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 the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.^[5] In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in the women's doubles event with her partner Léa Palermo.^[6] She also the runner-up at the Orléans 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 on 9 March 2021.^[12] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Delphine Delrue
Personal information
Birth name	Delphine Aurore Delrue
Country	France
Born	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 26) 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 with Léa Palermo 5 March 2019) 5 (XD with Thom Gicquel 3 January 2023)
Current ranking	12 (XD with Thom Gicquel 13 August 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  France European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed doubles 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles European Championships 2024 Saarbrücken Mixed doubles 2022 Madrid Mixed doubles European Women's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Women's team 2024 Łódź Women's team European Mixed Team Championships 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed 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
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Thom Gicquel	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	10–21, 21–13, 13–21	Silver

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Thom Gicquel	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau	21–16, 20–22, 16–21	Silver
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Thom Gicquel	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	21–16, 21–15	Gold

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 (2 titles, 7 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 Tour is 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	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
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Thom Gicquel	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Thom Gicquel	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	China Open	Super 1000	Thom Gicquel	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Japan Masters	Super 500	Thom Gicquel	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran	16–21, 21–10, 17–21	Runner-up

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Orléans 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	Orléans 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 Céline Burkart	17–21, 21–10, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Portugal International	Thom Gicquel	Anton Kaisti Jenny Nyström	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". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
3. "Delphine Delrue" (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". European University Sports Association. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
6. "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF) (in French). EDAP - Conseil départemental de la Vendée. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
7. "Helen Olver and Lauren Smith win doubles title in Orleans". 4 The Love of Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
8. "Swiss open : Deuxième place pour le duo Delphine Delrue et Thom Gicquel" (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
9. "Български триумф в Естония" (in Bulgarian). Информационна агенция БЛИЦ. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
10. "Athlete Profile: Delrue Delphine Aurore". Tarragona 2018 Mediterranean Games Organizing Committee. 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" (in French). DNA. 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.

External links

• Delphine Delrue at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Delphine Delrue at BWFBadminton.com
• Delphine Delrue at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)