{{Short description|Dutch badminton player (born 1978)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Judith Meulendijks | image = Judith_Meulendijks_(NED).jpg | image_size = 250 px | caption = Judith Meulendijks | nickname = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|9|26}} | birth_place = [[Helmond]], Netherlands | height = 1.69 m | weight = 64 kg | country = Netherlands | years_active = | handedness = | coach = | event = Women's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 19 (WS, 22 October 2009)<br/>32 (WD, 21 January 2010) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Uber Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2006 Thomas & Uber Cup|2006 Sendai & Tokyo]]|Women's team}} {{MedalBronze | [[2002 Thomas & Uber Cup|2002 Guangzhou]]|Women's team}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Women's Team Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2006 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2006 Thessalonica]]|Women's team}} {{MedalSilver | [[2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2008 Almere]]|Women's team}} {{MedalBronze | [[2012 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2012 Amsterdam]]|Women's team}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Junior Badminton Championships|European Junior Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1997 European Junior Badminton Championships|1997 Nymburk]]|Girls' singles}} {{MedalBronze | [[1997 European Junior Badminton Championships|1997 Nymburk]]|Mixed team}} | bwfbadminton_id = 6964 | bwf_id = 64834692-A214-45BC-8B5E-82988FA5AF75 | updated = }}
'''Judith Meulendijks''' (born 26 September 1978) is a Dutch [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judith Meulendijks |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/judith-meulendijks-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023942/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/judith-meulendijks-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=www.sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>
==Career== Meulendijks started playing badminton at the BC Phoenix in her hometown and then she went to BC Geldrop. In her junior career, she won 1994 Dutch junior championships in the girls' doubles partnered with Antoinette Achterberg, and in 1995 in the mixed doubles with [[Dicky Palyama]]. In 1996, she elected to join the [[Netherlands national badminton team|national team]], and in the same year, she won the national women's singles title. In 2007, she won the gold medal at the [[European Junior Badminton Championships|European Junior Championships]] in the girls' singles event, and also became the first of world-class junior players to make a mark on the International Badminton Federation tournament circuit when she took the women's singles title at the [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]].<ref>{{cite web|title=European Junior Championships, Individuals |url=http://badmintoneurope.com/cms/?&pageid=6079 |publisher=[[Badminton Europe]] |access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dutch Open: Dutch teenager takes singles crown |url=https://worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/19971012.html |publisher=worldbadminton.com |access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref>
In 2000, she competed at the [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Olympics]] in women's singles and was beaten in round 32 by [[Ye Zhaoying]], of China, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mia Audina ziet het goud al glinsteren |url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/mia-audina-ziet-het-goud-al-glinsteren~a4e9f9f3/ |publisher=[[Trouw]] |access-date=13 July 2016|language=nl}}</ref> Meulendijks was a part of the Dutch team who won the [[2002 Thomas & Uber Cup|2002]] bronze and [[2006 Thomas & Uber Cup|2006]] silver at the [[Uber Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|title=China Clinch Tenth Uber Cup |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/2006/May/167546.htm |publisher=[[China Internet Information Center]] |access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref>
She won the [[Dutch National Badminton Championships]] three times in the Women's singles category (1996, 2008 & 2012) and the Women's doubles two times (2006 & 2007) with [[Brenda Beenhakker]]. She ended her international singles career in style reaching the finals at her home [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] event in 2012 where she lost to Czech player [[Kristina Gavnholt]]. She played for many clubs in the Netherlands (BC Phoenix, BC Geldrop, Pellikaan Tilburg, BC Nuenen, BCO Bali & BC Duinwijck), Germany (FC Langenfeld & Bayer Uerdingen with which she won the German Bundesliga title in 2002 & 2003) and Denmark (Team Aarhus & Vendsyssel). She now is a badminton coach in Switzerland.
==Major achievements==
{| class="wikitable" width="600px" style="font-size: 95%;" ! align="left" | Year ! align="left" | Venue/Tournament ! align="left" | Event ! align="left" | Result |- |- style="background: #F0F8FF" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''[[Uber Cup]]''' |- | align="center" | [[2006 Thomas & Uber Cup|2006]] | align="left" | Sendai and Tokyo, Japan | align="left" | Women's team | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | [[2002 Thomas & Uber Cup|2002]] | align="left" | Guangzhou, China | align="left" | Women's team | style="text-align: center; background: #b8860b" | 3 |- |- style="background: #F0F8FF" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''[[European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Women's Team Championships]]''' |- | align="center" | [[2012 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2012]] | align="left" | Amsterdam, Netherlands | align="left" | Women's team | style="text-align: center; background: #b8860b" | 3 |- | align="center" | [[2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2008]] | align="left" | Almere, Netherlands | align="left" | Women's team | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | [[2006 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2006]] | align="left" | Thessalonica, Greece | align="left" | Women's team | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- |- style="background: #AABBCC" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''[[European Junior Badminton Championships|European Junior Championships]]''' |- | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | Nymburk, Czech Republic | align="left" | Girls' singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- |- style="background: #D4F1C5" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''BWF Grand Prix''' |- | align="center" | [[2012 Dutch Open Grand Prix|2012]] | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2010 | align="left" | [[U.S. Open Badminton Championships|U.S. Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2009 | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- |- style="background: #D8CEF6" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''BWF International Challenge/Series''' |- | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | [[Belgian International]] | align="left" | Women's doubles ({{flagicon|GER}} [[Johanna Goliszewski]]) | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | [[Orleans International|French International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | [[Orleans International|French International]] | align="left" | Women's doubles ({{flagicon|GER}} [[Johanna Goliszewski]]) | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | [[Estonian International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 2011 | align="left" | [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 2010 | align="left" | [[Turkey International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 2010 | align="left" | [[Spanish International (badminton)|Spanish International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2009 | align="left" | [[Finnish Open (badminton)|Finnish Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2008 | align="left" | [[Czech International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | [[Spanish International (badminton)|Spanish International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | [[Portugal International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- |- style="background: #D4F1C5" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''IBF World Grand Prix''' |- | align="center" | 2006 | align="left" | [[Macau Open Badminton Championships|Macau Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- |- style="background: #D5D5D5" | align="left" colspan="4" | '''Other International Championships''' |- | align="center" | 2006 | align="left" | [[Spanish International (badminton)|Spanish International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2005 | align="left" | [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2003 | align="left" | [[French Open (badminton)|French Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2003 | align="left" | [[Portugal International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2001 | align="left" | [[Croatian International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 2000 | align="left" | [[Bitburger Open|BMW Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 1999 | align="left" | [[Bitburger Open|BMW Open]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 1998 | align="left" | [[Amor International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 1998 | align="left" | [[Bitburger Open|BMW Open]] | align="left" | Women's doubles ({{flagicon|NED}} [[Erica van den Heuvel]]) | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |- | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | [[Welsh International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #c0c0c0" | 2 |- | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | [[Austrian International]] | align="left" | Women's singles | style="text-align: center; background: #ffd700" | 1 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100708214942/http://old.internationalbadminton.org/player_info.asp?playerid=6964 BWF Player Profile] *[http://www.judithmeulendijks.nl/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110094725/http://www.judithmeulendijks.nl/ |date=2012-01-10 }}
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