Sara Petersen (badminton)

Sara Runesten Petersen (born 8 May 1975) is a Denmark-born female badminton player from New Zealand.

Sara Runesten-Petersen
Personal information
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1975-05-08) 8 May 1975 Denmark
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Event	Doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing New Zealand World Championships 2005 Anaheim Mixed doubles Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Women's doubles 2006 Melbourne Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed team Representing Denmark European Junior Championships 1993 Sofia Mixed doubles 1993 Sofia Mixed team 1993 Sofia Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

Petersen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles with partner Daniel Shirley. They defeated Philippe Bourret and Denyse Julien of Canada in the first round but lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.

They also won a bronze medal at the 2005 IBF World Championships in the mixed doubles.