Jacques Michel Stephan Beeharry (born 19 April 1975) is a

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player and coach. He competed at the

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and

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, also at the

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, 2006 and

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. Beeharry was the bronze medalists at the

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in the men's singles, doubles, and team events.

Career overview

Olympic Games

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he competed in

men's singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

event and defeated by

Fumihiko Machida is a Japanese badminton player who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He won the national men's singles title in 1994 and 1996. He also won the national men's doubles title in 1995 with Seiichi Watanabe. Career Machida competed ...

of Japan in the first round with the score 15-11, 15-5. In

men's doubles Men's doubles, Women's doubles or Mixed doubles are sports having two players per side, including; * Beach volleyball * Doubles badminton * Doubles curling * Footvolley * Doubles pickleball * Doubles squash * Doubles table tennis * Doubles ...

event, he was partnered with

Eddy Clarisse Édouard Clarisse (born 27 May 1972) is a retired badminton player from Mauritius, who started playing badminton in 1987, ending his career in March 2006 at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. Clarisse has participated three time ...

and defeated by Peter Blackburn and

Paul Straight Paul Staight (born 8 December 1974) is an Australian badminton player. He competed in the men's doubles tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 199 ...

of Australia in the first round with the score 15-3, 15-7. In

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...

event, he was partnered with Martine de Souza and defeated by

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Champio ...

and

Helene Kirkegaard Helene Green Kirkegaard (born 5 May 1971) is a retired Danish badminton player from Lillerød badminton club. She competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 1995 IBF World Championships, she won a silver medal in the mixed doubles with ...

of Denmark in the first round with the score 15-6, 15-8. At the

, he competed in

event partnered with Marie-Helene Valerie-Pierre and defeated by the Canadian pairs Mike Beres and

Kara Solmundson Kara Solmundson (born 20 July 1974) is a Canadian badminton player. She played for the Manitoba team and clinched the women's singles national champion in 2002. She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2002 Commonwealth Games. Solm ...

in the first round with the score 15-2, 15-6.

Personal life

Beeharry is now works as a lecturer of physical education in Collège du Saint-Esprit.

Achievements

All-Africa Games

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

African Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

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

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. ...