Ruben Jille (born 11 July 1996) is a Dutch
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
player, specializing in doubles play. The righthanded Jille, started playing badminton at a small local club in
Houten
Houten () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.
Population centres
The municipality consists of the following towns:
* 't Goy
* Houten
* Schalkwijk
* Tull en 't Waal
Houten (town)
The main town in the municipality is ...
, the place where he grew up. He chose to join the
national team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
in 2014. In 2016, he was semi-finalist at the
Dutch Open partnered with
Jacco Arends
Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena P ...
in the men's doubles event. In 2017, this partnership won its first international title at the
Spanish International.
Achievements
European Championships
''Men's doubles''
BWF World Tour (1 title)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Men's doubles''
BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)
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.
''Men's doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
:
BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
People from Nieuwegein
Dutch male badminton players
Sportspeople from Utrecht (province)
21st-century Dutch people
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