Delphine Delrue

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Delphine Delrue
Personal information
Birth nameDelphine Aurore Delrue
CountryFrance
Born (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 22)
Sarcelles, France[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Years activeRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking27 (WD with Léa Palermo 5 March 2019)
10 (XD with Thom Gicquel 9 March 2021)
Current ranking36 (WD with Léa Palermo), 10 (XD with Thom Gicquel) (3 August 2021)
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Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  France
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
European Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Liévin Women's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Women's doubles
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player.[2][3] Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016.[4] In 2015, she became the runner-up of European University Championships in women's doubles and mixed doubles events.[5] In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event with her partner Léa Palermo.[6] She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and Swiss International in the mixed doubles event.[7][8] In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Léa Palermo.[9] She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Palermo.[10] In 2019, she captured a bronze medal at the European Games in the mixed doubles event with Thom Gicquel.[11] Delrue and Gicquel reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World ranking in 9 March 2021.[12] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13]

Achievements[]

European Games[]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus 		France Thom Gicquel United Kingdom Marcus Ellis
United Kingdom Lauren Smith 		19–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Mediterranean Games[]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 El Morell Pavilion,
Tarragona, Spain 		France Léa Palermo Turkey Bengisu Erçetin
Turkey Nazlıcan İnci 		21–17, 21–16 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 4 runners-up)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[14] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[15]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Orléans Masters Super 100 France Léa Palermo Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		8–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 France Thom Gicquel England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 France Thom Gicquel France Ronan Labar
France Anne Tran 		21–11, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 U.S. Open Super 300 France Thom Gicquel Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Hsu Ya-ching 		17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 France Thom Gicquel South Korea Kim Sa-rang
South Korea Kim Ha-na 		21–15, 11–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 France Thom Gicquel Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje 		21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 9 runners-up)[]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Orleans International France Léa Palermo England Heather Olver
England Lauren Smith 		19–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Estonian International France Léa Palermo Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova
Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva 		12–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Orleans International France Léa Palermo Japan Asumi Kugo
Japan Megumi Yokoyama 		14–21, 21–17, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 White Nights France Léa Palermo Russia Anastasia Chervyakova
Russia Olga Morozova 		8–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Spanish International France Léa Palermo Ukraine Maryna Ilyinskaya
Ukraine Yelyzaveta Zharka 		21–6, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Belgian International France Léa Palermo Japan Mizuki Fujii
Japan Nao Ono 		21–19, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Irish Open France Léa Palermo Denmark Amalie Magelund
Denmark Freja Ravn 		18–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Swiss International France Thom Gicquel Switzerland Oliver Schaller
Switzerland Celine Burkart 		17–21, 21–10, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Portugal International France Thom Gicquel Finland Anton Kaisti
Finland Jenny Nystrom 		21–19, 19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Swedish Open France Thom Gicquel Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen
Denmark Isabella Nielsen 		21–16, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Dutch International France Thom Gicquel Denmark
Denmark 		21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Polish Open France Thom Gicquel England Ben Lane
England Jessica Pugh 		17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Denmark International France Thom Gicquel France Ronan Labar
France Anne Tran 		21–19, 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Azerbaijan International France Thom Gicquel Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Isabel Herttrich 		9–21, 23–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Fiche Athlète: Delphine Delrue" (in French). French National Olympic and Sports Committee. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Players: Delphine Delrue". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Delphine Delrue". www.ffbad.org (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Delphine Delrue" (in French). USEE Badminton. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ^ "European Universities Badminton Championship". www.eusa.eu. European University Sports Association. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF). edap.vendee.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Helen Olver and Lauren Smith win doubles title in Orleans". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Swiss open : Deuxième place pour le duo Delphine Delrue et Thom Gicquel". www.ffbad.org (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Български триумф в Естония". www.blitz.bg (in Bulgarian). Информационна агенция БЛИЦ. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Athlete Profile: Delrue Delphine Aurore". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Boxe et gymnastique ouvrent leur compteur à Minsk, le bad. bronze" (in French). French National Olympic and Sports Committee. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Le Mulhousien Thom Gicquel dans le top 10 mondial pour la première fois de sa carrière". www.dna.fr (in French). 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Delrue Delphine". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  15. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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