Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French

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player. He was a champion at the

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, won a silver medal at the

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, and a bronze medal at the

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Career

Leverdez started playing badminton at aged 12, and continued after that at the club, then in 2008, he joined

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. In 2005, he won bronze medal at the

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in boys' doubles event partnered with

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. He won

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in men's singles event from 2008 to 2015. In 2012, he competed in men's singles event at the

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held in

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. During group stage, he had defeated

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21-12, 21-11, but was defeated by

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21-11, 21-16. He finished second place in group stage, and did not advance. In 2013, he won gold medal at the

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in men's singles event. In 2016, he won silver medal at the European Men's Team Championships in men's team event. In the same year, he competed at the

held in

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, Brazil. In the group stage, he defeating

Raul Must Raul Must (born November 9, 1987) is a badminton player from Estonia. He is a four time Olympian representing Estonia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and also at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Must was a ...

21-18, 18-21, 21-12, and defeated by

Jan Ø. Jørgensen Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a Danish retired badminton player who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the national league. He won the men's singles title at the 2014 European Badminton Championships, 2014 European Championshi ...

21-11, 21-18. He did not advance to the final stage after finished second in group stage. In February, Leverdez won his ninth

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title. He qualified to represent France at the 2019 European Games in

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. He finished as the runner-up and won a silver medal after being defeated by

Anders Antonsen Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He is a three-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and he has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the men’s singles discipline of BWF World Ranking. He ...

in the final with the score 19–21, 21–14, 10–21.

Achievements

European Games

''Men's singles''

European Championships

''Men's singles''

Mediterranean Games

''Men's singles''

European Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

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tournament

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leverdez, Brice French male badminton players 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from La Garenne-Colombes Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for France Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2019 European Games European Games silver medalists for France European Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportsmen