Léa Palermo

Léa Palermo
Personal information
Country  France
Born (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Residence Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active 2008
Handedness Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 30 (WD 21 June 2018)
33 (XD 28 June 2018)
Current ranking 37 (WD), 47 (XD) (13 September 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  France
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona Women's doubles
BWF profile

Léa Palermo (born 7 July 1994) is a French badminton player.[1][2] She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006.[1] In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event.[3] In 2010, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.[1] In 2015, she won the Slovenia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bastian Kersaudy.[4] In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event.[3] She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and at the Estonian International in the mixed doubles event.[5][6] In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Delphine Delrue.[7] She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Delrue.[8]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain France Delphine Delrue Turkey Bengisu Erçetin
Turkey Nazlıcan İnci		 21–17, 21–16 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Orleans Masters Super 100 France Delphine Delrue Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva		 8–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Belgian International France Delphine Delrue Japan Mizuki Fujii
Japan Nao Ono		 21–19, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spanish International France Delphine Delrue Ukraine Maryna Ilyinskaya
Ukraine Yelyzaveta Zharka		 21–6, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 White Nights France Delphine Delrue Russia Anastasia Chervyakova
Russia Olga Morozova		 8–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Orleans International France Delphine Delrue Japan Asumi Kugo
Japan Megumi Yokoyama		 14–21, 21–17, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Estonian International France Delphine Delrue Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova
Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva		 12–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Orleans International France Delphine Delrue England Heather Olver
England Lauren Smith		 19–21, 8–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Romanian International France Anne Tran England Chloe Birch
England Jenny Wallwork		 6–11, 12–14, 11–8, 8–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Czech Open France Bastian Kersaudy Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Alexandra Boje		 21–12, 8–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Estonian International France Bastian Kersaudy Russia Alexandr Zinchenko
Russia Olga Morozova		 18–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Slovenia International France Bastian Kersaudy France Marin Baumann
France Lorraine Baumann		 21–17, 18–21, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Players: Lea Palermo". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Léa Palermo". www.ffbad.org (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF). edap.vendee.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Double joy for Ukraine". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Helen Olver and Lauren Smith win doubles title in Orleans". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Morozova doubles up in Tallinn". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Български триумф в Естония". www.blitz.bg (in Bulgarian). Информационна агенция БЛИЦ. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Athlete Profile: Palermo Lea Helene". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.


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