| Selena Piek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Piek at the 2007 Dutch Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1991 Blaricum, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Henri Vervoort[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 7 (WD with Eefje Muskens 11 February 2016) 8 (XD with Robin Tabeling 18 July 2023) 12 (XD with Jacco Arends 26 November 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 16 (XD with Robin Tabeling 13 August 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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.
- ^ "Piek Selena". Paris 2024 Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Selena Piek". Badminton Europe Player Profile. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Agerbak, Brian (19 February 2016). "BEC Athletes election decided". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Badminton Europe Commission Chair". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.