Lucas Florent Claerbout (born 22 October 1992) is a French badminton player.[1][2] He started playing badminton at Union Sportive Talence club in 2010, then in 2014, he joined the national team.[1] Claerbout won the men's singles title in 2018 French National Championships.[3] He along national team won the silver medal at the 2016 European Men's Team Championships in Kazan, Russia.[4]

Lucas Claerbout
Personal information
Birth nameLucas Florent Claerbout
CountryFrance
Born (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 31)
Bordeaux, France
ResidenceParis, France
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Years active2011–present
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking52 (3 January 2023)
Current ranking90 (19 September 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  France
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Łódź Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Liévin Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

BWF World Tour edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Syed Modi International Super 300   Arnaud Merklé Withdrew   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Eurasia Bulgaria International   Raul Must 15–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2015 Irish Open   Anders Antonsen 18–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2016 Estonian International   Ville Lång 17–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2016 White Nights   Lucas Corvée 21–15, 21–11   Winner
2017 Morocco International   Soren Toft Hansen 21–14, 21–13   Winner
2017 Turkey International   Muhammed Ali Kurt 21–16, 21–10   Winner
2018 Estonian International   Jacob Nilsson 21–16, 21–6   Winner
2020 Estonian International   Hashiru Shimono 13–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2023 Belgian International   Joakim Oldorff 22–20, 21–17   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Peru International   Lucas Corvée   Adam Cwalina
  Przemysław Wacha
18–21, 11–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Players: Lucas Claerbout". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Lucas Claerbout". Fédération Française de Badminton (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Badminton / Championnats de France : Lucas Claerbout et Léonice Huet au top !". Les Kopkids (in French). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF). EDAP Vendée (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit