Delphine Delrue

Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. In 2015, she became the runner-up of European University Championships in the women's doubles and mixed doubles events. In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in the women's doubles event with her partner Léa Palermo. She also the runner-up at the Orléans International in the women's doubles event and Swiss International in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Léa Palermo. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Palermo. In 2019, she captured a bronze medal at the European Games in the mixed doubles event with Thom Gicquel. Delrue and Gicquel reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World ranking on 9 March 2021. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Achievements BWF World Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Adidas Arena, Paris, France Thom Gicquel Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei 18–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze 2026 Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India Thom Gicquel Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping 22–20, 19–21, 21–15 Gold Gold

European Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Falcon Club,Minsk, Belarus Thom Gicquel Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 19–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze 2023 Arena Jaskółka,Tarnów, Poland Thom Gicquel Robin Tabeling Selena Piek 10–21, 21–13, 13–21 Silver Silver

European Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,Madrid, Spain Thom Gicquel Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau 21–16, 20–22, 16–21 Silver Silver 2024 Saarlandhalle,Saarbrücken, Germany Thom Gicquel Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje 21–16, 21–15 Gold Gold 2025 Forum,Horsens, Germany Thom Gicquel Jesper Toft Amalie Magelund 18–21, 19–21 Silver Silver

Mediterranean Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 El Morell Pavilion,Tarragona, Spain Léa Palermo Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci 21–17, 21–16 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 11 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Orléans Masters Super 100 Léa Palermo Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 8–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 9 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Orléans International Léa Palermo Heather Olver Lauren Smith 19–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2017 Estonian International Léa Palermo Mariya Mitsova Petya Nedelcheva 12–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2017 Orléans International Léa Palermo Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama 14–21, 21–17, 12–21 Runner-up 2017 White Nights Léa Palermo Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova 8–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2018 Spanish International Léa Palermo Maryna Ilyinskaya Yelyzaveta Zharka 21–6, 21–12 Winner 2018 Belgian International Léa Palermo Mizuki Fujii Nao Ono 21–19, 21–14 Winner 2019 Irish Open Léa Palermo Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn 18–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Swiss International Thom Gicquel Oliver Schaller Céline Burkart 17–21, 21–10, 19–21 Runner-up 2017 Portugal International Thom Gicquel Anton Kaisti Jenny Nyström 21–19, 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2018 Swedish Open Thom Gicquel Kristoffer Knudsen Isabella Nielsen 21–16, 21–10 Winner 2018 Dutch International Thom Gicquel Mathias Thyrri Elisa Melgaard 21–17, 21–14 Winner 2019 Polish Open Thom Gicquel Ben Lane Jessica Pugh 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Denmark International Thom Gicquel Ronan Labar Anne Tran 21–19, 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Azerbaijan International Thom Gicquel Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich 9–21, 23–21, 21–15 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament