Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen (born 11 May 1995) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was the gold medalists at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the team and mixed doubles events, and in 2014, she entered the national team.
Career Fruergaard competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Sara Thygesen. Her pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage after placing 4th in the group C standings.
Achievements
European Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Vendéspace,La Roche-sur-Yon, France Sara Thygesen Eefje Muskens Selena Piek 17–21, 17–21 Bronze 2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,Huelva, Spain Sara Thygesen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 10–21, 18–21 Bronze 2021 Palace of Sports,Kyiv, Ukraine Sara Thygesen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 16–21, 10–21 Bronze 2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,Madrid, Spain Sara Thygesen Linda Efler Isabel Lohau 22–20, 15–21, 20–22 Bronze 2025 Forum,Horsens, Denmark Natasja Anthonisen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 11–21, 16–21 Silver
European Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Aski Sports Hall,Ankara, Turkey David Daugaard Robin Tabeling Myke Halkema 21–15, 21–18 Gold
BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Sara Thygesen Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 21–18, 11–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2023 U.S. Open Super 300 Sara Thygesen Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Dutch Open Søren Gravholt Mathias Christiansen Sara Thygesen 18–21, 22–20, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Spanish International Sara Thygesen Heather Olver Kate Robertshaw 21–18, 13–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2014 Dutch International Sara Thygesen Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2015 Croatian International Camilla Martens Julie Finne-Ipsen Ditte Søby Hansen 21–16, 19–21, 21–19 Winner 2015 Belgian International Sara Thygesen Joyce Choong Wai Chi Yap Cheng Wen 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2016 Swedish Masters Sara Thygesen Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling 21–19, 21–17 Winner 2023 Irish Open Sara Thygesen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 21–19, 17–21, 24–22 Winner 2024 Irish Open Natasja Anthonisen Chloe Birch Estelle van Leeuwen 21–19, 21–19 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Norwegian International Søren Gravholt Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
Maiken Fruergaard at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)