Delphine Delrue

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]

Delphine Delrue
Personal information
Birth name	Delphine Aurore Delrue
Country	France
Born	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 Sarcelles, France[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Years active	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WD 5 March 2019) 15 (XD 25 February 2020)
Current ranking	33 (WD), 15 (XD) (25 February 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  France European Games 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles European Women's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Women's team Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Women's doubles European Junior Championships 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles

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

Mediterranean Games

Women's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (1 title, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Orleans Masters	Super 100	Léa Palermo	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Thom Gicquel	Kim Sa-rang Kim Ha-na	21–15, 11–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Thom Gicquel	Lee Jhe-huei Hsu Ya-ching	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Thom Gicquel	Ronan Labar Anne Tran	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Thom Gicquel	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Irish Open	Léa Palermo	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Belgian International	Léa Palermo	Mizuki Fujii Nao Ono	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2018	Spanish International	Léa Palermo	Maryna Ilyinskaya Yelyzaveta Zharka	21–6, 21–12	Winner
2017	White Nights	Léa Palermo	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	8–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Orleans International	Léa Palermo	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	14–21, 21–17, 12–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian International	Léa Palermo	Mariya Mitsova Petya Nedelcheva	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Orleans International	Léa Palermo	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	19–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Azerbaijan International	Thom Gicquel	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich	9–21, 23–21, 21–15	Winner
2019	Denmark International	Thom Gicquel	Ronan Labar Anne Tran	21–19, 18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Polish Open	Thom Gicquel	Ben Lane Jessica Pugh	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Dutch International	Thom Gicquel	Mathias Thyrri Elisa Melgaard	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2018	Swedish Open	Thom Gicquel	Kristoffer Knudsen Isabella Nielsen	21–16, 21–10	Winner
2017	Portugal International	Thom Gicquel	Anton Kaisti Jenny Nystrom	21–19, 19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Swiss International	Thom Gicquel	Oliver Schaller Celine Burkart	17–21, 21–10, 19–21	Runner-up

     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. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
13. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

External links

• Delphine Delrue at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com