Brice Leverdez

Brice Leverdez
Personal information
Country  France
Born (1986-04-09) 9 April 1986
La Garenne-Colombes, France
Residence Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Years active 2005
Handedness Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 19 (MS 12 July 2018)
49 (MD 26 June 2014)
Current ranking 21 (MS 2 August 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  France
European Championships
2018 Huelva Men's singles
European Men's Team Championships
2016 Kazan Men's team
2018 Kazan Men's team
Mediterranean Games
Mersin 2013 Men's singles
European Junior Championships
2005 Den Bosch Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player.[1][2]

Career

Leverdez started playing badminton at aged 12, and continued after that at the club, then in 2008, he joined France national badminton team.[1] In 2005, he won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in boys' doubles event partnered with Matthieu Lo Ying Ping.[3] He won French National Badminton Championships in men's singles event from 2008 to 2015.[4] [5] In 2012, he competed in men's singles event at the Summer Olympic Games held in London. During group stage, he had defeating Edwin Ekiring 21-12, 21-11, and defeated by Wong Wing Ki 21-11, 21-16. He finished second place in group stage, and did not advance.[6] In 2013, he won gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in men's singles event.[7] In 2016, he won silver medal at the European Men's Team Championships in men's team event.[4] In the same year, he competed at the Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the group stage, he defeating Raul Must 21-18, 18-21, 21-12, and defeated by Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21-11, 21-18. He did not advance to the final stage after finished second in group stage.[8]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain Denmark Viktor Axelsen 7–21, 9–21 Bronze

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Spain Pablo Abian 21–17, 23–21 Gold

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands France Matthieu Lo Ying Ping Denmark Rasmus Bonde
Denmark Kasper Henriksen		 15–11, 8–15, 7–15[9] Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Scottish Open Sweden Henri Hurskainen 21–8, 16–21, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Canada Open Indonesia Taufik Hidayat 15–21, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 U.S. Open England Rajiv Ouseph 17–21, 9–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Italian International Germany Marc Zwiebler 21–17, 14–21, 26–24 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Polish Open Denmark Rasmus Fladberg 21–6, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Puerto Rico International Brazil Daniel Paiola 21–17, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Swiss International Russia Vladimir Malkov 22–20, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Tahiti International France Matthieu Lo Ying Ping 21–14, 21–6 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Spanish Open Sweden Gabriel Ulldahl 21–14, 22–24, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Belgian International Indonesia Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 21–7, 13–21, 21–11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Kharkiv International Ukraine Dmytro Zavadsky 9–21, 21–14, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Canadian International Lithuania Kęstutis Navickas 16–21, 21–18, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Welsh International Scotland Kieran Merrilees 21–15, 18–21, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Carebaco International United States Raju Rai 21–12, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Ecuador International Portugal Fernandes Ricardo 21–17, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Puerto Rico International France Lucas Corvee France Laurent Constantin
France Matthieu Lo Ying Ping		 21–14, 21–12 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Swiss International France Lucas Corvee Germany Daniel Benz
Malaysia Chan Kwong Beng		 16–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Players: Brice Leverdez". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Brice Leverdez". www.ffbad.org (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF). edap.vendee.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Consultez les fiches détaillées des Bleus du badminton" (PDF). franceolympique.com (in French). Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Brice Leverdez". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Yigit and Leverdez Shine at Mediterranean Games". www.bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Badminton - Brice Leverdez". olympics.cbc.ca. CBC. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Adcock leads the gold rush in Europe". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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