Cheryl Seinen

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Cheryl Seinen
Cheryl Seinen (NED).jpg
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28)
Roermond, Netherlands
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb) [1]
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking17 (WD with Selena Piek 4 May 2021)
29 (XD with Robin Tabeling 27 September 2018)
Current ranking29 (WD with Debora Jille 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Minsk Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Women's doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Huelva Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Saarbrücken Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Ankara Mixed team
BWF profile

Cheryl Seinen (born 4 August 1995) is a Dutch badminton player. [2] [3] She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2019 European Games with Selena Piek, [4] [5] and later the silver medal in 2023 with Debora Jille. [6] She also won two individual bronze medals at the European Badminton Championships.

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Career

Cheryl started playing badminton at a young age, brought to the sports hall by her parents, who were both former badminton players and now coaches in the Dutch city of Roermond. When she was 13 years old she moved away from her home to the Western part of the Netherlands to play badminton in Amstelveen for van Zijderveld. At age 15 she was called upon to join the Dutch National juniors squad in Papendal. After two and a half years she was removed from the National team, but fought her way back to the top and back into the National squad. [7] Seinen has won the women's doubles events in Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands, and has also won mixed doubles events in Scandinavia. She won her home event, the Dutch Open twice with Debora Jille in 2022 and 2023 after finishing runners-up two times in 2018 (with Selena Piek) and 2021 (with Debora Jille). Together with Selena Piek she reached the semi-finals at the Thailand Masters (BWF World Tour Super 300) in 2019 and also the semi-finals at the All England in 2021 (BWF World Tour Super 1000). She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics winning two matches and losing one match in group B, losing the quarter final match against the Korean opponents of Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan 8-21, 17-21. [8] She has won the women's doubles title a total of six times at the Dutch National Badminton Championships from 2017 till 2020 with Selena Piek and in 2022 and 2023 together with current partner Debora Jille; and she has also won the mixed doubles title twice in 2017 and 2028 with Robin Tabeling. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for BV Almere, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Vendsyssel Badminton Club.

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lauren Smith
14–21, 21–13, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold [5]
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
7–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver [6]

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Émilie Lefel
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Anne Tran
21–17, 18–21, 19–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
18–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille Flag of France.svg Margot Lambert
Flag of France.svg Anne Tran
15–21, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [10]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
17–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Scottish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Bolotova
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
15–21, 21–15, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Slovak Open Flag of Croatia.svg Katarina Galenić Flag of Poland.svg Magdalena Witek
Flag of Poland.svg Aneta Wojtkowska
11–7, 11–9, 5–11, 11–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Dutch International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gayle Mahulette Flag of the Netherlands.svg Myke Halkema
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lisa Malaihollo
21–14, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Slovak Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gayle Mahulette Flag of Slovenia.svg Nika Arih
Flag of Slovenia.svg Petra Polanc
21–13, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Finnish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alida Chen Flag of Sweden.svg Clara Nistad
Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Wengberg
16–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Romanian International Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Yea Ching
Flag of Malaysia.svg Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Slovenia International Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Swiss International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Malaysia.svg Amelia Alicia Anscelly
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teoh Mei Xing
13–21, 22–20, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Imke van der Aar
21–14, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Clara Nistad
21–17, 14–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chen Hsuan-yu
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
15–21, 21–14, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
5–10 retiredGold medal icon.svgWinner
2023Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Finne-Ipsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mai Surrow
21–9, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Norwegian International Flag of Finland.svg Anton Kaisti Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Michael Duwall Myhren
Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Wengberg
21–15, 17–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Iceland International Flag of Finland.svg Anton Kaisti Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pietryja
Flag of Poland.svg Aneta Wojtkowska
22–20, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Sara Thygesen
16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Spanish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee
Flag of Ireland.svg Chloe Magee
11–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Brazil International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
21–16, 21–23, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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