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Character Introduction
Thom Gicquel (French: Thom Gicquel, born January 12, 1999) is a French male badminton player. He won the men’s doubles title at the 2017 European Youth Championships with Toma Junior Popov.
Gicquel started playing badminton at a club at the age of 6 and began competing when he was 7.
In June 2016, Gicquel, partnering with Léonice Huet, competed at the Latvian International in mixed doubles. They won their first international title by defeating Dmitry Ryabov and Maria Shegurova of Russia 2-1 (21-15, 18-21, 21-15) in the final.
In April 2017, representing France at the European Youth Badminton Championships held in France, Gicquel helped the French team win the gold medal in the team event. Additionally, he and Toma Junior Popov won the men’s doubles final 2-0 (21-17, 21-13) against Max Flynn and Callum Hemming of England, securing the men’s doubles title.
Equipment Used
NANOFLARE 1000Z；ARCSABER 11；NANOFLARE 800；SHB65Z2MEX；SHB65Z3；SHB65Z3 C-90；10447EX/20641EX；
Major Achievement
- 2024 European Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2024 Spanish Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2024 European Badminton Championships Men’s Team Runner-Up
- 2023 China Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2023 European Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2023 European Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-Up
- 2023 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2022 Orleans Masters Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2022 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2022 European Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2021 Swiss Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 European Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-Up
- 2020 BWF World Tour Finals Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2020 YONEX Thailand Open Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2020 Spanish Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2020 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2019 Syed Modi International Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2019 US Open Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2019 Canada Open Mixed Doubles Semi-Finalist
- 2019 European Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Bronze Medalist
- 2019 Azerbaijan International Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2019 Orleans Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2018 Dutch Open Mixed Doubles Runner-Up
- 2018 Czech Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Dutch International Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2018 European Badminton Championships Men’s Team Bronze Medalist
- 2018 Swedish Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2017 European Youth Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 European Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
- 2016 Latvian International Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2016 European Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Bronze Medalist
