Julien Carraggi

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Julien Carraggi
Personal information
CountryBelgium
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 23)
Brussels, Belgium
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
HandednessRight
CoachWouter Claes
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking40 (MS, 29 August 2023)
583 (MD with Jona van Nieuwkerke, 18 October 2022)
Current ranking43 (MS 26 September 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Julien Carraggi (born 2 July 2000) is a Belgian badminton player.[1] Carraggi participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, helping the team Theta to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event.[2]

Career[edit]

2021[edit]

Carraggi became Belgian Badminton Champion in 2021, in which he won against Frédéric Gaspard 21–7 and 21–4.[3]

2022[edit]

In January, he lost in the quarter-finals of Syed Modi International from Irish player Nhat Nguyen.[4] Carraggi became Belgian Champion for the 2nd time, where he won against Yaro van Delsen 21–15, 20–22 and 21–9.[5]

2023[edit]

In April, he competed in the Dutch International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Dutch player Joran Kwekeel.[6] He then proceeded to win his second senior title in the next month at Austrian Open, after defeating Huang Yu-kai from Chinese Taipei.

Achievements[edit]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)[edit]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Dutch International Netherlands Joran Kwekeel 21–17, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
2023 Austrian Open Chinese Taipei Huang Yu-kai 21–19, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)[edit]

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Portuguese Junior International Kazakhstan Dmitriy Panarin 15–21, 21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Belgian Junior International Spain Ernesto Baschwitz 21–10, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Portuguese Junior International Belgium Jona van Nieuwkerke France Gabriel Rodrigues
France Theo Vaur
21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Julien Caraggi | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. ^ "Badmintontalent Carraggi bezorgt België 4e medaille op Jeugdspelen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ Beauclercq, Guy (20 September 2021). "Julien Carraggi a décroché son premier titre de champion de Belgique seniors à 21 ans : "Je suis à la fois content et soulagé"" (in French). dhnet. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ @juliencarraggi (21 January 2022). "Quarterfinal at my first ever bwf super 300 in India 🇮🇳 lost my match to @nhatchocheese Thanks for the good game 👊". Retrieved 30 May 2023 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "Julien Carraggi à nouveau champion de Belgique seniors de badminton" (in French). bx1. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b Gonzalez Martinez, Sara (17 April 2023). "Belgium's Julien Carraggi upsets home favourite Joran Kweekel to capture his first international title at the FZ FORZA Dutch International 2023". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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