Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French

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player. He was a champion at the

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, won a silver medal at the 2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the

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Career

Leverdez started playing badminton at aged 12, and continued after that at the club, then in 2008, he joined

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. In 2005, he won bronze medal at the

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in boys' doubles event partnered with

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. He won

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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

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. During group stage, he had defeated

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21-12, 21-11, but was defeated by

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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

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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

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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 ...

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. He finished as the runner-up and won a silver medal after being defeated by

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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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leverdez, Brice 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