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Jan Ø. Jørgensen

Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Yonex IFB 2013 - Eightfinal - Hans-Kristian Vittinghus — Jan Ø. Jørgensen 13.jpg
Jan Ø. Jørgensen at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country  Denmark
Born (1987-12-31) December 31, 1987 (age 29)
Denmark Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness Right
Men's singles
Career record 374 wins, 186 losses
Career title(s) 7
Highest ranking 2 (January 22, 2015)
Current ranking 2 (December 22, 2016)
BWF profile
Updated on 22 May 2016.

Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born December 31, 1987 in Aalborg) is a male badminton player from Denmark. He plays in the Denmark Badminton league representing SIF (Skovshoved).

He won the European Championship title in 2014. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships and 2012 European Badminton Championships and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and 2016 European Badminton Championships. He won the Danish Championship title in 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 (Withdrawn due to injury in 2014). He was the runner up at 2009 China Open Super Series and won Denmark Open in 2010, French Open (badminton) in 2013, Indonesia Open (badminton) in 2014 and the invitational Copenhagen Masters in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2014, he became the first European male singles player to win the Indonesia Open. In March 2015 he reached the final of the All England Super Series, but lost against Chen Long, from China, 21-15, 17-21, 15-21.

Includes results against Olympic opponents, quarterfinalists, World Championship semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, from all international competitions 2005–present


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