Debora Jille

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Debora Jille
Debora Jille.jpg
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 25)
Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Residence Arnhem, Netherlands
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight [1]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking23 (WD with Cheryl Seinen 3 January 2023)
61 (XD with Ties van der Lecq 20 December 2022)
Current ranking29 (WD with Cheryl Seinen 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Women's doubles
European Championships
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
BWF profile

Debora Jille (born 11 September 1999) is a Dutch badminton player. [2]

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She won the silver medal at the 2023 European Games with Cheryl Seinen. [3]

Career

Debora Jille started playing badminton when she was almost seven years old. Just like her brothers Stefan and Ruben they first started playing tennis before picking up the sport of their mother, badminton in Houten and in Amersfoort. She won the women's doubles title twice at the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2022 and 2023 together with partner Cheryl Seinen; and also won the mixed doubles title in 2022 with Ties van der Lecq. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for BC Duinwijck. In the German Bundesliga league, she played for TV Refrath, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Vendsyssel Badminton Club.

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
7–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver [3]

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of France.svg Margot Lambert
Flag of France.svg Anne Tran
15–21, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Dutch International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Imke van der Aar Flag of Germany.svg Cisita Joity Jansen
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Overzier
18–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Imke van der Aar Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
14–21, 16-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Swedish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Imke van der Aar Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Karlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Magnusson
21–18, 11–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Dutch International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alyssa Tirtosentono Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund
Flag of Denmark.svg Freja Ravn
24–22, 19–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Croatian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alyssa Tirtosentono Flag of Ukraine.svg Hrystyna Dzhangobekova
Flag of Slovakia.svg Katarina Vargová
21–13, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Lithuanian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alyssa Tirtosentono Flag of Denmark.svg Christine Busch
Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Schulz
21–18, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen 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 Cheryl Seinen 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 Cheryl Seinen 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 Cheryl Seinen Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Finne-Ipsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mai Surrow
21–9, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Lithuanian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ties van der Lecq Flag of Russia.svg Georgii Karpov
Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriia Kozyreva
21–14, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Debora Jille". Badmintonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. "Spelers: Debora Jille". badmintonline.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Zilver voor Jille/Seinen op Europese Spelen 2023" (in Dutch). Blik op nieuws. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.