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Birth name | Thom Mark Gicquel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tours, France | 12 January 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 50 (MD with Ronan Labar 25 October 2018) 5 (XD with Delphine Delrue 3 January 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 12 (XD with Delphine Delrue 13 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player. [1] Competing in the mixed doubles, he was able to reach the top 10 of the BWF world rankings with his partner Delphine Delrue. [2] Together with Delrue, he won the gold medal in the 2024 European Championships; silver in the 2022 European Championships, and 2023 European Games; and also bronze in the 2019 European Games.
Gicquel's achievements began when he still in a young age. He claimed the gold medals at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the mixed team and the boys' doubles events, and then when he had just risen to senior level, he won the men's doubles gold in the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
Born in Tours, Gicquel has lived in Gosné with his parents for 5 years. In there he started playing badminton in the Betton club, alongside his parents, brothers and sisters. [2] Competing in all three events (singles, doubles and mixed), he showed more of his talents as a doubles player when he moves to the U17 category. Partnered with Léo Rossi, he won his first U17 title at the 2015 Romanian Junior International. He was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. [3] He made his debut in the international senior tournament at the 2015 Riga International in Latvia, finished as the men's doubles runner-up partnered with Thomas Baures. [1] [4]
In 2016, Gicquel won the silver medal in the boys' doubles at the U17 European Junior Championships with his partner Rossi. He won his first international title at the 2016 Latvia International partnering Léonice Huet.
In 2017, Gicquel became the member of the national junior team that won the gold medal in European Junior Championships. He also won the gold medal in the boys' doubles event with Toma Junior Popov. [5]
In the 2018 European Men's Team Championships, he helped the team claim the bronze medal. [6] [7] Teamed-up with Bastian Kersaudy, they clinched the men's doubles gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. [8] [9]
In 2019, he captured a bronze medal at the 2019 European Games in the mixed doubles event with Delphine Delrue. [10]
Gicquel and Delrue reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World ranking on 9 March 2021, [11] making them as the first ever French mixed doubles to enter the top 10 in the BWF World ranking. [2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [12]
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus | Delphine Delrue | Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith | 19–21, 12–21 | Bronze |
2023 | Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland | Delphine Delrue | Robin Tabeling Selena Piek | 10–21, 21–13, 13–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain | Delphine Delrue | Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau | 21–16, 20–22, 16–21 | Silver |
2024 | Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany | Delphine Delrue | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | 21–16, 21–15 | Gold |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain | Bastian Kersaudy | Serdar Koca Serhat Salim | 21–9, 21–19 | Gold |
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France | Toma Junior Popov | Max Flynn Callum Hemming | 21–17, 21–13 | Gold |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [13] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [14]
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Dutch Open | Super 100 | Delphine Delrue | Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith | 15–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Delphine Delrue | Ronan Labar Anne Tran | 21–11, 21–14 | Winner |
2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Delphine Delrue | Lee Jhe-huei Hsu Ya-ching | 17–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2020 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Delphine Delrue | Kim Sa-rang Kim Ha-na | 21–15, 11–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
2021 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Delphine Delrue | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner |
2022 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Delphine Delrue | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | 13–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | China Open | Super 1000 | Delphine Delrue | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung | 19–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Riga International | Thomas Baures | Mads Emil Christensen Kristoffer Knudsen | 12–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Czech Open | Ronan Labar | Miłosz Bochat Adam Cwalina | 21–18, 17–21, 21–15 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Latvia International | Léonice Huet | Dmitrii Riabov Maria Shegurova | 21–15, 18–21, 21–15 | Winner |
2016 | Swiss International | Delphine Delrue | Oliver Schaller Céline Burkart | 17–21, 21–10, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Portugal International | Delphine Delrue | Anton Kaisti Jenny Nyström | 21–19, 19–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Swedish Open | Delphine Delrue | Kristoffer Knudsen Isabella Nielsen | 21–16, 21–10 | Winner |
2018 | Dutch International | Delphine Delrue | Mathias Thyrri Elisa Melgaard | 21–17, 21–14 | Winner |
2019 | Polish Open | Delphine Delrue | Ben Lane Jessica Pugh | 17–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Denmark International | Delphine Delrue | Ronan Labar Anne Tran | 21–19, 18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Azerbaijan International | Delphine Delrue | Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich | 9–21, 23–21, 21–15 | Winner |
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