Eefje Muskens

Last updated
Eefje Muskens
Selena Piek - Eefje Muskens Indonesia Open 2016-crop.jpg
Muskens (right) at the 2016 Indonesia Super Series Premier
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 35)
Goirle, Netherlands
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (WD) (11 February 2016)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Kazan Women's doubles
European Women's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Almere Women's team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Völklingen Mixed team
BWF profile

Eefje Muskens (born 17 June 1989), is a Dutch former badminton player who specializes in doubles. [1] Her last partner for women's doubles was Selena Piek. She won the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Piek. Prior to that she already won her first National title in 2013 with Samantha Barning. [2] She won a silver medal at the 2016 European Badminton Championships and a bronze medal at the 2014 European Badminton Championships with Piek. In 2016, she and Piek competed at the Rio Summer Olympics and reached the quarter-finals round. [3] She also reached a semi-final at the 2016 Indonesia Open and won the 2014 edition of the Dutch Open and both the 2013 editions of the Scottish Open and the Bitburger Open BWF Grand Prix events.

Contents

After her retirement due to a shoulder injury in 2017, she first became the National coach for the Dutch Para-Badminton team and also head-coach of the talents at the Regional Centre in Arnhem. Currently Muskens is appointed as one of the doubles coaches of Badminton Nederland at Papendal.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Denmark.svg Line Damkjær Kruse
Flag of Denmark.svg Marie Røpke
23–25, 11–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kamilla Rytter Juhl
18–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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
2012 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
21–19, 16–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Canada Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Xiaohan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong
21–13, 11–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Bitburger Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Ern
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Lin
22–20, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Scottish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Ern
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Lin
25–23, 15–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Indonesia.svg Shendy Puspa Irawati
Flag of Indonesia.svg Vita Marissa
11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Canada Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
19–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
22–24, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Brasil Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Yifan
17–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Syed Modi International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Kyung-eun
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Seung-chan
15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament
Eefje Muskens Eefje Muskens.jpg
Eefje Muskens

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 Norwegian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning Flag of Denmark.svg Helle Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marie Røpke
13–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Dutch International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning Flag of Denmark.svg Maria Helsbøl
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Skelbæk
21–8, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Croatian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning Flag of Germany.svg Johanna Goliszewski
Flag of Germany.svg Carla Nelte
21–18, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012Norwegian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
22–20, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Irish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning Flag of France.svg Audrey Fontaine
Flag of France.svg Émilie Lefel
21–12, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Ern
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Lin
21–17, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Italian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Australia (converted).svg He Tian Tang
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
21–10, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Swedish Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of Denmark.svg Line Damkjær Kruse
Flag of Denmark.svg Marie Røpke
21–19, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
11–9, 9–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Eefje Muskens". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. "Fantastic Four pick up National Titles : Surrey Smashers Badminton". surreysmashers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. "Dubbelkoppel Eefje Muskens / Selena Piek uitgeschakeld in kwartfinale Rio 2016" (in Dutch). badmintonline.nl. Retrieved 30 June 2017.