Jacco Arends

Jacco Arends
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking33 (MD with Jelle Maas 9 January 2014)
12 (XD with Selena Piek 26 November 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Liévin Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Völklingen Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek.[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships,[2] and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

  1. ^ "Jacco Arends Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ Lollike, Emma (26 April 2016). "Arends and Piek are going after a medal". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Rio Countdown: Dutch Duo Seek to Re-create Magic". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2020.