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| Birth name | Verdet Emily Caci Kessler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1994 Adelaide, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 102 (WS) 4 December 2014 106 (WD) 23 October 2014 375 (XD) 5 April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Verdet Emily Caci Kessler (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian badminton player. [1] 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 2014.
Kessler is the daughter of a Bermudian ballet dancer (Verniece Benjamin) and German handballer (Detlef Kessler). [2] 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. [2] [3]
In 2009, Kessler won the girls' doubles event at the U-19 Australian Junior International tournament partnered with Leanne Choo. She was also selected to join the Australian Junior Commonwealth Games squad. [4] 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. [5] In 2014, she won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships after beat Michelle Chan of New Zealand. [6] At the same year, she competed at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. [7] 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". [3]
Women's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |  Michelle Chan | 21–23, 21–14, 21–14 |  Gold |
| 2012 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia | Michelle Chan | 10–21, 17–21 |  Silver |
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia |  Talia Saunders | Ann-Louise Slee Eugenia Tanaka | 11–21, 21–23 |  Bronze |
Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2011 | Yat Sen School, Suva, Fiji | Tara Pilven | Victoria Cheng Mary O'Connor | 13–21, 21–18, 15–21 | Bronze |
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