Judith Meulendijks

Judith Meulendijks

Judith Meulendijks
Personal information
Born	(1978-09-26) 26 September 1978 (age 47) Helmond, Netherlands
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Badminton
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	19 (WS, 22 October 2009) 32 (WD, 21 January 2010)
BWF profile
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Netherlands Uber Cup 2006 Sendai & Tokyo Women's team 2002 Guangzhou Women's team European Women's Team Championships 2006 Thessalonica Women's team 2008 Almere Women's team 2012 Amsterdam Women's team European Junior Championships 1997 Nymburk Girls' singles 1997 Nymburk Mixed team

Judith Meulendijks (born 26 September 1978) is a Dutch badminton player. ^[1]

Career

Meulendijks started playing badminton at the BC Phoenix in her hometown and then she went to BC Geldrop. In her junior career, she won 1994 Dutch junior championships in the girls' doubles partnered with Antoinette Achterberg, and in 1995 in the mixed doubles with Dicky Palyama. In 1996, she elected to join the national team, and in the same year, she won the national women's singles title. In 2007, she won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and also became the first of world-class junior players to make a mark on the International Badminton Federation tournament circuit when she took the women's singles title at the Dutch Open. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2000, she competed at the Sydney Olympics in women's singles and was beaten in round 32 by Ye Zhaoying, of China, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7. ^[4] Meulendijks was a part of the Dutch team who won the 2002 bronze and 2006 silver at the Uber Cup. ^[5]

She won the Dutch National Badminton Championships three times in the Women's singles category (1996, 2008 & 2012) and the Women's doubles two times (2006 & 2007) with Brenda Beenhakker. She ended her international singles career in style reaching the finals at her home Dutch Open event in 2012 where she lost to Czech player Kristina Gavnholt. She played for many clubs in the Netherlands (BC Phoenix, BC Geldrop, Pellikaan Tilburg, BC Nuenen, BCO Bali & BC Duinwijck), Germany (FC Langenfeld & Bayer Uerdingen with which she won the German Bundesliga title in 2002 & 2003) and Denmark (Team Aarhus & Vendsyssel). She now is a badminton coach in Switzerland.

Major achievements

Year	Venue/Tournament	Event	Result
Uber Cup
2006	Sendai and Tokyo, Japan	Women's team	2
2002	Guangzhou, China	Women's team	3
European Women's Team Championships
2012	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Women's team	3
2008	Almere, Netherlands	Women's team	2
2006	Thessalonica, Greece	Women's team	1
European Junior Championships
1997	Nymburk, Czech Republic	Girls' singles	1
BWF Grand Prix
2012	Dutch Open	Women's singles	2
2010	U.S. Open	Women's singles	2
2009	Dutch Open	Women's singles	2
2007	Dutch Open	Women's singles	2
BWF International Challenge/Series
2012	Belgian International	Women's doubles ( Johanna Goliszewski)	2
2012	French International	Women's singles	1
2012	French International	Women's doubles ( Johanna Goliszewski)	1
2012	Estonian International	Women's singles	1
2011	Scottish International	Women's singles	1
2010	Turkey International	Women's singles	1
2010	Spanish International	Women's singles	2
2009	Finnish Open	Women's singles	2
2008	Czech International	Women's singles	2
2007	Spanish International	Women's singles	2
2007	Portugal International	Women's singles	1
IBF World Grand Prix
2006	Macau Open	Women's singles	1
1997	Dutch Open	Women's singles	1
Other International Championships
2006	Spanish International	Women's singles	2
2005	Scottish Open	Women's singles	2
2003	French Open	Women's singles	2
2003	Portugal International	Women's singles	2
2001	Croatian International	Women's singles	2
2000	BMW Open	Women's singles	2
1999	BMW Open	Women's singles	2
1998	Amor International	Women's singles	1
1998	BMW Open	Women's doubles ( Erica van den Heuvel)	1
1997	Welsh International	Women's singles	2
1997	Austrian International	Women's singles	1

References

1. "Judith Meulendijks". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
2. "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 13 July 2016.
3. "Dutch Open: Dutch teenager takes singles crown". worldbadminton.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
4. "Mia Audina ziet het goud al glinsteren" (in Dutch). Trouw . Retrieved 13 July 2016.
5. "China Clinch Tenth Uber Cup". China Internet Information Center . Retrieved 13 July 2016.

External links

• BWF Player Profile
• Home page Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine