Thom Gicquel


Thom Mark Gicquel is a French badminton player. Born in Tours, he started playing badminton at aged six in his parents club. Gicquel made his debut in the international senior tournament at the 2015 Riga International in Latvia, finished as the men's doubles runner-up partnered with Thomas Baures. He was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships, and made it to the gold medal in 2017. He also won the gold medal in the boys' doubles event with Toma Junior Popov. At the 2018 European Men's Team Championships, he helped the team claim the bronze medal. Teamed-up with Bastian Kersaudy, they clinched the men's doubles gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. He captured a bronze medal at the 2019 European Games in the mixed doubles event with Delphine Delrue.

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Delphine Delrue Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		19–21, 12–21 Bronze

Mediterranean Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018El Morell Pavilion,
Tarragona, Spain		 Bastian Kersaudy Serdar Koca
Serhat Salim		21–9, 21–19 Gold

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France		 Toma Junior Popov Max Flynn
Callum Hemming		21–17, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Spain MastersSuper 300 Delphine Delrue Kim Sa-rang
Kim Ha-na		21–15, 11–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2019U.S. OpenSuper 300 Delphine Delrue Lee Jhe-huei
Hsu Ya-ching		17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019Orléans MastersSuper 100 Delphine Delrue Ronan Labar
Anne Tran		21–11, 21–14 Winner
2018Dutch OpenSuper 100 Delphine Delrue Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		15–21, 15–21 Runner-up

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

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Czech Open Ronan Labar Miłosz Bochat
Adam Cwalina		21–18, 17–21, 21–15 Winner
2015Riga International Thomas Baures Mads Emil Christensen
Kristoffer Knudsen		12–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Azerbaijan International Delphine Delrue Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Herttrich		9–21, 23–21, 21–15 Winner
2019Denmark International Delphine Delrue Ronan Labar
Anne Tran		21–19, 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Polish Open Delphine Delrue Ben Lane
Jessica Pugh		17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2018Dutch International Delphine Delrue Mathias Thyrri
Elisa Melgaard		21–17, 21–14 Winner
2018Swedish Open Delphine Delrue Kristoffer Knudsen
Isabella Nielsen		21–16, 21–10 Winner
2017Portugal International Delphine Delrue Anton Kaisti
Jenny Nystrom		21–19, 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016Swiss International Delphine Delrue Oliver Schaller
Celine Burkart		17–21, 21–10, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Latvia International Léonice Huet Dmitrii Riabov
Maria Shegurova		21–15, 18–21, 21–15 Winner