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Debora Jille

{{Short description|Dutch badminton player (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Debora Jille

| image = Debora_Jille.jpg

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| country = Netherlands

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|9|11}}

| birth_place = Nieuwegein, Netherlands

| residence = Arnhem, Netherlands

| height = 1.75 m

| weight =

| years_active =

| handedness = Right{{cite web |title=Debora Jille |url=https://badmintonline.nl/spelers/debora-jille |website=Badmintonline.nl |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=nl}}

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| event = Women's & mixed doubles

| highest_ranking = 23 (WD with Cheryl Seinen 3 January 2023)
61 (XD with Ties van der Lecq 20 December 2022)

| date_of_highest_ranking =

| current_ranking = 29

| date_of_current_ranking = WD with Cheryl Seinen 16 April 2024

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Games }}

{{MedalSilver | {{Nowrap|2023 Kraków–Małopolska}} | {{Nowrap|Women's doubles}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2024 Saarbrücken | Women's doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2025 Horsens | Women's doubles }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Mixed Team Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Copenhagen | Mixed team }}

| bwfbadminton_id = 67373

| bwf_id = C3FE1E70-9266-4488-9354-949F2638B615

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Debora Jille (born 11 September 1999) is a Dutch badminton player.{{cite web |title= Spelers: Debora Jille |url=http://badmintonline.nl/spelers/debora-jille |website=badmintonline.nl |access-date=17 August 2016}} Partnered with Cheryl Seinen, she won the bronze medals at the 2023 European Games and 2024 European Championships.{{cite web |title=Zilver voor Jille/Seinen op Europese Spelen 2023 |url=https://www.blikopnieuws.nl/sport/299010/zilver-voor-jilleseinen-op-europese-spelen-2023.html |publisher=Blik op nieuws |date=1 July 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023 |language=nl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702003733/https://www.blikopnieuws.nl/sport/299010/zilver-voor-jilleseinen-op-europese-spelen-2023.html |archive-date=2 July 2023}}{{cite web |title=EK-brons voor badmintonsters Jille en Seinen na nederlaag in halve finales |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2516615-ek-brons-voor-badmintonsters-jille-en-seinen-na-nederlaag-in-halve-finales |publisher=NOS Sport |date=13 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=nl}} She also won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Championships with Sara Thygesen.{{cite web |title=Badmintonster Jille pakt opnieuw brons in dubbelspel op EK |url=https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5503854/badmintonster-jille-pakt-opnieuw-brons-dubbelspel-op-ek |publisher=RTL |date=12 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=nl}}

Career

Debora Jille started playing badminton when she was almost seven years old. Just like her brothers Stefan and Ruben they first started playing tennis before picking up the sport of their mother, badminton in Houten and in Amersfoort. She won the women's doubles title twice at the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2022 and 2023 together with partner Cheryl Seinen; and also won the mixed doubles title in 2022 with Ties van der Lecq. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for BC Duinwijck. In the German Bundesliga league, she played for TV Refrath, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Vendsyssel Badminton Club.

Achievements

= European Games =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

! Ref

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| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Gabriela Stoeva
{{flagicon|BUL}} Stefani Stoeva

| align="left" | 7–21, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

| style="text-align:center; background:white" |

= European Championships =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

! Ref

style="background:#ECF2FF"

| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Margot Lambert
{{flagicon|FRA}} Anne Tran

| align="left" | 15–21, 12–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

| style="text-align:center; background:white" |

style="background:#ECF2FF"

| align="center" | 2025

| align="left" | Forum,
Horsens, Denmark

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Gabriela Stoeva
{{flagicon|BUL}} Stefani Stoeva

| align="left" | 14–21, 10–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

| style="text-align:center; background:white" |

= BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up) =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Dutch International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Imke van der Aar

| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Cisita Joity Jansen
{{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Overzier

| align="left" | 18–21, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Belgian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Imke van der Aar

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Selena Piek
{{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | 14–21, 16-21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Swedish Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Imke van der Aar

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Emma Karlsson
{{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Magnusson

| align="left" | 21–18, 11–21, 19–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#D5D5D5"

| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Dutch International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Alyssa Tirtosentono

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Amalie Magelund
{{flagicon|DEN}} Freja Ravn

| align="left" | 24–22, 19–21, 11–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#E9E9E9"

| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Croatian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Alyssa Tirtosentono

| align="left" | {{flagicon|UKR}} Hrystyna Dzhangobekova
{{flagicon|SVK}} Katarina Vargová

| align="left" | 21–13, 21–9

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#E9E9E9"

| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Lithuanian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Alyssa Tirtosentono

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Christine Busch
{{flagicon|DEN}} Amalie Schulz

| align="left" | 21–18, 21–10

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2021

| align="left" | Dutch Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Magnusson
{{flagicon|SWE}} Clara Nistad

| align="left" | 21–17, 14–21, 12–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2021

| align="left" | Irish Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chen Hsuan-yu
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gronya Somerville

| align="left" | 15–21, 21–14, 21–14

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Dutch Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Chloe Birch
{{flagicon|ENG}} Lauren Smith

| align="left" | 5–10 retired

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Dutch Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Cheryl Seinen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Julie Finne-Ipsen
{{flagicon|DEN}} Mai Surrow

| align="left" | 21–9, 21–13

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Scottish Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sara Thygesen

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Chloe Birch
{{flagicon|ENG}} Estelle van Leeuwen

| align="left" | 21–14, 10–21, 21–8

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Lithuanian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Ties van der Lecq

| align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Georgii Karpov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Viktoriia Kozyreva

| align="left" | 21–14, 23–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament

References

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Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Nieuwegein

Category:Dutch female badminton players

Category:Badminton players at the 2023 European Games

Category:European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands

Category:European Games medalists in badminton

Category:21st-century Dutch sportswomen

Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany