Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lilian Anette Börjesson | ||
Date of birth | (1954-11-11) 11 November 1954 (age 68) | ||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Sweeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Tuve IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–91 | Jitex BK | 181 | (52) |
1985–87 | GAIS | 52 | (13) |
Total | 233 | (65) | |
National team‡ | |||
1975–87 | Sweden | 70 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC) |
Medal record | ||
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Women's badminton | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
European Championships | ||
![]() | 1980 Groningen | Women's singles |
![]() | 1980 Groningen | Mixed doubles |
![]() | 1978 Preston | Women's singles |
![]() | 1982 Böblingen | Mixed doubles |
European Mixed Team Championships | ||
![]() | 1982 Böblingen | Mixed team |
![]() | 1978 Preston | Mixed team |
![]() | 1980 Groningen | Mixed team |
European Junior Championships | ||
![]() | 1973 Edinburgh | Girls' singles |
Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships and was a silver medalist at the 1980 European Badminton Championships, also in singles, as well as in mixed doubles.
She captained Sweden to their win in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. In the final against England, Börjesson struck the first penalty in Sweden's shootout victory.[2] She won a total of 70 caps between 1975 and 1987, scoring 12 goals.[3] In 1985 she scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks against France.[4]
Börjesson won the Årets Fotbollstjej Award, the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1982.[4]
After her retirement from playing, Börjesson founded a magazine dedicated to women's football, called nya mål.[5]
Börjesson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year | |
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Årets fotbollstjej award | |
Diamantbollen |
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Sweden squad – 1984 European Competition for Women's Football winners (1st title) | ||
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