Selena Piek

Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. 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.

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.

Career Piek started playing badminton at a young age and left her home in Weesp to join the Dutch National junior badminton squad at Papendal when she was 15 years old. Ever since then she lived close by Papendal in the Dutch city of Arnhem. Her early international glory was together first with partner Iris Tabeling, then with partner Eefje Muskens in the women's doubles event and first also with partner Jacco Arends in the mixed doubles event.

Her last women's doubles partner was Cheryl Seinen and currently her only focus internationally is in the mixed doubles event with Robin Tabeling. She won her first National doubles title in 2012 with Iris Tabeling. Thereafter, she won the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Eefje Muskens. She won another three National doubles events with partner Cheryl Seinen in 2018, 2019 and 2020. She has also won the mixed doubles National championships title seven times since 2012 with four different partners (2012 with Dave Khodabux, 2013 with Ruud Bosch, 2014–2016 with Jacco Arends, 2020 and 2023 with Robin Tabeling).

Piek was the gold medalist at the 2019 European Games in the women's doubles event with Cheryl Seinen.

She reached the Olympics quarter finals twice; at the Rio Olympics 2016 with Eefje Muskens and the Tokyo Olympics 2020 with Cheryl Seinen. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for Duinwijck in Haarlem, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Højbjerg Badminton Klub.

2023: Second European Games gold Piek and her partner, Tabeling, started the 2023 season on the Asian tour with unsatisfactory results. They had to accept defeat in the early rounds at the Malaysia and India Opens as well as at the Indonesia Masters in January. Their performance then improved in March, reaching the quarter-finals at the All England Open and the semi-finals at the Swiss Open. In July, Piek won her second gold medal at the European Games by winning the mixed doubles title with Tabeling, where she previously in 2019 won the women's doubles with Cheryl Seinen. In the remaining tournaments in 2023, Piek and Tabeling did not win any BWF World Tour, with their best were reaching the quarter-finals at the Hylo Open.

2024: 7th medals in the European Championships In the first semester of 2024, Piek and her partner, Robin Tabeling has not won any single title. The best results that they achieved were a semi-finalists in the German, All England, and Swiss Opens. She then captured her seventh medal in the European Championships by winning the mixed doubles bronze, after losing to 1st seeded Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Bøje in the semi-finals.

Piek made her third appearance at the Olympics by competing in the mixed doubles with Tabeling, but the duo was eliminated in the group stage. is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Cheryl Seinen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Jacco Arends Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 6–13 retired Runner-up 2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Robin Tabeling Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock 21–17, 21–13 Winner 2022 French Open Super 750 Robin Tabeling Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 16–21, 21–14, 20–22 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 6 runners-up) 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 Result 2012 Dutch Open Iris Tabeling Samantha Barning Eefje Muskens 19–21, 21–16, 22–20 Winner 2013 Canada Open Eefje Muskens Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan 21–13, 11–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2013 Bitburger Open Eefje Muskens Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin 22–20, 21–15 Winner 2013 Scottish Open Eefje Muskens Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin 25–23, 15–21, 21–16 Winner 2014 Dutch Open Eefje Muskens Shendy Puspa Irawati Vita Marissa 11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–10 Winner 2015 Canada Open Eefje Muskens Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2015 Dutch Open Eefje Muskens Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 22–24, 15–21 Runner-up 2015 Brasil Open Eefje Muskens Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2016 Syed Modi International Eefje Muskens Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2017 Scottish Open Cheryl Seinen Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova 15–21, 21–15, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Dutch Open Jacco Arends Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2017 Scottish Open Jacco Arends Mikkel Mikkelsen Mai Surrow 21–10, 21–10 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (28 titles, 9 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Slovak Open Iris Tabeling Marija Ulitina Natalya Voytsekh 21–10, 21–18 Winner 2010 Czech International Iris Tabeling Maria Helsbøl Anne Skelbæk 22–20, 15–21, 21–7 Winner 2010 Italian International Iris Tabeling Malgorzata Kurdelska Natalia Pocztowiak 21–15, 21–9 Winner 2011 Estonian International Iris Tabeling Marija Ulitina Natalya Voytsekh 21–12, 21–16 Winner 2011 Slovak Open Iris Tabeling Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit 21–7, 21–9 Winner 2012 Estonian International Iris Tabeling Samantha Barning Ilse Vaessen 21–15, 13–21, 21–10 Winner 2012 Dutch International Iris Tabeling Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen 21–17, 19–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2012 Belgian International Iris Tabeling Johanna Goliszewski Judith Meulendijks 24–22, 21–18 Winner 2012 Norwegian International Iris Tabeling Samantha Barning Eefje Muskens 20–22, 16–21 Runner-up 2013 Swedish Masters Iris Tabeling Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2013 Irish Open Eefje Muskens Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin 21–17, 21–10 Winner 2013 Italian International Eefje Muskens He Tian Tang Renuga Veeran 21–10, 21–8 Winner 2014 Swedish Masters Eefje Muskens Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke 21–19, 21–11 Winner 2014 Belgian International Eefje Muskens Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling 11–9, 9–11, 11–8, 10–11, 11–7 Winner 2017 Belgian International Cheryl Seinen Debora Jille Imke van der Aar 21–14, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Portugal International Jacco Arends Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović 14–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up 2010 Slovak Open Jacco Arends Aleksei Konakh Alesia Zaitsava 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2010 Hungarian International Jacco Arends Peter Käsbauer Johanna Goliszewski 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2011 Estonian International Jacco Arends Tim Dettmann Ilse Vaessen 21–12, 21–14 Winner 2011 Slovak Open Dave Khodabux Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska 21–13, 21–18 Winner 2011 Belgian International Jorrit de Ruiter Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei 25–23, 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2011 Irish Open Dave Khodabux Marcus Ellis Heather Olver 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2012 Estonian International Dave Khodabux Jorrit de Ruiter Samantha Barning 21–7, 21–12 Winner 2012 Scottish International Ruud Bosch Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2013 Belgian International Jacco Arends Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak 18–21, 21–9, 15–21 Runner-up 2013 Irish Open Jacco Arends Robert Blair Imogen Bankier 9–21, 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2013 Italian International Jacco Arends Zvonimir Đurkinjak Eva Lee 21–23, 18–21 Winner 2014 Belgian International Jacco Arends Jelle Maas Iris Tabeling 11–5, 11–10, 11–7 Winner 2015 Swedish Masters Jacco Arends Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova 21–17, 17–21, 21–14 Winner 2017 Belgian International Jacco Arends Scott Evans Amanda Högström 21–17, 21–9 Winner 2018 Belgian International Jacco Arends Adam Hall Julie MacPherson 21–11, 21–13 Winner 2019 Austrian Open Robin Tabeling Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Tan Wei Han 19–21, 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2019 Brazil International Robin Tabeling Jacco Arends Cheryl Seinen 16–21, 23–21, 21–17 Winner 2021 Dutch Open Robin Tabeling Mikkel Mikkelsen Rikke Søby Hansen 18–21, 21–13, 15–21 Runner-up 2021 Irish Open Robin Tabeling Mikkel Mikkelsen Rikke Søby Hansen 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2022 Dutch Open Robin Tabeling Callum Hemming Jessica Pugh 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2024 Dutch Open Robin Tabeling Callum Hemming Estelle van Leeuwen 21–17, 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament