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] She also won two individual bronze medals at the European Badminton Championships.

Cheryl Seinen
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 30) Roermond, Netherlands
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	17 (WD with Selena Piek 4 May 2021) 29 (XD with Robin Tabeling 27 September 2018)
Current ranking	29 (WD with Debora Jille 16 April 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Netherlands European Games 2019 Minsk Women's doubles 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Women's doubles European Championships 2018 Huelva Women's doubles 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles 2024 Saarbrücken Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team European Junior Championships 2013 Ankara Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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 2018 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

European Games

Women's doubles

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

European Championships

Women's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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	Selena Piek	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	17–21, 18–21	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	Selena Piek	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	15–21, 21–15, 21–11	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	Katarina Galenić	Magdalena Witek Aneta Wojtkowska	11–7, 11–9, 5–11, 11–7	Winner
2015	Dutch International	Gayle Mahulette	Myke Halkema Lisa Malaihollo	21–14, 23–21	Winner
2015	Slovak Open	Gayle Mahulette	Nika Arih Petra Polanc	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2015	Finnish International	Alida Chen	Clara Nistad Emma Wengberg	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Romanian International	Jessica Pugh	Goh Yea Ching Peck Yen Wei	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2016	Slovenia International	Jessica Pugh	Chloe Birch Sarah Walker	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Swiss International	Iris Tabeling	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Teoh Mei Xing	13–21, 22–20, 21–10	Winner
2017	Belgian International	Selena Piek	Debora Jille Imke van der Aar	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2021	Dutch Open	Debora Jille	Johanna Magnusson Clara Nistad	21–17, 14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	Irish Open	Debora Jille	Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville	15–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2022	Dutch Open	Debora Jille	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	5–10 retired	Winner
2023	Dutch Open	Debora Jille	Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow	21–9, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Norwegian International	Anton Kaisti	Filip Michael Duwall Myhren Emma Wengberg	21–15, 17–21, 21–14	Winner
2016	Iceland International	Anton Kaisti	Paweł Pietryja Aneta Wojtkowska	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2016	Irish Open	Robin Tabeling	Mathias Christiansen Sara Thygesen	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Spanish International	Robin Tabeling	Sam Magee Chloe Magee	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Brazil International	Jacco Arends	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	21–16, 21–23, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament