Léa Palermo

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]

Léa Palermo
Léa Palermo (right)
Personal information
Country	France
Born	7 July 1993 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Residence	Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2008
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WD 5 March 2019) 33 (XD 28 June 2018)
Current ranking	33 (WD 25 February 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  France European Women's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Women's team Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Women's doubles
BWF profile

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, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] 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.[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 (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Czech Open	Bastian Kersaudy	Mathias Bay-Smidt Alexandra Boje	21–12, 8–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Estonian International	Bastian Kersaudy	Alexandr Zinchenko Olga Morozova	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Slovenia International	Bastian Kersaudy	Marin Baumann Lorraine Baumann	21–17, 18–21, 21–16	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Lea Palermo". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
2. "Léa Palermo". www.ffbad.org (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
3. "Quelques portraits de joueurs" (PDF). edap.vendee.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
4. "Double joy for Ukraine". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
5. "Helen Olver and Lauren Smith win doubles title in Orleans". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
6. "Morozova doubles up in Tallinn". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
7. "Български триумф в Естония". www.blitz.bg (in Bulgarian). Информационна агенция БЛИЦ. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
8. "Athlete Profile: Palermo Lea Helene". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
9. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
10. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

External links

• Léa Palermo at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Léa Palermo at BWFbadminton.com