Junior career Pedersen emerged as a rising star in Danish badminton by dominating the junior circuit before transitioning to senior competition. In 2005, she achieved a major breakthrough by winning the gold medal in the team and mixed doubles and a silver medal in the girls' doubles at the
European Junior Championship. Her talent was further recognized at the club level, where she helped her team, Vendsyssel Elite Badminton (VEB), win the promotion play-offs to enter the top-tier Badmintonligaen for the 2005-2006 season. By 2006, her performance on the international stage continued to ascend, as she secured a second-place finish in mixed doubles at the
Portugal International. This successful transition was formalized when she officially became a member of the Danish national team in 2006, marking the start of her elite professional career. and came third at the
2012 Summer Olympics. Pedersen and Fischer Nielsen also produced strong results on the
BWF Super Series circuit, winning a total of three World Superseries Finals and ten Superseries titles, and reaching a career high World Ranking of number 1. Viewed by Badminton Denmark as a medal contender for the 2020 Olympics, Pedersen will compete in the mixed doubles with Mathias Christiansen as of the end of the 2016/17 season, after Joachim Fischer Nielsen broke his left ankle at the BWF World Championships 2017 in Glasgow. In women's doubles, Pedersen has paired with
Kamilla Rytter Juhl from 2010 to 2018. Initially, the two athletes also focussed on competing with their respective partners in mixed doubles, however, as of 2015, Juhl has competed exclusively in the women's doubles. The pair won a silver medal at the
2015 World Championships, and a bronze medal at the
2013 Guangzhou World Championship and at the 2017 BWF World Championships. Pedersen and Rytter Juhl have won a total of four European women's doubles titles, one World Superseries Final and five Superseries titles, and have a career highest World Ranking of number 2. The pair won a silver medal at the
2016 Rio Olympics and, in doing so, became the first Europeans to ever compete in an Olympic women's doubles final. This was also her second olympic medal. Pedersen currently represents Skovshoved in the Danish Badminton League and lives in Copenhagen, where she trains with the national team. Off the badminton court, Pedersen is a qualified maths, history and food technology teacher. Pedersen announced her retirement in March 2019 together with Rytter Juhl. The duo journey in badminton will continue in the national tournament. ==Personal life==