Verdet Emily Caci Kessler (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian

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. Kessler was the women's singles national champion in 2013 and 2014, and also won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships in

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Early life and career

Kessler is the daughter of a Bermudian ballet dancer (Verniece Benjamin) and German handballer (Detlef Kessler). She began playing badminton at the age of seven after trying it at a holiday clinic, taking up weekly training at the age of twelve and joining her first junior state team a year later. Her home club is the

Glenelg Badminton Club Glenelg may refer to Places Australia * Glenelg, South Australia, a beachside suburb of Adelaide * Glenelg River (Victoria) * Glenelg River (Western Australia) * Glenelg County, Western Australia, a former county * Shire of Glenelg, Victoria * S ...

Career

In 2009, Kessler won the girls' doubles event at the U-19 Australian Junior International tournament partnered with

Leanne Choo Nyuk Lian "Leanne" Choo (born 5 June 1991) is a badminton player from Australia. She is the reigning Oceania Champion in women's and mixed doubles. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, alongside former women's doubles partner, ...

. She was also selected to join the Australian Junior Commonwealth Games squad. In 2011, she won the silver and bronze medal at the Oceania Junior Championships in the mixed team and girls' doubles respectively. In 2012, she represented her country at the World Junior Championships in Japan. In 2014, she won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships after beat

Michelle Chan Michelle Kit Ying Chan (born 19 May 1987) is a New Zealand female badminton player. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ...

of New Zealand. At the same year, she competed at the

Glasgow Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. Also in 2014, at the Ede Clendinnen Shield event, she was awarded the Cliff Cutt Trophy for exhibiting the "highest standards of sportsmanship, personality, court demeanour, playing ability and appearance throughout the tournament".

Achievements

Oceania Championships

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

Oceania Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

References

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