Eefje Muskens

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

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.

  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.