Georges Julien Paul (born 7 January 1996) is a

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably I ...

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. Paul took part at the

2014 African Youth Games The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city from 22 to 31 May 2014. The Games featured approximately 2000 athletes from 51 African countries competing in 21 sports. Gambia, Eritrea and Mauritania were the only Afri ...

, and won three gold medals in the individual event. He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the

2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...

. Paul won the men's singles title at the

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and 2020 African Championships. He competed at the

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and

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. Paul won a gold medal in the men's doubles, a silver in the singles, and a bronze in the mixed doubles at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

Achievements

African Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

African Championships

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

African Youth Games

''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 14 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Julien 1996 births Living people People from Plaines Wilhems District Mauritian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Mauritius Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Mauritius Competitors at the 2015 African Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games African Games gold medalists for Mauritius African Games silver medalists for Mauritius African Games bronze medalists for Mauritius African Games medalists in badminton