Profile

Christinna Pedersen
Date of birth: 12th of May 1986
Place of birth: Aalborg
Living: Copenhagen
Club: Greve Strands Badminton Club
Height: 178 cm
Right handed
Play mixed doubles with Joachim Fischer Nielsen

I have been playing badminton for as long as I can remember. It was just the best sport ever, which is also why it beat football when I was 12-13 years old.
I started my badminton career in Gug Badminton Club. It is a great club where I definitely will play again someday. When it was time for me to try something else, I chose a club a little further North; Frederikshavn, also called Vendsyssel Elite Badminton (VEB). I played here for three seasons. In the final year of my VEB period, I chose, together with my parents and the national team coach, to move from Northern Jutland to Brøndby where the main centre is and where the national team trains. Here, I have better conditions for developing, so I wanted to come here to really concentrate on my sport. A good choice which, today, I am very pleased I took. In spite of me being a North Jutlander I like it here among the Copenhageners ☺
After three years in VEB, I felt like trying something new. After mowing to Copenhagen, there was not a doubt in my mind that my new club should be on Zealand. My choice was naturally Greve Strands Badminton Club, which I am very excited about playing for the next two seasons!
I have always had goals and dreams for my career. As a child, it was “just” being as good at playing so I could live on badminton and train with the best in the country at the national team training. I have now reached this goal. Secondly, I have always wanted to go to the East and play the Asians on their home soil. I have also reached this goal. My next MAJOR goal is definitely to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London, but there are many intermediate aims on my way towards this. I will fight hard to establish myself in the top, and thereby create good results in the best tournaments (Super Series). I will do EVERYTHING possible, and then some, to fulfil my dreams and goals.