Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in 1992 and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993.^[1]

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Rikke Olsen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1975-04-19) 19 April 1975 (age 48) Roskilde, Denmark
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD) 1 (XD)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark World Championships 2003 Birmingham Women's doubles 2003 Birmingham Mixed doubles 2001 Seville Mixed doubles 1999 Copenhagen Mixed doubles 1997 Glasgow Mixed doubles 1995 Lausanne Women's doubles World Cup 1996 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1995 Jakarta Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team 2001 Seville Mixed team 1997 Glasgow Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 1998 Hong Kong Women's team 1996 Hong Kong Women's team European Championships 2000 Glasgow Mixed doubles 1998 Sofia Women's doubles 1998 Sofia Mixed doubles 1996 Herning Mixed doubles 2004 Geneva Women's doubles 2004 Geneva Mixed doubles 2000 Glasgow Women's doubles 1996 Herning Women's doubles 2002 Malmö Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2004 Geneva Mixed team 2002 Malmö Mixed team 2000 Glasgow Mixed team 1998 Sofia Mixed team 1996 Herning Mixed team World Junior Championships 1992 Jakarta Mixed doubles European Junior Championships 1993 Sofia Girls' doubles 1993 Sofia Mixed team 1993 Sofia Girls' singles
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Born in Søndre Roskilde, Olsen came from the badminton family, and started playing at the age of six.^[2] She trained in Kastrup-Magleby BK and played for the team for eight seasons,^[3] won fourteen National titles, seven World Championships bronze medals, three times runner-up in All England Open, and reached in to the bronze medal match at the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004.^[4] During her career, she was ranked as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 2 in the women's doubles.^[3] After retiring from the tournament, she became the national junior coach.^[2] She is currently performance manager at Badminton New Zealand.^[5]

Her sister Lotte Olsen also played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is married to German badminton player Björn Siegemund and settled in Solrød Strand.^[2] The pair has two kids.

Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second. In the quarterfinals, Olsen and Jørgensen lost to Huang Sui and Gao Ling of China 15-6, 15-7.

She also competed in mixed doubles with partner Jonas Rasmussen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Daniel Shirley and Sara Petersen of New Zealand in the second. In the quarterfinals, Olsen and Rasmussen beat Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min of Korea 17-14, 15-8, to advance to the semifinals. There, they lost to Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of Great Britain 15-6, 15-12. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by fellow Danish pair Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager 15-5, 15-5, to finish in fourth place.

In February 2018, Olsen Siegemund left her job as Danish Under 19s national coach to start a four year contract as combined sports manager and national coach for New Zealand.^[6]