Thom Gicquel

Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a

French badminton player.[1] Competing in the mixed Thom Gicquel
doubles, he was able to reach the top 10 of the BWF
world rankings with his partner Delphine Delrue.[2]
Together with Delrue, he won the gold medal in the
2024 European Championships; silver in the 2022
European Championships, and 2023 European Games;
and also bronze in the 2019 European Games.

Gicquel's achievements began when he still in a young

age. He claimed the gold medals at the 2017 European
Junior Championships in the mixed team and the boys'
doubles events, and then when he had just risen to
senior level, he won the men's doubles gold in the
2018 Mediterranean Games.

Personal information
Early life Birth name Thom Mark Gicquel
Country France
Born in Tours, Gicquel has lived in Gosné with his
parents for 5 years. In there he started playing Born 12 January 1999
badminton in the Betton club, alongside his parents, Tours, France
brothers and sisters.[2] Competing in all three events Residence Paris, France
(singles, doubles and mixed), he showed more of his Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
talents as a doubles player when he moves to the U17
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
category. Partnered with Léo Rossi, he won his first
U17 title at the 2015 Romanian Junior International. Handedness Right
He was part of the national junior team that won the Men's & mixed doubles
bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Highest 5 (XD with Delphine Delrue 3
Championships.[3] He made his debut in the ranking January 2023)
international senior tournament at the 2015 Riga 50 (MD with Ronan Labar 25
International in Latvia, finished as the men's doubles October 2018)
runner-up partnered with Thomas Baures.[1][4] Current 8 (XD with Delphine Delrue 21
ranking January 2025)
In 2016, Gicquel won the silver medal in the boys'
doubles at the U17 European Junior Championships Medal record
with his partner Rossi. He won his first international Men's badminton
title at the 2016 Latvia International partnering Representing France
Léonice Huet.
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed doubles
2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
 European Championships
Career 2024 Saarbrücken Mixed doubles
2022 Madrid Mixed doubles
In 2017, Gicquel became the member of the national European Men's Team Championships
junior team that won the gold medal in European
2024 Łódź Men's team
Junior Championships. He also won the gold medal in
the boys' doubles event with Toma Junior Popov.[5] 2018 Kazan Men's team
2020 Liévin Men's team
In the 2018 European Men's Team Championships, he European Mixed Team Championships
helped the team claim the bronze medal.[6][7] Teamed-
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
up with Bastian Kersaudy, they clinched the men's
2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
doubles gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[8][9]
2025 Baku Mixed team
In 2019, he captured a bronze medal at the 2019 Mediterranean Games
European Games in the mixed doubles event with
2018 Tarragona Men's doubles
Delphine Delrue.[10]
European Junior Championships
Gicquel and Delrue reached a career high as world 2017 Mulhouse Boys' doubles
number 10 in the BWF World ranking on 9 March 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
2021,[11] making them as the first ever French mixed 2015 Lubin Mixed team
doubles to enter the top 10 in the BWF World
ranking.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/
Olympics.[12] 68544)

Achievements

European Games
Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Falcon Club, Delphine Marcus Ellis

2019 19–21, 12–21
Minsk, Belarus Delrue Lauren Smith Bronze

Arena Robin
Delphine 10–21, 21–13, 13–
2023 Jaskółka, Tabeling Silver
Delrue 21
Tarnów, Poland Selena Piek

European Championships
Mixed doubles
 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
Polideportivo Municipal
Delphine Mark Lamsfuß 21–16, 20–22,
2022 Gallur,
Delrue Isabel Lohau 16–21 Silver
Madrid, Spain

Mathias
Saarlandhalle, Delphine
2024 Christiansen 21–16, 21–15 Gold
Saarbrücken, Germany Delrue Alexandra Bøje

Mediterranean Games
Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

El Morell Pavilion, Serdar Koca

2018 Bastian Kersaudy 21–9, 21–19 Gold
Tarragona, Spain Serhat Salim

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Centre Sportif Régional Toma Junior Max Flynn

21–17, 21–
2017 d'Alsace, Callum
Popov 13 Gold
Mulhouse, France Hemming

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] 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 (part of
the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[14]

Mixed doubles
 Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result

Super Delphine Marcus Ellis 15–21, 15–

2018 Dutch Open Runner-
100 Delrue Lauren Smith 21
up

Orléans Super Delphine Ronan Labar 21–11, 21–

2019 Winner
Masters 100 Delrue Anne Tran 14

Super Delphine Lee Jhe-huei 17–21, 17–

2019 U.S. Open Runner-
300 Delrue Hsu Ya-ching 21
up

Super Delphine Kim Sa-rang 21–15, 11–

2020 Spain Masters Runner-
300 Delrue Kim Ha-na 21, 10–21
up
Mathias
Super Delphine 21–19, 21– Winner
2021 Swiss Open Christiansen
300 Delrue 19
Alexandra Bøje

Indonesia Super Delphine Zheng Siwei 13–21, 14–

2022 Runner-
Masters 500 Delrue Huang Yaqiong 21
up

Super Delphine Seo Seung-jae 19–21, 12–

2023 China Open Runner-
1000 Delrue Chae Yoo-jung 21
up

Dechapol
Super Delphine Puavaranukroh 16–21, 21–
2024 Japan Masters Runner-
500 Delrue Supissara 10, 17–21
up
Paewsampran

Super Delphine Jiang Zhenbang 18–21, 17–

2025 India Open Runner-
750 Delrue Wei Yaxin 21
up

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Mads Emil
Riga Thomas Christensen Runner-
2015 12–21, 13–21
International Baures Kristoffer up
Knudsen

Ronan Miłosz Bochat 21–18, 17–21, Winner

2018 Czech Open
Labar Adam Cwalina 21–15

Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
Dmitrii Riabov
Léonice 21–15, 18–21, Winner
2016 Latvia International Maria
Huet 21–15
Shegurova

Delphine Oliver Schaller 17–21, 21–10, Runner-

2016 Swiss International
Delrue Céline Burkart 19–21 up

Anton Kaisti
Portugal Delphine 21–19, 19–21, Runner-
2017 Jenny
International Delrue 12–21 up
Nyström

Kristoffer
Delphine Knudsen
2018 Swedish Open 21–16, 21–10 Winner
Delrue Isabella
Nielsen

Mathias Thyrri
Delphine
2018 Dutch International Elisa 21–17, 21–14 Winner
Delrue
Melgaard

Delphine Ben Lane Runner-

2019 Polish Open 17–21, 15–21
Delrue Jessica Pugh up

Denmark Delphine Ronan Labar 21–19, 18–21, Runner-

2019
International Delrue Anne Tran 15–21 up
Mark
Azerbaijan Delphine Lamsfuß 9–21, 23–21,
2019 Winner
International Delrue Isabel 21–15
Herttrich

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament

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World Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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External links
Thom Gicquel (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-pro
file/63016765-6D15-4756-880B-EBBF87DA029C) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
(alternate link (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?
a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=68544)) (archived)
Thom Gicquel (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/68544) at BWFBadminton.com
Thom Gicquel (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/142840) at Olympedia
Thom Gicquel (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/thom-gicquel) at Olympics.com
Thom Gicquel (https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/thom-gicquel_1935087) at the
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Thom Gicquel (https://www.equipedefrance.com/athlete/thom-gicquel) at Équipe de France
(in French)
 Thom Gicquel (https://web.archive.org/web/20211023213901/https://espritbleu.franceolympi
que.com/espritbleu/athletes/6/gicquel-133846.php) at Équipe de France Olympique
(archived) (in French)

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