Nathalie Descamps

Nathalie Descamps (born 5 January 1983 in Bilzen) is a right-handed badminton player from Belgium.[1] Until 2010, she has won 17 Belgian National Badminton Championships.[2] Descamps also won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wouter Claes.[3][4]

Nathalie Descamps
Personal information
CountryBelgium
Born (1983-01-05) 5 January 1983
Bilzen, Belgium
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking32 (XD)
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place Manchester 2010Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Descamps currently plays for French First Division Club LUC Badminton Lille located in Lille.

She is currently ranked on place 108 (28 September 2008) in the Women's singles world ranking. In Belgium she is ranked number 1.

Descamps was selected for the European Players Olympic Forum 2008 (EPOF). In 2008, she received an invitation from the Badminton World Federation to participate to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but the Belgian Olympic Committee uses different selection criteria and decided not to withhold her selection.

During her international career, she participated in four consecutive European Championships. Her best result was a bronze medal in Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won on a European Championship.

Clubs
Year Club Division City Country
2007-2008 LUC Badminton Lille 1st National Lille France
2008-2009 Webacsa 1st National Wellen Belgium
2009-2010 LUC Badminton Lille 1st National Lille France

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England		 Belgium Wouter Claes Denmark Thomas Laybourn
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 8–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Czech International Belgium Séverine Corvilain Denmark Helle Nielsen
Denmark Marie Røpke		 14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Spanish Open Scotland Jillie Cooper Indonesia Shendy Puspa Irawati
Indonesia Meiliana Jauhari		 10–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Banuinvest International Belgium Wouter Claes Singapore Chayut Triyachart
Singapore Yao Lei		 13–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Belgian International Belgium Wouter Claes England Marcus Ellis
England Heather Olver		 9–21, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 European Circuit Finals Belgium Wouter Claes Russia Alexander Nikolaenko
Russia Nina Vislova		 7–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Spanish Open Belgium Wouter Claes Indonesia Rendra Wijaya
Indonesia Meiliana Jauhari		 14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Austrian International Belgium Wouter Claes China Zhang Yi
China Cai Jiani		 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Irish International Belgium Wouter Claes United States Howard Bach
United States Eva Lee		 10–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Croatian International Belgium Wouter Claes Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Małgorzata Kurdelska		 21–13, 16–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Irish International Belgium Wouter Claes Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Ginny Severien		 14–21, 21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

National
  • 2002: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels)
  • 2003: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels)
  • 2004: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles
  • 2005: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Katrien Claes), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
  • 2006: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sofie Robbrecht), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
  • 2007: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sabine Devooght), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
  • 2008: Winner Belgian National Championship Women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
  • 2009: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes), winner of the Belgian National Badminton League with her team Webacsa
  • 2010: Winner Belgian National Championship Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)

References
  1. "Players: Nathalie Descamps". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Belgium". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "Nathalie Descamps combineert sport succesvol met studies" (in German). Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "Eerste Belgische eremetaal ooit op EK badminton" (in German). Het Belang van Limburg. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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