{{Short description|French badminton player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Thomas Rouxel | image =Thomas rouxel badminton light.jpg | size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | country = France | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|5|26}} | birth_place = [[Rennes]], France | height = 1.72 m | weight = | years_active = 2010–2022 | retired = 2 September 2022 | handedness = Right | coach = | event = Men's singles | highest_ranking = 38 | date_of_highest_ranking = 2 November 2021 | current_ranking = 93 | date_of_current_ranking = 3 January 2023 | played = | titles = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Men's Team Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2016 Kazan]] | Men's team }} {{MedalBronze | [[2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2018 Kazan]] | Men's team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 38500 | bwf_id = 80D0A7F9-5DE6-4ADA-A68F-CCFD3BFC2634 }}
'''Thomas Rouxel''' (born 26 May 1991) is a French [[badminton]] player affiliated with Chambly Oise club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Thomas Rouxel |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/38500/thomas-rouxel |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Rouxel |url=http://www.ffbad.org/haut-niveau/nos-collectifs-france/elite/19/thomas-rouxel |publisher=Fédération Française de Badminton |access-date=10 September 2016|language=fr}}</ref> In 2016, he won the silver medal at the [[2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Men's Team Championships]] in [[Kazan]], Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quelques portraits de joueurs |url=http://edap.vendee.fr/content/download/45027/738305/version/1/file/portraits+joueurs.pdf |publisher=EDAP Vendée |access-date=10 September 2016|language=fr}}</ref>
== Career == Rouxel helped the team to win silver in the [[2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Men's Team Championships]]. He also help the team to achieve bronze two years later in the men's team event. Thomas reached the finals of the [[2019 Orléans Masters|2019 Orléans Masters Super 100]]. He lost in the final to [[Koki Watanabe]] in 3 games.
Rouxel announced his retirement from badminton on 2 September 2022 on his [[Instagram]] account.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2022 |title=Mengejutkan, Bintang Prancis Rival Anthony Ginting Pensiun dari Turnamen Internasional |url=https://www.indosport.com/raket/20220914/mengejutkan-bintang-prancis-rival-anthony-ginting-pensiun-dari-turnamen-internasional |access-date=2022-09-17 |publisher=Indosport |language=id}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
===BWF World Tour (1 runners-up) === The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2019 Orléans Masters#Finals|2019]] | align="left" | [[Orléans Masters]] | align="left" | Super 100 | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koki Watanabe]] | align="left" | 21–18, 12–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2014 | align="left" | [[White Nights (badminton)|White Nights]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dieter Domke]] | align="left" | 16–21, 23–25 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | [[Peru International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lucas Corvée]] | align="left" | 21–12, 21–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Polish Open (badminton)|Polish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Eetu Heino]] | align="left" | 21–11, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | White Nights | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Abián]] | align="left" | 21–15, 15–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Czech International|Czech Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kento Momota]] | align="left" | 8–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | [[Italian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Victor Svendsen]] | align="left" | 12–21, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWFB|38500}} * {{BWFT|80D0A7F9-5DE6-4ADA-A68F-CCFD3BFC2634|member_id=38500}}
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