Joke van Beusekom

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Beusekom, not Beusekom.

Joke van Beusekom
Joke van Beusekom in 1976
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1952-06-23) 23 June 1952 Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Netherlands World Championships 1977 Malmö Women's doubles European Championships 1972 Karlskrona Women's singles 1974 Vienna Women's singles 1978 Preston Women's singles 1968 Bochum Women's doubles 1974 Vienna Women's doubles 1978 Preston Women's doubles European Junior Championships 1969 Leidschendam-Voorburg Girls' doubles 1969 Leidschendam-Voorburg Girls' singles

Marjan Ridder and Joke van Beusekom (right) in 1976

Joke van Beusekom (born 23 June 1952 in Wassenaar, South Holland) is a retired female badminton player from the Netherlands.

Career

Nationally, she was the most successful Dutch female player, winning a record 25 Dutch titles and playing, between 1967 and 1983, 67 times for the Dutch team.

Internationally she was most successful in women's doubles, usually partnered with Marjan Luesken (later "Ridder"), winning at the (first) European Youth Championships in 1969, the Denmark Open in 1972 and 1975, the Irish International in 1975 (where she also won the singles title), and the Dutch Open in 1977. Van Beusekom and Luesken further earned bronze at the 1968, 1974, and 1978 European Championships, and silver at the (first) World Championships in 1977 in Malmö.

References

• (in Dutch) globalxs