Brenda Beenhakker


Brenda Beenhakker is a retired Dutch badminton player. 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 and 3 times in doubles.

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 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
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2002Baltiska hallen, Malmö, Sweden Mia Audina1–7, 6–8, 1–7 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1995Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia Mette Justesen11–0, 4–11, 12–10 Gold

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2005USA SCBA International Miyo Akao7–11, 11–7, 11–2 Winner
2003Dutch International Kamila Augustyn5–11, 4–11 Runner-up
2002Dutch International Karina de Wit7–5, 7–0, 7–4 Winner
2001Welsh International Sara Persson7–5, 7–5, 7–0 Winner
2001French International Tine Rasmussen7–2, 8–6, 5–7, 7–1 Winner
1999Australian International Sandra Dimbour3–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1997Welsh International Judith Meulendijks11–4, 11–6 Winner
1997Austrian International Judith Meulendijks1–11, 11–8, 9–12 Runner-up
1995Welsh International Elena Rybkina4–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Finnish International Paulien van Dooremalen Sandra Marinello
Katrin Piotrowski
11–15, 1–15 Runner-up