Christine Magnusson

Birth Name: Christine Kajumba Magnusson

Place of Birth: Toro Kingdom, Uganda

Date of Birth: November 21, 1964

Ethnicity:
*Swedish (father)
*Batooro Ugandan (mother)

Christine Magnusson is a Swedish badminton player. She won events in the Swedish National, open European, and other international tournaments.

She was born in Uganda, to a Swedish father and a Ugandan mother. The family left Uganda during the rule of Idi Amin, and moved to Sweden in 1975, after also living in Kenya for a while; where she first came in contact with badminton. Christine is married to Danish badminton player Max Gandrup, with whom she has two children.

1 Response

  1. suburbanwinemom2020 says:

    Add Batooro to the ethnicity and tags. Kajumba is a Tooro name and seems to be most common in the Karabole and Kyenjojo districts, which is where the Batooro are from.

    https://forebears.io/surnames/kajumba

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