Delphine Delrue

Delphine Delrue
Personal information
Birth nameDelphine Aurore Delrue
CountryFrance
Born (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 26)
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)
5 (XD with Thom Gicquel 3 January 2023)
Current ranking12 (XD with Thom Gicquel 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  France
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Saarbrücken Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madrid Mixed doubles
European Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Liévin Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Łódź Women's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys 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 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]

  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.