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Cheryl Seinen

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Cheryl Seinen
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)
Roermond, Netherlands
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking17 (WD with Selena Piek 4 May 2021)
29 (XD with Robin Tabeling 27 September 2018)
Current ranking29 (WD with Debora Jille 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Women's doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Huelva Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Saarbrücken Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ankara Mixed team
BWF profile

Cheryl Seinen (born 4 August 1995) is a Dutch badminton player.[2][3] She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2019 European Games with Selena Piek,[4][5] and later the silver medal in 2023 with Debora Jille.[6] She also won two individual bronze medals at the European Badminton Championships.

Career

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Cheryl started playing badminton at a young age, brought to the sports hall by her parents, who were both former badminton players and now coaches in the Dutch city of Roermond. When she was 13 years old she moved away from her home to the Western part of the Netherlands to play badminton in Amstelveen for van Zijderveld. At age 15 she was called upon to join the Dutch National juniors squad in Papendal. After two and a half years she was removed from the National team, but fought her way back to the top and back into the National squad. [7] Seinen has won the women's doubles events in Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands, and has also won mixed doubles events in Scandinavia. She won her home event, the Dutch Open twice with Debora Jille in 2022 and 2023 after finishing runners-up two times in 2018 (with Selena Piek) and 2021 (with Debora Jille). Together with Selena Piek she reached the semi-finals at the Thailand Masters (BWF World Tour Super 300) in 2019 and also the semi-finals at the All England in 2021 (BWF World Tour Super 1000). She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics winning two matches and losing one match in group B, losing the quarter final match against the Korean opponents of Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan 8-21, 17-21.[8] She has won the women's doubles title a total of six times at the Dutch National Badminton Championships from 2017 till 2020 with Selena Piek and in 2022 and 2023 together with current partner Debora Jille; and she has also won the mixed doubles title twice in 2017 and 2028 with Robin Tabeling. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for BV Almere, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Vendsyssel Badminton Club.

Achievements

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European Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus
Netherlands Selena Piek United Kingdom Chloe Birch
United Kingdom Lauren Smith
14–21, 21–13, 21–15 Gold Gold [5]
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Netherlands Debora Jille Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
7–21, 17–21 Silver Silver [6]

European Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Netherlands Selena Piek France Émilie Lefel
France Anne Tran
21–17, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Netherlands Selena Piek England Chloe Birch
England Lauren Smith
18–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
Netherlands Debora Jille France Margot Lambert
France Anne Tran
15–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] 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.[10]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Netherlands Selena Piek Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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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
2017 Scottish Open Netherlands Selena Piek Russia Ekaterina Bolotova
Russia Alina Davletova
15–21, 21–15, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Slovak Open Croatia Katarina Galenić Poland Magdalena Witek
Poland Aneta Wojtkowska
11–7, 11–9, 5–11, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Dutch International Netherlands Gayle Mahulette Netherlands Myke Halkema
Netherlands Lisa Malaihollo
21–14, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Slovak Open Netherlands Gayle Mahulette Slovenia Nika Arih
Slovenia Petra Polanc
21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Finnish International Netherlands Alida Chen Sweden Clara Nistad
Sweden Emma Wengberg
16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Romanian International England Jessica Pugh Malaysia Goh Yea Ching
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Slovenia International England Jessica Pugh England Chloe Birch
England Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Swiss International Netherlands Iris Tabeling Malaysia Amelia Alicia Anscelly
Malaysia Teoh Mei Xing
13–21, 22–20, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Netherlands Debora Jille
Netherlands Imke van der Aar
21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Dutch Open Netherlands Debora Jille Sweden Johanna Magnusson
Sweden Clara Nistad
21–17, 14–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Irish Open Netherlands Debora Jille Australia Chen Hsuan-yu
Australia Gronya Somerville
15–21, 21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Dutch Open Netherlands Debora Jille England Chloe Birch
England Lauren Smith
5–10 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Dutch Open Netherlands Debora Jille Denmark Julie Finne-Ipsen
Denmark Mai Surrow
21–9, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Norwegian International Finland Anton Kaisti Sweden Filip Michael Duwall Myhren
Sweden Emma Wengberg
21–15, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Iceland International Finland Anton Kaisti Poland Paweł Pietryja
Poland Aneta Wojtkowska
22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Irish Open Netherlands Robin Tabeling Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Sara Thygesen
16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Netherlands Robin Tabeling Republic of Ireland Sam Magee
Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee
11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Brazil International Netherlands Jacco Arends Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Selena Piek
21–16, 21–23, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athlete: Seinen Cheryl". Minsk 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Spelers: Cheryl Seinen". badmintonline.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Cheryl Seinen". University of Nottingham Sport. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ Bech, Rasmus (29 June 2019). "Netherlands wins first ever European Games gold". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Seinen pakt EK titel tijdens Europese Spelen" (in Dutch). Omroep Flevoland. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Zilver voor Jille/Seinen op Europese Spelen 2023" (in Dutch). Blik op nieuws. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Top badmintonner Cheryl Seinen". 9 March 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Seinen Cheryl" (in Dutch). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  9. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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