Cheryl Seinen

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] Seinen has won the women's doubles events in Romania, Slovakia and the Netherlands, and has also won mixed doubles events in Scandinavia. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

Cheryl Seinen
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995
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 ranking36 (WD with Debora Jille 27 June 2023)
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
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

Achievements

European Games

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

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

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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.[9]

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)

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)

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
  1. "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. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. Bech, Rasmus (29 June 2019). "Netherlands wins first ever European Games gold". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. "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. "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. "Seinen Cheryl". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. 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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