Eefje Muskens (born 17 June 1989), is a Dutch former badminton player who specializes in doubles. 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. 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. 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 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 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 Result2012Dutch Open Samantha Barning Selena Piek Iris Tabeling21–19, 16–21, 20–22 Runner-up2013Canada Open Selena Piek Yu Xiaohan Huang Yaqiong21–13, 11–21, 13–21 Runner-up2013Bitburger Open Selena Piek Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin22–20, 21–15 Winner2013Scottish Open Selena Piek Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin25–23, 15–21, 21–16 Winner2014Dutch Open Selena Piek Shendy Puspa Irawati Vita Marissa11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–10 Winner2015Canada Open Selena Piek Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa19–21, 16–21 Runner-up2015Dutch Open Selena Piek Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva22–24, 15–21 Runner-up2015Brasil Open Selena Piek Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan17–21, 14–21 Runner-up2016Syed Modi International Selena Piek Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan15–21, 13–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2009Norwegian International Samantha Barning Helle Nielsen Marie Røpke13–21, 18–21 Runner-up2010Dutch International Samantha Barning Maria Helsbøl Anne Skelbæk21–8, 21–18 Winner2012Croatian International Samantha Barning Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte21–18, 21–19 Winner2012Norwegian International Samantha Barning Selena Piek Iris Tabeling22–20, 21–16 Winner2012Irish International Samantha Barning Audrey Fontaine Émilie Lefel21–12, 21–8 Winner2013Irish Open Selena Piek Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin21–17, 21–10 Winner2013Italian International Selena Piek He Tian Tang Renuga Veeran21–10, 21–8 Winner2014Swedish Masters Selena Piek Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke21–19, 21–11 Winner2014Belgian International Selena Piek Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling11–9, 9–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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