Arnaud-Sylvain-André Merklé (born 25 April 2000) is a French

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

Staffelfelden Staffelfelden () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Population See also * C ...

. He was the boys singles European Junior Champion in

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, and also part of the national junior team that clinched the mixed team title in

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and 2018. He participated at the

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in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and reached the boys' singles bronze medal match losing to

Kodai Naraoka is Japanese badminton player from Aomori. He started playing badminton at the age of 5 with the influence of his father. Naraoka represented his country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, won the bronze medal ...

of Japan in the rubber game.

Career

In 2022, Merklé reached his first BWF World Tour final at the Syed Modi International. The final match between Merklé and his compatriot

Lucas Claerbout Lucas Florent Claerbout (born 22 October 1992) is a French badminton player. He started playing badminton at Union Sportive Talence club in 2010, then in 2014, he joined the France national badminton team, national team. Claerbout won the men's s ...

was called off after Merklé tested positive for

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. Both players were later awarded as runner-up with 5.950 ranking point.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

External links

* 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Mulhouse French male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics {{France-badminton-bio-stub