Thom Gicquel

Thom Gicquel
Personal information
Birth nameThom Mark Gicquel
CountryFrance
Born (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)
Tours, France
ResidenceParis, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking50 (MD with Ronan Labar 25 October 2018)
5 (XD with Delphine Delrue 3 January 2023)
Current ranking12 (XD with Delphine Delrue 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men'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 Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Łódź Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Liévin Men'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 Men's doubles
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mulhouse Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player.[1] Competing in the mixed doubles, he was able to reach the top 10 of the BWF world rankings with his partner Delphine Delrue.[2] Together with Delrue, he won the gold medal in the 2024 European Championships; silver in the 2022 European Championships, and 2023 European Games; and also bronze in the 2019 European Games.

Gicquel's achievements began when he still in a young age. He claimed the gold medals at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the mixed team and the boys' doubles events, and then when he had just risen to senior level, he won the men's doubles gold in the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

  1. ^ "Players: Thom Gicquel". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ Pelou, Dominique (7 June 2021). "Badminton : Thom Gicquel, de Gosné aux JO de Tokyo". Actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 April 2024.