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.

Eefje Muskens
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  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Women's doubles
European Women's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Almere Women's team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Völklingen Mixed team
BWF profile

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

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European Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia
  Selena Piek   Line Damkjær Kruse
  Marie Røpke
23–25, 11–21   Bronze
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
  Selena Piek   Christinna Pedersen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
18–21, 17–21   Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Dutch Open   Samantha Barning   Selena Piek
  Iris Tabeling
21–19, 16–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2013 Canada Open   Selena Piek   Yu Xiaohan
  Huang Yaqiong
21–13, 11–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2013 Bitburger Open   Selena Piek   Ng Hui Ern
  Ng Hui Lin
22–20, 21–15   Winner
2013 Scottish Open   Selena Piek   Ng Hui Ern
  Ng Hui Lin
25–23, 15–21, 21–16   Winner
2014 Dutch Open   Selena Piek   Shendy Puspa Irawati
  Vita Marissa
11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–10   Winner
2015 Canada Open   Selena Piek   Jwala Gutta
  Ashwini Ponnappa
19–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2015 Dutch Open   Selena Piek   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
22–24, 15–21   Runner-up
2015 Brasil Open   Selena Piek   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
17–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2016 Syed Modi International   Selena Piek   Jung Kyung-eun
  Shin Seung-chan
15–21, 13–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament
 
Eefje Muskens

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Norwegian International   Samantha Barning   Helle Nielsen
  Marie Røpke
13–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2010 Dutch International   Samantha Barning   Maria Helsbøl
  Anne Skelbæk
21–8, 21–18   Winner
2012 Croatian International   Samantha Barning   Johanna Goliszewski
  Carla Nelte
21–18, 21–19   Winner
2012 Norwegian International   Samantha Barning   Selena Piek
  Iris Tabeling
22–20, 21–16   Winner
2012 Irish International   Samantha Barning   Audrey Fontaine
  Émilie Lefel
21–12, 21–8   Winner
2013 Irish Open   Selena Piek   Ng Hui Ern
  Ng Hui Lin
21–17, 21–10   Winner
2013 Italian International   Selena Piek   He Tian Tang
  Renuga Veeran
21–10, 21–8   Winner
2014 Swedish Masters   Selena Piek   Line Damkjær Kruse
  Marie Røpke
21–19, 21–11   Winner
2014 Belgian International   Selena Piek   Samantha Barning
  Iris Tabeling
11–9, 9–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  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.
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