Netherlands Player Erik Meijs died yesterday evening after a horrible car-accident on German Autobahn. He played as a captain in Bundesliga and leaves a pregnat girlfriend RIP Erik Meijs https://www.bcbeuel.de/?id=1528 https://www.tz.de/welt/erik-meijs-ist-tot-badminton-profi-stirbt-bei-unfall-auf-a3-zr-9370552.html
Tragic news. My deepest condolences to Erik Meijs's pregnant girlfriend and his family. RIP Erik Meijs.
RIP. His pregnant girlfriend is none other than former German XD player Birgit Michels according to most sources.
They've just started new mixed pair partnership and playing their first ever tournament in Dutch International 2017 and reach semifinal there. So sad ending story. My deep condolence to him and his family.
Tragic news indeed. It definitely gave me the chills when I heard about this yesterday on our national news media. The Dutch badminton scene isn’t particularly large, so it is a tremendous loss and quite a shock to us all. We lost a great player here, a great ambassador for Dutch badminton, a very sympathetic guy and a soon to become father ;(
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