Brenda Beenhakker (born 18 February 1977) is a retired Dutch badminton player.^[1] 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 (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) and 3 times in doubles (2005 – with Karina de Wit, 2006 & 2007 – with Judith Meulendijks).

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Brenda Beenhakker
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Nickname(s)	Big Brenda
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1977-02-18) 18 February 1977 (age 47) Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Career record	172 wins, 120 losses
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Netherlands Uber Cup 2002 Guangzhou Women's team European Championships 2002 Malmö Women's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2004 Geneva Mixed team 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team 2002 Malmö Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2006 Thessaloniki Women's team European Junior Championships 1995 Nitra Girls' singles
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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 was also crowned as European Junior Champion, becoming the first ever Dutch to win the girls' singles title. Beenhakker played badminton for BC Smashing (Wijchen) in the Dutch premier league. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 European Badminton Championships in Malmö, Sweden. She stopped playing international tournaments in April 2006, after a badminton 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 had also given training at the Dutch clubs BECA Arnhem and BC Mariken in Nijmegen.