Thom Gicquel

Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player. He is the reigning World Champions, winning the mixed doubles title with Delphine Delrue in 2026. Competing in the mixed doubles, he was able to reach the top 10 of the BWF world rankings with his partner Delrue. The pair also won the gold medal in the 2024 European Championships; silver in the 2022 European Championships, and 2023 European Games; and 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.

Early life Born in Tours, Gicquel has lived in Gosné with his parents for 5 years. In there he started playing badminton in the Betton club, alongside his parents, brothers and sisters. He 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.

In 2016, Gicquel won the silver medal in the boys' doubles at the U17 European Junior Championships with his partner Rossi. He won his first international title at the 2016 Latvia International partnering Léonice Huet.

Career In 2017, Gicquel became the member of the national junior team that won the gold medal in European Junior Championships. He also won the gold medal in the boys' doubles event with Toma Junior Popov.

In 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.

In 2019, he captured a bronze medal at the 2019 European Games in the mixed doubles event with Delphine Delrue.

Gicquel and Delrue reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World ranking on 9 March 2021, making them as the first ever French mixed doubles to enter the top 10 in the BWF World ranking.

In 2026, Gicquel won the gold medal at the World Championships with parther Delrue, became the first ever French to win the world championships title. The duo beating current world number 1 Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping in the final. 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.

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Riga International Thomas Baures Mads Emil Christensen Kristoffer Knudsen 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2018 Czech Open Ronan Labar Miłosz Bochat Adam Cwalina 21–18, 17–21, 21–15 Winner

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