Juliane Schenk

Infobox Badminton player


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event = Women's singles & doubles
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date_of_current_ranking = July 3, 2008 [ [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/ranking_ms.asp?id=2 BWF World Ranking - Women's Singles] ]
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Juliane Schenk (born 26 November 1982 in Krefeld) is a female badminton player from Germany.

Career

In 2001 she won the European Junior Championships in women's singles. 2003 saw her winning the following women doubles with Nicole Grether: Irish International, the Bitburg OpenSchenk.

Schenk played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing in women's singles to Tracey Hallam of Great Britain in the round of 32. Besides that she won the German championship in the women doubles with Nicole for the first time.

She also competed in women's doubles with partner Nicole Grether. They defeated Michelle Edwards and Chantal Botts of South Africa in the first round but were defeated by Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.

She won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships [cite web|url=http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=20426 |title=2008 European Championships winners |publisher=tournamentsoftware.com |accessdate=2008-04-21] .

In 2008 Schenk competed in the Beijing Olympics. She narrowly lost her first round match against Indonesian Maria Kristin Yulianti who later succeeded to win the bronze medal.

References

Sources/Weblinks

* [http://www.badmintonfotos.de/spieler/schenk_juliane.htm Pictures of Juliane Schenk at Badmintonfotos.de]