Julien Carraggi

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Julien Carraggi
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Personal information
CountryBelgium
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24)
Brussels, Belgium
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
HandednessRight
CoachWouter Claes
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking40 (MS, 29 August 2023)
583 (MD with Jona van Nieuwkerke, 18 October 2022)
Current ranking52 (MS 16 July 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Olympic flag.svg Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Julien Carraggi (born 2 July 2000) is a Belgian badminton player. [1] Carraggi participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, helping the team Theta to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event. [2]

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Career

2021

Carraggi became Belgian Badminton Champion in 2021, in which he won against Frédéric Gaspard 21–7 and 21–4. [3]

2022

In January, he lost in the quarter-finals of Syed Modi International from Irish player Nhat Nguyen. [4] Carraggi became Belgian Champion for the 2nd time, where he won against Yaro van Delsen 21–15, 20–22 and 21–9. [5]

2023

In April, he competed in the Dutch International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Dutch player Joran Kwekeel. [6] He then proceeded to win his second senior title in the next month at Austrian Open, after defeating Huang Yu-kai from Chinese Taipei.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2023 Dutch International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joran Kwekeel 21–17, 17–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner [6]
2023 Austrian Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-kai 21–19, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

Boys' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Portuguese Junior International Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Panarin 15–21, 21–18, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Belgian Junior International Flag of Spain.svg Ernesto Baschwitz 21–10, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Boys' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Portuguese Junior International Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jona van Nieuwkerke Flag of France.svg Gabriel Rodrigues
Flag of France.svg Theo Vaur
21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

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References

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  2. "Badmintontalent Carraggi bezorgt België 4e medaille op Jeugdspelen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. Beauclercq, Guy (20 September 2021). "Julien Carraggi a décroché son premier titre de champion de Belgique seniors à 21 ans : "Je suis à la fois content et soulagé"" (in French). dhnet. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. @juliencarraggi (21 January 2022). "Quarterfinal at my first ever bwf super 300 in India 🇮🇳 lost my match to @nhatchocheese Thanks for the good game 👊" . Retrieved 30 May 2023 via Instagram.
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