Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Marina Andrievskaya	13–10, 11–3	Gold
2002	Baltiska hallen, Malmö, Sweden	Yao Jie	7–0, 7–2, 0–7, 3–7, 1–7	Bronze
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Mia Audina	4–11, 13–10, 8–11	Bronze

World Junior Championships edit

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	Kim Ji-hyun	5–11, 7–11	Silver
1990[3]	Jakarta, Indonesia	Li Lijun	9–11, 2–11	Bronze

European Junior Championships edit

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Armitage Centre, Manchester, England	Helene Kirkegaard	11–4, 11–4	Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Armitage Centre, Manchester, England	Helene Kirkegaard	Marlene Thomsen Trine Johansson	5–15, 15–13, 5–15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix edit

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	German Open	Pernille Nedergaard	9–12, 8–11	Runner-up
1993	Dutch Open	Susi Susanti	7–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1994	Swiss Open	Ika Henny	11–5, 11–1	Winner
1994	Denmark Open	Lim Xiaoqing	11–5, 5–11, 12–11	Winner
1995	Swiss Open	Lim Xiaoqing	11–7, 11–7	Winner
1995	All England Open	Lim Xiaoqing	9–11, 12–10, 7–11	Runner-up
1995	German Open	Mia Audina	11–6, 11–6	Winner
1996	Swiss Open	Yuliani Sentosa	4–11, 11–6, 11–2	Winner
1996	U.S. Open	Mia Audina	5–11, 9–12	Runner-up
1996	Hong Kong Open	Mia Audina	11–8, 11–6	Winner
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Mia Audina	12–10, 11–2	Winner
1997	Swiss Open	Ye Zhaoying	9–12, 11–6, 11–5	Winner
1997	U.S. Open	Dai Yun	11–4, 6–11, 12–10	Winner
1997	German Open	Marina Andrievskaya	11–7, 11–2	Winner
1997	Denmark Open	Mette Pedersen	11–2, 11–8	Winner
1998	Swiss Open	Ye Zhaoying	12–9, 11–8	Winner
1998	Denmark Open	Ye Zhaoying	13–10, 11–8	Winner
1998	Hong Kong Open	Lidya Djaelawijaya	11–3, 11–0	Winner
1999	Denmark Open	Zhou Mi	8–11, 11–3, 11–1	Winner
2000	Korea Open	Kanako Yonekura	11–6, 11–6	Winner
2000	Indonesia Open	Wang Chen	11–9, 11–4	Winner
2000	Denmark Open	Zhou Mi	11–1, 6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2001	Korea Open	Kim Ji-hyun	11–7, 8–11, 13–10	Winner
2001	Denmark Open	Pi Hongyan	8–6, 7–3, 7–0	Winner
2002	All England Open	Gong Ruina	7–5, 8–6, 7–3	Winner
2002	Malaysia Open	Hu Ting	8–11, 6–11	Runner-up
2002	Denmark Open	Gong Ruina	11–5, 3–11, 11–7	Winner
2003	Japan Open	Xie Xingfang	11–1, 11–5	Winner
2003	Malaysia Open	Zhou Mi	1–11, 11–7, 5–11	Runner-up
2003	German Open	Zhang Ning	7–11, 3–11	Runner-up

IBF International edit

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Norwegian International	Irina Serova	11–2, 11–3	Winner
1990	Polish Open	Chen Ying	11–4, 7–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1990	Czechoslovakian International	Helle Andersen	11–8, 11–1	Winner
1993	Amor International	Monique Hoogland	11–5, 11–7	Winner
1993	Canadian Open	Pernille Nedergaard	11–5, 11–5	Winner
1993	Finnish Open	Pernille Nedergaard	11–12, 12–11, 11–7	Winner
1993	Scottish Open	Denyse Julien	11–6, 11–8	Winner
1994	Hamburg Cup	Monique Hoogland	11–3, 11–2	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Norwegian International	Lotte Olsen	Svetlana Beliasova Irina Serova	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1990	Polish Open	Helene Kirkegaard	Chen Ying Sheng Wengqing	15–18, 1–15	Runner-up
1990	Czechoslovakian International	Helene Kirkegaard	Trine Johansson Marlene Thomsen	14–17, 8–15	Runner-up
1993	Finnish Open	Marlene Thomsen	Marina Andrievskaya Marina Yakusheva	15–1, 15–3	Winner

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Anna Lao 1 0 1 –1 Dai Yun 14 9 5 +4 Gong Ruina 11 8 3 +5 Gong Zhichao 3 0 3 –3 Han Jingna 4 2 2 0 Tang Jiuhong 3 0 3 –3 Xie Xingfang 5 3 2 +1 Yao Yan 1 1 0 +1 Ye Zhaoying 9 3 6 –3 Zhang Ning 15 6 9 –3 Zhou Mi 10 5 5 0 Zhu Lin 2 2 0 +2 Cheng Shao-chieh 1 1 0 +1 Huang Chia-chi 5 5 0 +5

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Mette Sørensen 3 2 1 +1 Tracey Hallam 2 1 1 0 / Pi Hongyan 5 3 2 +1 Petra Overzier 2 2 0 +2 Juliane Schenk 3 3 0 +3 Xu Huaiwen 1 1 0 +1 / Wang Chen 10 7 3 +4 Yasuko Mizui 4 4 0 +4 Susi Susanti 15 0 15 –15 Maria Kristin Yulianti 1 1 0 +1 / Mia Audina 11 6 5 +1 Bang Soo-hyun 2 0 2 –2 Kim Ji-hyun 7 5 2 +3 Lim Xiaoqing 6 5 1 +4

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• Camilla Martin at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Camilla Martin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)