Thom Gicquel

Thom Gicquel
Personal information
Birth name Thom Mark Gicquel
Country  France
Born (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999
Tours, France
Residence Paris, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 63 (MD 4 October 2018)
54 (XD 20 September 2018)
Current ranking 65 (MD), 58 (XD) (11 October 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  France
European Men's Team Championships
2018 Kazan Men's team
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona Men's doubles
European Junior Championships
2017 Mulhouse Boys' doubles
2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player. Born in Tours, he started playing badminton at aged six in his parents club.[1][2] Gicquel 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][3] He was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships,[4] and made it to the gold medal in 2017. He also won the gold medal in the boys' doubles event with Toma Junior Popov.[5] At 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]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain France Bastian Kersaudy Turkey Serdar Koca
Turkey Serhat Salim		 21–9, 21–19 Gold

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France		 France Toma Junior Popov England Max Flynn
England Callum Hemming		 21–17, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] 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.[11]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 France Delphine Delrue England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith		 15–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Czech Open France Ronan Labar Poland Miłosz Bochat
Poland Adam Cwalina		 21–18, 17–21, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Riga International France Thomas Baures Denmark Mads Emil Christensen
Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen		 12–21, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Dutch International France Delphine Delrue Denmark Mathias Thyrri
Denmark Elisa Melgaard		 21–17, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Swedish Open France Delphine Delrue Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen
Denmark Isabella Nielsen		 21–16, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Portugal International France Delphine Delrue Finland Anton Kaisti
Finland Jenny Nystrom		 21–19, 19–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Swiss International France Delphine Delrue Switzerland Oliver Schaller
Switzerland Celine Burkart		 17–21, 21–10, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Latvia International France Léonice Huet Russia Dmitrii Riabov
Russia Maria Shegurova		 21–15, 18–21, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Players: Thom Gicquel". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Badminton - Thom Gicquel". www.les-sports.info (in French). Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Estonian duo picks up victory in Riga". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "BADMINTON : Retour médaillé des "Europe" junior" (in French). CREPS Bordeaux Aquitaine. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "BADMINTON – (Ch. Europe Juniors) : Popov double Champion d'Europe !" (in French). PA-Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Today in Kazan: England's men power into final of European Team Championships". Badminton England. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "BADMINTON - CHAMPIONNATS d'EUROPE par équipe MASCULINE & FÉMININE – Les Bleus assurent la médaille !" (in French). PA-Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Athlete Profile: Gicquel Thom Mark". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Jeux Méditerranéens. Kersaudy et Gicquel en or !" (in French). Le Télégramme. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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