Léa Palermo (born 7 July 1993) 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. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the

European U17 Badminton Championships The European U17 Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE) and is held once every two years to crown the best junior badminton players in Europe. Originally known as Polonia Cup when it first started in 1990, wit ...

in the mixed doubles event. In 2010, she competed at the

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. In 2015, she won the

Slovenia International The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the ...

tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bastian Kersaudy. In 2016, she 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 women's doubles event. She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and at the

Estonian International The Estonian International in badminton is an international open held in Estonia since 2004 and is thereby one of the most recent international badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament is now classified as BWF International Series (for ...

in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the

partnered with

Delphine Delrue Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. 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. In ...

. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Delrue.

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

''Women'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:Palermo, Lea 1993 births Living people People from Saint-Martin-d'Hères Sportspeople from Isère French female badminton players Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton 21st-century French women