Eefje Muskens

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 Bronze 2016 Vendéspace,La Roche-sur-Yon, France Selena Piek Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl 18–21, 17–21 Silver 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 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament