Agnes Geene

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Agnes Geene (born 1947, married name Agnes van der Meulen) is a Dutch badminton player.

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Career

Agnes Geene won the junior championships in the Netherlands in 1964. In the following year, she succeeded as a senior for the first time. She was able to win both the ladies' double and the ladies' single championships. Six more titles followed until 1974. She won bronze at the 1968 European Badminton Championships in the Women's doubles. [1]

Results

SeasonEventDisciplinePlaceName
1964Netherlands: Individual Championships der JuniorenLadies singles1Agnes Geene
1965Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies doubles1Agnes Geene / Imre Rietveld [2]
1965Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies singles1Agnes Geene
1966Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies singles1Agnes Geene
1967Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies doubles1 Marja Ridder / Agnes Geene [2]
1968Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies singles1Agnes Geene
1968 European Badminton Championships Ladies doubles3Agnes Geene / Joke van Beusekom
1972Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies doubles1 Lily ter Metz / Agnes van der Meulen
1973Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies singles1Agnes van der Meulen
1974Netherlands: Individual ChampionshipsLadies doubles1 Marja Ridder / Agnes van der Meulen

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References

  1. "Nachbetrachtung zur Europameisterschaft in Bochum" (in German). Badminton-Rundschau, Volume 11(6). 5 June 1968. pp. 2–3.
  2. 1 2 National championships, Badminton people. Retrieved 22 May 2017