Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) 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 p ...
player.
He was a champion at the
2013 Mediterranean Games
The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...
, won a silver medal at the
2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the
2018 European Championships
The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...
.
Career
Leverdez started playing badminton at aged 12, and continued after that at the club, then in 2008, he joined
France national badminton team
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.
In 2005, he won bronze medal at the
European Junior Badminton Championships
The European Junior Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE) since 1969, and is held once every two years to crown the best junior badminton players in Europe. Team events were added to the program since the 1 ...
in boys' doubles event partnered with
Matthieu Lo Ying Ping
Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (,born 3 August 1986) is a French badminton player. Born to a Chinese father and a French mother, He started playing badminton at aged 10 at the Union St Bruno Club in Bordeaux, 4 years later he joined Espoir de Talence Bord ...
. He won
French National Badminton Championships The French National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Ov ...
in men's singles event from 2008 to 2015.
In 2012, he competed in men's singles event at the
Summer Olympic Games held in
London
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. During group stage, he had defeated
Edwin Ekiring
Edwin Ekiring (born 22 December 1986) is a Ugandan badminton player, nicknamed "The Black Pearl". He is tall and weighs .
Career
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, Ekiring competed in the men's singles as well as the mix ...
21-12, 21-11, but was defeated by
Wong Wing Ki
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Name change
Wong Wing Ki was born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋), but he changed his name when he was 17. "Shu" is homophon ...
21-11, 21-16. He finished second place in group stage, and did not advance. In 2013, he won gold medal at the
Mediterranean Games in men's singles event.
In 2016, he won silver medal at the
European Men's Team Championships in men's team event.
In the same year, he competed at the
Summer Olympic Games held in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil. In the group stage, he defeating
Raul Must 21-18, 18-21, 21-12, and defeated by
Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21-11, 21-18. He did not advance to the final stage after finished second in group stage.
In February, Leverdez won his ninth
National Championships
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title. He qualified to represent
France at the 2019 European Games
France competed at the 2019 European Games, in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June 2019. France has previously France at the 2015 European Games, competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it won 43 medals, including twelve gold ...
in
Minsk, Belarus
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. He finished as the runner-up and won a silver medal after being defeated by
Anders Antonsen
Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with th ...
in the final with the score 19–21, 21–14, 10–21.
Achievements
European Games
''Men's singles''
European Championships
''Men's singles''
Mediterranean Games
''Men's singles''
European Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
''Men's singles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 3 runners-up)
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
:
BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
Brice Leverdez's official site*
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French male badminton players
1986 births
Living people
People from La Garenne-Colombes
Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of France
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton
Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
European Games silver medalists for France
European Games medalists in badminton
Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century French people