Julien Carraggi | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brussels, Belgium [1] | 2 July 2000||||||||||||||
Residence | Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right [1] | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Wouter Claes [1] | ||||||||||||||
Men's singles & doubles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 40 (MS, 29 August 2023) 583 (MD with Jona van Nieuwkerke, 18 October 2022) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 52 (MS 23 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Julien Carraggi (born 2 July 2000) is a Belgian badminton player. [2] Carraggi participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, helping the team Theta to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event. [3]
Carraggi became Belgian Badminton Champion in 2021, in which he won against Frédéric Gaspard 21–7 and 21–4. [4]
In January, he lost in the quarter-finals of Syed Modi International from Irish player Nhat Nguyen. [5] Carraggi became Belgian Champion for the 2nd time, where he won against Yaro van Delsen 21–15, 20–22 and 21–9. [6]
In April, he competed in the Dutch International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Dutch player Joran Kwekeel. [7] He then proceeded to win his second senior title in the next month at Austrian Open, after defeating Huang Yu-kai from Chinese Taipei.
In July, he represented his country at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2023 | Dutch International | Joran Kweekel | 21–17, 17–21, 21–16 | Winner | [7] |
2023 | Austrian Open | Huang Yu-kai | 21–19, 21–10 | Winner | |
2024 | Belgian International | Mads Christophersen | 21–16, 12–21, 21–19 | Winner | [9] |
2024 | Scottish Open | Joran Kweekel | 21–17, 18–21, 21–15 | Winner |
Boys' singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Portuguese Junior International | Dmitriy Panarin | 15–21, 21–18, 21–14 | Winner |
2018 | Belgian Junior International | Ernesto Baschwitz | 21–10, 21–15 | Winner |
Boys' doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Portuguese Junior International | Jona van Nieuwkerke | Gabriel Rodrigues Theo Vaur | 21–17, 21–13 | Winner |
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