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Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.[1]

Badminton

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.

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1978 Preston, England Denmark Lene Køppen 0–11, 2–11 Bronze Bronze
1980 Groningen, Netherlands Switzerland Liselotte Blumer 4–11, 6–11 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Groningen, Netherlands Sweden Lars Wengberg England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Perry 		0–15, 6–15 Silver Silver
1982 Böblingen, West Germany Sweden Lars Wengberg England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Perry 		8–15, 5–15 Bronze Bronze

Football

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.

References

  1. ^ "Anette Börjesson on her rise to elite level of two sports". The Telegraph. 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ Andreas Nilsson (2009-08-27). "EM för damer 1984". SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  3. ^ "Fakta och meriter för medlemmarna i SFS Hall of Fame". SFS (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  4. ^ a b Heidi Silvander (2009-09-03). "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  5. ^ "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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