Christinna Pedersen
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Christinna Pedersen is an internationally elite badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player from Ålborg, Denmark.

Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed Doubles specialist who has gained the most amount of success in Mixed Doubles. Pairing with Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
-Major achievements:...

 she reached the semifinals of the 2009 Hyderabad World Championships
2009 BWF World Championships
The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from August 10 to August 16, 2009...

 and earned the Bronze medal. They had less success at the following world championships
2010 BWF World Championships
The 2010 BWF World Championships was the 18th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from August 23 to August 29, 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...

, but have continued to achieve strong results on the BWF Super Series circuit
BWF Super Series
The BWF Super Series is a badminton tournament introduced by Badminton World Federation in order to improve the quality of the sport. It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007...

.

In Women's Doubles Pedersen has paired with Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Kamilla Rytter Juhl is a female badminton player from Denmark.Juhl won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Thomas Laybourn, and a bronze medal in women's doubles with Lena Frier Kristiansen...

, although both athletes focus on competing with their respective partners in Mixed Doubles.

She currently lives in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

where she trains with the national team.
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