# Eefje Muskens

Eefje Muskens (born 17 June 1989), is a Dutch former badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her last partner for women's doubles was Selena Piek. She won the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Piek. Prior to that she already won her first National title in 2013 with Samantha Barning. She won a silver medal at the 2016 European Badminton Championships and a bronze medal at the 2014 European Badminton Championships with Piek. In 2016, she and Piek competed at the Rio Summer Olympics and reached the quarter-finals round. She also reached a semi-final at the 2016 Indonesia Open and won the 2014 edition of the Dutch Open and both the 2013 editions of the Scottish Open and the Bitburger Open BWF Grand Prix events.
After her retirement due to a shoulder injury in 2017, she first became the National coach for the Dutch Para-Badminton team and also head-coach of the talents at the Regional Centre in Arnhem. Currently Muskens is appointed as one of the doubles coaches of Badminton Nederland at Papendal.

## Achievements
### European Championships

Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2014 | Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia | Selena Piek | Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke | 23–25, 11–21 | Bronze |
| 2016 | Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France | Selena Piek | Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 18–21, 17–21 | Silver |

### BWF Grand Prix

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 | Samantha Barning | Selena Piek Iris Tabeling | 21–19, 16–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Canada Open | Selena Piek | Yu Xiaohan Huang Yaqiong | 21–13, 11–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Bitburger Open | Selena Piek | Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin | 22–20, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2013 | Scottish Open | Selena Piek | Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin | 25–23, 15–21, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2014 | Dutch Open | Selena Piek | Shendy Puspa Irawati Vita Marissa | 11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–10 | Winner |
| 2015 | Canada Open | Selena Piek | Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa | 19–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
| 2015 | Dutch Open | Selena Piek | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 22–24, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2015 | Brasil Open | Selena Piek | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | 17–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
| 2016 | Syed Modi International | Selena Piek | Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan | 15–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
    BWF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2009 | Norwegian International | Samantha Barning | Helle Nielsen Marie Røpke | 13–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Dutch International | Samantha Barning | Maria Helsbøl Anne Skelbæk | 21–8, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2012 | Croatian International | Samantha Barning | Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte | 21–18, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2012 | Norwegian International | Samantha Barning | Selena Piek Iris Tabeling | 22–20, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2012 | Irish International | Samantha Barning | Audrey Fontaine Émilie Lefel | 21–12, 21–8 | Winner |
| 2013 | Irish Open | Selena Piek | Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin | 21–17, 21–10 | Winner |
| 2013 | Italian International | Selena Piek | He Tian Tang Renuga Veeran | 21–10, 21–8 | Winner |
| 2014 | Swedish Masters | Selena Piek | Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke | 21–19, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2014 | Belgian International | Selena Piek | Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling | 11–9, 9–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament