Verdet Kessler

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Verdet Kessler
Personal information
Birth nameVerdet Emily Caci Kessler
CountryAustralia
Born (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 29)
Adelaide, Australia
Women's
Highest ranking102 (WS) 4 December 2014
106 (WD) 23 October 2014
375 (XD) 5 April 2012
Medal record
Badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Ballarat Women's singles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 BallaratMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 BallaratMixed team
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 BallaratWomen's team
Oceania Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Suva Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Suva Girls' doubles
BWF profile

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.

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Early life and career

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]

Career

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]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg Michelle Chan 21–23, 21–14, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg Michelle Chan 10–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Talia Saunders Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ann-Louise Slee
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eugenia Tanaka
11–21, 21–23 Med 3.png Bronze

Oceania Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Yat Sen School,
Suva, Fiji
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tara Pilven Flag of New Zealand.svg Victoria Cheng
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mary O'Connor
13–21, 21–18, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

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References

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  2. 1 2 Turner, Matt (3 June 2014). "Genetics factor in badminton star Verdet Kessler's rise to the top". The Advertiser . Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "The Plastic Shuttle March 2015" (PDF). Glenelg Badminton Club. p. 8. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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