Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (born 20 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She was a gold medalist in the 2015 European Games and 2025 European Championships. In the juniors, she won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen.

Career Kjærsfeldt began to playing badminton at the age of eight, and started to playing competitively at the age of 15. She competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal in the girls' doubles partnered with Sandra-Maria Jensen, after in the semi-finals, they were beaten by the Chinese pair Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni in straight games. Kjærsfeldt won her first international title in the women's doubles at the 2011 Croatian International with Jensen. She then played at the Vantaa European Junior Championships, won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Kim Astrup and bronze medal in the girls' doubles with Jensen. She entered two finals at the Scottish International, and won her first mixed doubles title with Astrup.

In 2012, Kjærsfeldt won her first title of the year at the Banuinvest International in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen. In May, Kjærsfeldt finished runner-up at the Denmark International in the mixed doubles with Kim Astrup. She then won her first women's singles title at the Irish Open. After won the title in Ireland, she then entered the top 100 BWF world ranking.

Kjærsfeldt opened the 2013 season by winning the Estonian International. In March, she clinched the girls' singles silver medal at the European Junior Championships, after being defeated by Bulgarian Stefani Stoeva in the final. In 2014, Kjærsfeldt won the Finnish Open, and also runners-up in the Swedish Masters and Irish Open.

Kjærsfeldt competed at the 2015 Baku European Games and won the gold medal in the women's singles. She then won a Grand Prix title at the Scottish Open beating home favorite Kirsty Gilmour in the final in three games. In 2016, she was defeated by Carolina Marín in the semi-finals of the European Championships, settled for the bronze medal. Kjærsfeldt made her debut at the Olympics in Rio 2016, but her pace was stopped in the group stage. In December, she won her second Irish Open title.

Achievements

European Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Lianne Tan 18–21, 21–19, 21–9 Gold 2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Kirsty Gilmour 21–13, 16–21, 8–21 Bronze

European Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Carolina Marín 21–23, 15–21 Bronze 2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Evgeniya Kosetskaya 10–21, 14–21 Bronze 2025 Forum, Horsens, Denmark Kirsty Gilmour 21–16, 21–17 Gold 2026 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Kirsty Gilmour 17–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2010 Domo del Code Jalisco,Guadalajara, Mexico Sandra-Maria Jensen Bao Yixin Ou Dongni 15–21, 7–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Stefani Stoeva 13–21, 25–23, 19–21 Silver

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Energia Areena,Vantaa, Finland Sandra-Maria Jensen Thamar Peters Josephine Wentholt 21–16, 15–21, 19–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Energia Areena,Vantaa, Finland Kim Astrup Matthew Nottingham Helena Lewczynska 19–21, 21–14, 21–16 Gold

BWF World Tour (7 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Tai Tzu-ying 21–17, 10–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up 2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Mia Blichfeldt 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Beiwen Zhang 18–21, 21–16, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Nozomi Okuhara 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2024 Canada Open Super 500 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2025 Swiss Open Super 300 Chen Yufei 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2015 Scottish Open Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 21–16, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Bitburger Open Anders Skaarup Rasmussen He Jiting Du Yue 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Scottish International Judith Meulendijks 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2012 Irish Open Chloe Magee 23–21, 18–21, 21–18 Winner 2013 Estonian International Natalia Perminova 13–21, 21–18, 21–18 Winner 2014 Swedish Masters Kirsty Gilmour 22–24, 21–12, 10–21 Runner-up 2014 Finnish Open Anna Thea Madsen 21–9, 13–3 Retired Winner 2014 Irish Open Beatriz Corrales 21–23, 13–21 Runner-up 2016 Irish Open Sung Shuo-yun 21–18, 21–18 Winner 2021 Irish Open Hsu Wen-chi 9–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up 2021 Scottish Open Hsu Wen-chi 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Croatian International Sandra-Maria Jensen Natalia Pocztowiak Staša Poznanović 21–14, 21–18 Winner 2012 Banuinvest International Sandra-Maria Jensen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Croatian International Kim Astrup Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović 13–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2011 Scottish International Kim Astrup Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska 15–21, 21–15, 21–13 Winner 2012 Denmark International Kim Astrup Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann 19–21, 9–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Invitational tournament Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Copenhagen Masters P. V. Sindhu 21–12, 21–19 Winner

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