Nathalie Descamps (born 5 January 1983 in

Bilzen Bilzen () is a city and a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. In 2021, Bilzen had a total population of 32,536. The total area is 75.90 km² which gives a population density of 426 inhabitants per km². Bilzen consist ...

) is a right-handed badminton player from Belgium. Until 2010, she has won 17

Belgian National Badminton Championships The Belgian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Belgian Badminton Federation to crown the best badminton players in Belgium. They are held since the season 1948/1949. In the initial years all five disciplines were not a ...

. Descamps also won the bronze medal at the

2010 European Badminton Championships The 2010 European Badminton Championships were the 22nd tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Manchester, England, from April 14 to April 18, 2010, and they were organised by the Badminton Europe and the Badminton E ...

in the mixed doubles event partnered with

Wouter Claes Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975 in Leuven, Belgium) is a male left-handed Belgian badminton player. He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in men's doubles with Fréderic Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in mixed doubles with Manon Albinus, Corina Herrle ...

Career

Descamps currently plays for French First Division Club LUC Badminton Lille located in Lille. She is currently ranked on place 108 (28 September 2008) in the Women's singles world ranking. In Belgium she is ranked number 1. Descamps was selected for the European Players Olympic Forum 2008 (EPOF). In 2008, she received an invitation from the

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to participate to the

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, but the

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uses different selection criteria and decided not to withhold her selection. During her international career, she participated in four consecutive

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. Her best result was a bronze medal in Mixed doubles (together with partner

) during the

. This was the first Belgian medal ever won on a European Championship.

Clubs

Achievements

European Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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/European Circuit tournament

National

*2002: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels) *2003: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels) *2004: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles *2005: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Katrien Claes), and mixed doubles (together with partner

) *2006: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sofie Robbrecht), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes) *2007: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner

Sabine Devooght Sabine Devooght (born 24 April 1986) is a Belgian female badminton player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Mixed Doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series ...

), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes) *2008: Winner Belgian National Championship Women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes) *2009: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes), winner of the

Belgian National Badminton League The Belgian National Badminton League, also known as Victor League ( sponsored by Victor), is the top interclub competition in Belgian badminton. There are 2 national divisions organized by the Belgian Badminton Federation The Royal Belgian Badmi ...

with her team Webacsa *2010: Winner Belgian National Championship Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)

References

External links

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Belgian Ranking
{{DEFAULTSORT:Descamps, Nathalie Belgian female badminton players 1983 births Living people People from Bilzen Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) 21st-century Belgian women