Léa Palermo

Léa Palermo
Léa Palermo
	Palermo in 2017
Personal information
Country	France
Born	7 July 1993 (age 31); Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Residence	Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2008–present
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WD with Delphine Delrue, 5 March 2019); 33 (XD with Bastian Kersaudy, 28 June 2018)
Current ranking	64 (XD with Julien Maio, 29 October 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing France
European Women's Team Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
Mediterranean Games
	BWF profile

Léa Palermo (born 7 July 1993) 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	Delphine Delrue	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	21–17, 21–16	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of 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	Delphine Delrue	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Romanian International	Anne Tran	Chloe Birch Jenny Wallwork	6–11, 12–14, 11–8, 8–11	Runner-up
2016	Orleans International	Delphine Delrue	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	19–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian International	Delphine Delrue	Mariya Mitsova Petya Nedelcheva	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Orleans International	Delphine Delrue	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	14–21, 21–17, 12–21	Runner-up
2017	White Nights	Delphine Delrue	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	8–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Spanish International	Delphine Delrue	Maryna Ilyinskaya Yelyzaveta Zharka	21–6, 21–12	Winner
2018	Belgian International	Delphine Delrue	Mizuki Fujii Nao Ono	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2019	Irish Open	Delphine Delrue	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Slovenia International	Bastian Kersaudy	Marin Baumann Lorraine Baumann	21–17, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
2016	Estonian International	Bastian Kersaudy	Alexandr Zinchenko Olga Morozova	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Czech Open	Bastian Kersaudy	Mathias Bay-Smidt Alexandra Bøje	21–12, 8–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	Réunion Open	Julien Maio	William Villeger Flavie Vallet	23–21, 21–12	Winner
2024	Mauritius International	Julien Maio	William Villeger Flavie Vallet	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2024	Turkey International	Julien Maio	Rohan Kapoor Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	21–15, 21–13	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Players: Lea Palermo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ "Léa Palermo" (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF) (in French). EDAP Vendée. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ "Double joy for Ukraine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Helen Olver and Lauren Smith win doubles title in Orleans". 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Morozova doubles up in Tallinn". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Български триумф в Естония" (in Bulgarian). Информационна агенция БЛИЦ. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Athlete Profile: Palermo Lea Helene". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ 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.
^ 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

Léa Palermo at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
Léa Palermo at BWFBadminton.com

[bwf-1] "Players: Lea Palermo". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[2] "Léa Palermo" (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[vendee-3] "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF) (in French). EDAP Vendée. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[4] "Double joy for Ukraine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[5] "Helen Olver and Lauren Smith win doubles title in Orleans". 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[6] "Morozova doubles up in Tallinn". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[7] "Български триумф в Естония" (in Bulgarian). Информационна агенция БЛИЦ. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[8] "Athlete Profile: Palermo Lea Helene". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[9] 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.

[10] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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