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 nameDelphine Aurore Delrue
CountryFrance
Born (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998
Sarcelles, France[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Years activeRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking27 (WD 5 March 2019)
15 (XD 25 February 2020)
Current ranking33 (WD), 15 (XD) (17 March 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 Orléans Masters Super 100 Léa Palermo Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 8–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Swiss International Thom Gicquel Oliver Schaller
Celine Burkart		 17–21, 21–10, 19–21 Runner-up
2017 Portugal International Thom Gicquel Anton Kaisti
Jenny Nystrom		 21–19, 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 Swedish Open Thom Gicquel Kristoffer Knudsen
Isabella Nielsen		 21–16, 21–10 Winner
2018 Dutch International Thom Gicquel Mathias Thyrri
Elisa Melgaard		 21–17, 21–14 Winner
2019 Polish Open Thom Gicquel Ben Lane
Jessica Pugh		 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 Denmark International Thom Gicquel Ronan Labar
Anne Tran		 21–19, 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 Azerbaijan International Thom Gicquel Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Herttrich		 9–21, 23–21, 21–15 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. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  13. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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