Selena Piek

Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

Selena Piek
Piek at the 2007 Dutch Open
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 33) Blaricum, Netherlands
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Henri Vervoort[1]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	7 (WD with Eefje Muskens 11 February 2016) 8 (XD with Robin Tabeling 18 July 2023) 12 (XD with Jacco Arends 26 November 2015)
Current ranking	16 (XD with Robin Tabeling 13 August 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Netherlands European Games 2019 Minsk Women's doubles 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed doubles European Championships 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's doubles 2014 Kazan Women's doubles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles 2018 Huelva Women's doubles 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles 2022 Madrid Mixed doubles 2024 Saarbrücken Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2012 Amsterdam Women's team European Junior Championships 2009 Milan Mixed doubles 2007 Völklingen Mixed team 2009 Milan Women's doubles 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.

Jacco Arends and Selena Piek in action

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.^[7] 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.^[8][9] 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.^[10]

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.^[1]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Cheryl Seinen	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	14–21, 21–13, 21–15	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Robin Tabeling	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	21–10, 13–21, 21–13	Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Eefje Muskens	Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke	23–25, 11–21	Bronze
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Eefje Muskens	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	18–21, 17–21	Silver
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Cheryl Seinen	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–17, 18–21, 19–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Cheryl Seinen	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	18–21, 16–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Jacco Arends	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	17–21, 8–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Robin Tabeling	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	19–21, 15–21	Bronze
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Robin Tabeling	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	23–25, 23–21, 18–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy	Iris Tabeling	Anastasia Chervyakova Romina Gabdullina	13–21, 17–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy	Jacco Arends	Jonas Geigenberger Fabienne Deprez	21–16, 20–22, 21–19	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] 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.^[12]

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	Selena Piek	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

References

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3. Agerbak, Brian (19 February 2016). "BEC Athletes election decided". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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6. Bech, Rasmus (29 June 2019). "Netherlands wins first ever European Games gold". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
7. "EK-goud badmintonners Piek en Tabeling in gemengd dubbel: 'Zo onwijs trots'" (in Dutch). NOS. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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11. 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.
12. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 April 2016)
• Selena Piek at BWFBadminton.com
• Selena Piek at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Selena Piek at Olympics.com
• Selena Piek at Olympedia
• Selena Piek at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)