Eefje Muskens
Birth date17 June 1989 (age 37)
Birth placeGoirle, Netherlands
Height1.64m
CountryNetherlands
EventWomen's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7
Date of highest rankingWD, 11 February 2016
HandednessRight
Bwfbadminton id54453
Bwf idC40370DD-92EB-4065-922F-4B02C12383A0

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.

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
2014Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia		Selena PiekLine Damkjær Kruse
Marie Røpke		23–25, 11–21Bronze
2016Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France		Selena PiekChristinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		18–21, 17–21Silver

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
2012Dutch OpenSamantha BarningSelena Piek
Iris Tabeling		21–19, 16–21, 20–22Runner-up
2013Canada OpenSelena PiekYu Xiaohan
Huang Yaqiong		21–13, 11–21, 13–21Runner-up
2013Bitburger OpenSelena PiekNg Hui Ern
Ng Hui Lin		22–20, 21–15Winner
2013Scottish OpenSelena PiekNg Hui Ern
Ng Hui Lin		25–23, 15–21, 21–16Winner
2014Dutch OpenSelena PiekShendy Puspa Irawati
Vita Marissa		11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–10Winner
2015Canada OpenSelena PiekJwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa		19–21, 16–21Runner-up
2015Dutch OpenSelena PiekGabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		22–24, 15–21Runner-up
2015Brasil OpenSelena PiekChen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		17–21, 14–21Runner-up
2016Syed Modi InternationalSelena PiekJung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan		15–21, 13–21Runner-up
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Norwegian InternationalSamantha BarningHelle Nielsen
Marie Røpke		13–21, 18–21Runner-up
2010Dutch InternationalSamantha BarningMaria Helsbøl
Anne Skelbæk		21–8, 21–18Winner
2012Croatian InternationalSamantha BarningJohanna Goliszewski
Carla Nelte		21–18, 21–19Winner
2012Norwegian InternationalSamantha BarningSelena Piek
Iris Tabeling		22–20, 21–16Winner
2012Irish InternationalSamantha BarningAudrey Fontaine
Émilie Lefel		21–12, 21–8Winner
2013Irish OpenSelena PiekNg Hui Ern
Ng Hui Lin		21–17, 21–10Winner
2013Italian InternationalSelena PiekHe Tian Tang
Renuga Veeran		21–10, 21–8Winner
2014Swedish MastersSelena PiekLine Damkjær Kruse
Marie Røpke		21–19, 21–11Winner
2014Belgian InternationalSelena PiekSamantha Barning
Iris Tabeling		11–9, 9–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9Winner
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.