Brenda Beenhakker

Brenda Beenhakker (born 18 February 1977) is a retired Dutch badminton player.[1] She is the former European junior champion in the girls' singles event in 1995. She won Dutch National Championships for 8 times; 5 times in singles (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) and 3 times in doubles (2005 – with Karina de Wit, 2006 & 2007 – with Judith Meulendijks).

Brenda Beenhakker
Personal information
Nickname(s)Big Brenda
CountryNetherlands
Born (1977-02-18) 18 February 1977
Arnhem, Netherlands
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Career record172 wins, 120 losses
BWF profile

Career

Beenhakker surprised as a seventeen-year-old junior in 1995 by becoming women's singles Dutch national champion. When she was eleven, she became the Dutch junior champion for the first time. Hereafter several youth titles in her and higher age categories followed. A few months after her first championship with seniors in 1995, she also crowned as European Junior Champions, became the first ever Dutch to win the girls' singles title. Beenhakker played badminton for BC Smashing (Wijchen) in the Dutch premier league. She stopped playing international tournaments in April 2006, career lasting for 19 years.

The Arnhem player started badminton when she was ten years old, after having been interested in playing tennis before. Beenhakker is married, has a daughter and has been working at a childcare center in Wijchen since 2008. As of 2009/10 season, she succeeded Frans Rademaker as trainer of BC Smashing. She gives training at BECA Arnhem and BC Mariken in Nijmegen.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2002 Baltiska hallen, Malmö, Sweden Mia Audina 1–7, 6–8, 1–7 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1995 Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia Mette Justesen 11–0, 4–11, 12–10 Gold

IBF International

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 USA SCBA International Miyo Akao 7–11, 11–7, 11–2 Winner
2003 Dutch International Kamila Augustyn 5–11, 4–11 Runner-up
2002 Dutch International Karina de Wit 7–5, 7–0, 7–4 Winner
2001 Welsh International Sara Persson 7–5, 7–5, 7–0 Winner
2001 French International Tine Rasmussen 7–2, 8–6, 5–7, 7–1 Winner
1999 Australian International Sandra Dimbour 3–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1997 Welsh International Judith Meulendijks 11–4, 11–6 Winner
1997 Austrian International Judith Meulendijks 1–11, 11–8, 9–12 Runner-up
1995 Welsh International Elena Rybkina 4–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Finnish International Paulien van Dooremalen Sandra Marinello
Katrin Piotrowski
11–15, 1–15 Runner-up
gollark: You can overdose on basically anything.
gollark: You *probably* won't be dead at 75. Life expectancy in developed countries is higher than that.
gollark: Isn't it every 60 years or something?
gollark: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/22/nyt-is-threatening-my-safety-by-revealing-my-real-name-so-i-am-deleting-the-blog/
gollark: Well, it's actually particularly relevant for me today, since a blog I follow, SlateStarCodex, is (temporarily? I hope) shut down because a news reporter is apparently planning to release the author's real-world name in an article about it, i.e. very literal doxxing, despite said blog author saying that they did not want this.

References

  1. "Players: Brenda Beenhakker". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

Brenda Beenhakker at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.