Selena Piek

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Selena Piek
Selena Piek (NED).jpg
Piek at the 2007 Dutch Open
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 32)
Blaricum, Netherlands
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
HandednessRight
Coach Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Henri Vervoort [1]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (WD with Eefje Muskens 11 February 2016)
8 (XD with Robin Tabeling 18 July 2023)
12 (XD with Jacco Arends 26 November 2015)
Current ranking16 (XD with Robin Tabeling 13 August 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
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed doubles
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
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
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 2022 Madrid Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Saarbrücken Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Amsterdam Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Völklingen Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Milan Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. [2] She won the gold medals at the European Games in 2019 in the women's doubles, and in 2023 in the mixed doubles. She was part of the Badminton Europe Athletes' Commission from 2016 to 2020. [3] [4]

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Since joining the national team when she was 15, Piek has shown her talent in playing doubles. She won gold in the mixed doubles and silver medal in the girls' doubles at the 2009 European Junior Championships. She reached a career high of world number 7 in the women's doubles with Eefje Muskens and number 8 in the mixed doubles with Robin Tabeling. She participated in two events, mixed and women's doubles at two Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2020 in Tokyo, where she reached the quarter-finals in 2016 with Muskens and in 2020 with Cheryl Seinen. She also participated at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles event with Robin Tabeling.

Career

Piek started playing badminton at a young age and left her home in Weesp to join the Dutch National junior badminton squad at Papendal when she was 15 years old. Ever since then she lived close by Papendal in the Dutch city of Arnhem. Her early international glory was together first with partner Iris Tabeling, then with partner Eefje Muskens in the women's doubles event and first also with partner Jacco Arends in the mixed doubles event.

Her last women's doubles partner was Cheryl Seinen and currently her only focus internationally is in the mixed doubles event with Robin Tabeling. She won her first National doubles title in 2012 with Iris Tabeling. Thereafter, she won the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Eefje Muskens. [5] She won another three National doubles events with partner Cheryl Seinen in 2018, 2019 and 2020. She has also won the mixed doubles National championships title seven times since 2012 with four different partners (2012 with Dave Khodabux, 2013 with Ruud Bosch, 2014–2016 with Jacco Arends, 2020 and 2023 with Robin Tabeling).

Piek was the gold medalist at the 2019 European Games in the women's doubles event with Cheryl Seinen. [6]

She reached the Olympics quarter finals twice; at the Rio Olympics 2016 with Eefje Muskens and the Tokyo Olympics 2020 with Cheryl Seinen. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for Duinwijck in Haarlem, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Højbjerg Badminton Klub.

Jacco Arends and Selena Piek in action Jacco Arends and Selena Piek.jpg
Jacco Arends and Selena Piek in action

2023: Second European Games gold

Piek and her partner, Tabeling, started the 2023 season on the Asian tour with unsatisfactory results. They had to accept defeat in the early rounds at the Malaysia and India Opens as well as at the Indonesia Masters in January. Their performance then improved in March, reaching the quarter-finals at the All England Open and the semi-finals at the Swiss Open. In July, Piek won her second gold medal at the European Games by winning the mixed doubles title with Tabeling, where she previously in 2019 won the women's doubles with Cheryl Seinen. [7] In the remaining tournaments in 2023, Piek and Tabeling did not win any BWF World Tour, with their best were reaching the quarter-finals at the Hylo Open.

2024: 7th medals in the European Championships

In the first semester of 2024, Piek and her partner, Robin Tabeling has not won any single title. The best results that they achieved were a semi-finalists in the German, All England, and Swiss Opens. [8] [9] She then captured her seventh medal in the European Championships by winning the mixed doubles bronze, after losing to 1st seeded Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Bøje in the semi-finals. [10]

Piek made her third appearance at the Olympics by competing in the mixed doubles with Tabeling, but the duo was eliminated in the group stage. [1]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen 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

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of France.svg Thom Gicquel
Flag of France.svg Delphine Delrue
21–10, 13–21, 21–13 Med 1.png Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kamilla Rytter Juhl
18–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen 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 Cheryl Seinen Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
18–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
17–21, 8–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,
Madrid, Spain
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of France.svg Thom Gicquel
Flag of France.svg Delphine Delrue
19–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Alexandra Bøje
23–25, 23–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton,
Milan, Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Chervyakova
Flag of Russia.svg Romina Gabdullina
13–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton,
Milan, Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Geigenberger
Flag of Germany.svg Fabienne Deprez
21–16, 20–22, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [11] 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. [12]

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
6–13 retiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of England.svg Gabby Adcock
21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 French Open Super 750 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong
16–21, 21–14, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

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 Iris Tabeling Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens
19–21, 21–16, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Canada Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Xiaohan
21–13, 11–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Bitburger Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens 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 Eefje Muskens Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Kyung-eun
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Seung-chan
15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Scottish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Bolotova
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
15–21, 21–15, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
17–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Scottish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mikkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mai Surrow
21–10, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (28 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Slovak Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Ukraine.svg Marija Ulitina
Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalya Voytsekh
21–10, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Czech International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Denmark.svg Maria Helsbøl
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Skelbæk
22–20, 15–21, 21–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Italian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Poland.svg Malgorzata Kurdelska
Flag of Poland.svg Natalia Pocztowiak
21–15, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Estonian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Ukraine.svg Marija Ulitina
Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalya Voytsekh
21–12, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011Slovak Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit
21–7, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012Estonian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ilse Vaessen
21–15, 13–21, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Dutch International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lotte Jonathans
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paulien van Dooremalen
21–17, 19–21, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Germany.svg Johanna Goliszewski
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Judith Meulendijks
24–22, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Norwegian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens
20–22, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Swedish Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling Flag of Sweden.svg Emelie Lennartsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Wengberg
21–15, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Ern
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Lin
21–17, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013Italian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens Flag of Australia (converted).svg He Tian Tang
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
21–10, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Swedish Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens Flag of Denmark.svg Line Damkjær Kruse
Flag of Denmark.svg Marie Røpke
21–19, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
11–9, 9–11, 11–8, 10–11, 11–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Imke van der Aar
21–14, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Portugal International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Flag of Croatia.svg Staša Poznanović
14–21, 21–18, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Slovak Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Belarus.svg Aleksei Konakh
Flag of Belarus.svg Alesia Zaitsava
21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Hungarian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
Flag of Germany.svg Johanna Goliszewski
21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Estonian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Germany.svg Tim Dettmann
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ilse Vaessen
21–12, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011Slovak Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dave Khodabux Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Wojtkowska
21–13, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jorrit de Ruiter Flag of Singapore.svg Chayut Triyachart
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
25–23, 16–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dave Khodabux Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012Estonian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dave Khodabux Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jorrit de Ruiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
21–7, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Scottish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Bosch Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Gabrielle White
16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lena Grebak
18–21, 21–9, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Blair
Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
9–21, 21–19, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Italian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
21–23, 18–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Maas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
11–5, 11–10, 11–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Swedish Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
21–17, 17–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Ireland.svg Scott Evans
Flag of Sweden.svg Amanda Högström
21–17, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Belgian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall
Flag of Scotland.svg Julie MacPherson
21–11, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Austrian Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of Singapore.svg Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Flag of Singapore.svg Tan Wei Han
19–21, 21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Brazil International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
16–21, 23–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mikkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Søby Hansen
18–21, 21–13, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021Irish Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mikkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Søby Hansen
21–18, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022Dutch Open Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling Flag of England.svg Callum Hemming
Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh
21–17, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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