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Tine Baun

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Tine Baun, born Tine Rasmussen on 21 July 1979, is a Danish former badminton player best known for winning the All England Open women's singles title three times, in 2008, 2010 and 2013, the last of them in her final tournament before retirement. She started playing at the age of seven at the Lynge club in North Zealand, made her international debut at the 1996 Denmark Open and played professionally full time after finishing her education in 1999. She won the 2007 Japan Open and the 2008 Singapore Super Series, took European Championship gold in 2010 and 2012 after silver in 2008, and won a bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships in Paris. She played at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and reached the quarterfinals in 2012, where she lost to Saina Nehwal.

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1979 1
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is a Danish former badminton player
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    born 21 July 1979
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    She made her international debut in 1996 at the Denmark Open
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    is a Danish former badminton player
  • Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Career, 2004 Olympics
    At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Baun was eliminated by Petya Nedelcheva in round 32
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Career, 2008 Olympics
    Baun also played at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as the 6th seed
  • Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Career, 2012 Olympics
    At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the quarter finals
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