Kamilla Rytter Juhl Biography
Kamilla Rytter Juhl born on 23 November 1983 is a Danish internationally elite badminton player. She is a left-handed doubles specialist.
Juhl enjoyed a successful mixed doubles career with Thomas Laybourn, winning the 2009 BWF World Championships and two European titles in 2006 and 2010. The pair also won the BWF World Superseries Finals in 2008, and won a total of two Superseries titles.
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Kæreste
The reason(s) why Kamilla has kept her relationship a secret is because of two reasons;
“The first is that Christina and I would like to be recognized for our sport and not to be lovers,” says Kamilla Rytter Juhl.
“We would like this recognition, and we think we have got it now, so it’s been the right time for us to tell the public,” adds Christina Pedersen.
The other reason that the couple has kept the relationship secret has been the security.
Kamilla Rytter Juhl WBF Championship
BWF World Championships
Women’s doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Denmark Christinna Pedersen Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 17–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze Bronze
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Denmark Christinna Pedersen China Tian Qing
China Zhao Yunlei 25–23, 8–21, 15–21 Silver Silver
2013 Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China Denmark Christinna Pedersen China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang 14–21, 21–14, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Career
After Laybourn’s retirement, Rytter Juhl played mixed doubles with Mads Pieler Kolding, and the pair came runner-up in the 2014 European Championships, losing out to their Danish teammates Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen in the final.
In the women’s doubles, Juhl initially partnered with Lena Frier Kristiansen, and the pair reached number 8 on the World Rankings, won a bronze and a gold medal at the European Championships, and reached the World Superseries Finals in 2009.
Since 2010, Rytter Juhl has been paired with Christinna Pedersen. For a while, the two athletes also focussed on competing with their respective partners in mixed doubles, however, as of 2015, Juhl has competed exclusively in the women’s doubles. The pair won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2013 Guangzhou World Championship and at the 2017 BWF World Championships.
Rytter Juhl and Pedersen have won a total of four European women’s doubles titles, one World Superseries Final and five Superseries titles, and have a career highest World Ranking of number 2. Having won seven European titles in total, Rytter Juhl is the most successful Danish player in European Championship history . The pair also won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and, in doing so, became the first Europeans to ever compete in an Olympic women’s doubles final.
Rytter Juhl and Pedersen’s autobiography, “Det Unikke Makkerskab” (loosely translated: The unique partnership), written with support from journalist Rasmus M. Bech, was released in Denmark in October 2017. In the book, the couple tell not only of their lives as international badminton players, but of their life together off court; having been a couple since 2009.
Rytter Juhl currently represents Skovshoved in the Danish Badminton League and lives in Copenhagen, where she trains with the national team. Off the badminton court, Rytter Juhl has a degree in Sport Management.
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Achievements
Olympic Games
Women’s doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro – Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Denmark Christinna Pedersen Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 21–18, 9–21, 19–21 Silver Silver
European Championships
Women’s doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Denmark Christinna Pedersen Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 21–11, 15–21, 21–11 Gold Gold
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Denmark Christinna Pedersen Netherlands Eefje Muskens
Netherlands Selena Piek 21–18, 21–17 Gold Gold
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Denmark Christinna Pedersen Denmark Line Damkjaer Kruse
Denmark Marie Roepke 21–11, 21–11 Gold Gold
2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Denmark Christinna Pedersen Denmark Line Damkjaer Kruse
Denmark Marie Roepke 22–20, 13–21, 21–12 Gold Gold
2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Denmark Lena Frier Kristiansen England Donna Kellogg
England Gail Emms 21–18, 21–18 Gold Gold
2006 Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands Denmark Lena Frier Kristiansen Germany Juliane Schenk
Germany Nicole Grether 21–9, 14–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze
Mixed doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen 24–22, 13–21, 18–21 Silver Silver
2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Denmark Thomas Laybourn Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding
Denmark Julie Houmann 21–16, 19–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Denmark Thomas Laybourn Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 21–19, 18–21, 21–12 Gold Gold
2006 Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands Denmark Thomas Laybourn Denmark Jens Eriksen
Denmark Mette Schjoldager 22–20, 21–14 Gold Gold
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Record Against Top Opponents
Women’s doubles results with Christinna Pedersen against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.
- Bulgaria/Russia Petya Nedelcheva & Anastasia Russkikh 0–1
- China Ma Jin & Tang Jinhua 1–3
- China Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 1–6
- China Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 4–10
- China Bao Yixin & Zhong Qianxin 2–1
- China Bao Yixin & Tang Jinhua 0–3
- China Bao Yixin & Ma Jin 0–2
- China Ou Dongni & Tang Yuanting 1–1
- China Bao Yixin & Tian Qing 0–2
- China Luo Ying & Luo Yu 2–3
- China Ma Jin & Tang Yuanting 1–3
- China Tang Yuanting & Yu Yang 1–1
- Chinese Taipei Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 1–1
- Hong Kong Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet 4–1
- India Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 2–0
- Japan Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 3–2
- Japan Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 3–3
- Japan Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito 5–2
- Japan Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi 6–10
- Japan Reika Kakiiwa & Miyuki Maeda 3–0
- South Korea Jung Kyung-eun & Kim Ha-na 4–3
- South Korea Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 1–4
- South Korea Jung Kyung-eun & Shin Seung-chan 2–1
- South Korea Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee 1–2
- Malaysia Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 1–1
- Russia Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova 2–0
- Thailand Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 4–0
- United States Eva Lee & Paula Lynn Obanana 3–0
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Photos
Kamilla Rytter Juhl