Nathalie Descamps (born 5 January 1983 in Bilzen) is a right-handed badminton player from Belgium. Until 2010, she has won 17 Belgian National Badminton Championships. Descamps also won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wouter Claes.
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 YearClubDivisionCityCountry2007–2008LUC Badminton Lille1st NationalLilleFrance2008–2009Webacsa1st NationalWellenBelgium2009–2010LUC Badminton Lille1st NationalLilleFrance
Achievements
European Championships Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2010Manchester Evening News Arena,Manchester, England Wouter Claes Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl8–21, 14–21 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2008Czech International Séverine Corvilain Helle Nielsen Marie Røpke14–21, 15–21 Runner-up2008Spanish Open Jillie Cooper Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari10–21, 10–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2010Banuinvest International Wouter Claes Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei13–21, 21–23 Runner-up2009Belgian International Wouter Claes Marcus Ellis Heather Olver9–21, 23–25 Runner-up2008European Circuit Finals Wouter Claes Alexander Nikolaenko Nina Vislova7–21, 19–21 Runner-up2008Spanish Open Wouter Claes Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari14–21, 18–21 Runner-up2008Austrian International Wouter Claes Zhang Yi Cai Jiani18–21, 18–21 Runner-up2007Irish International Wouter Claes Howard Bach Eva Lee10–21, 13–21 Runner-up2007Croatian International Wouter Claes Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska21–13, 16–21, 21–13 Winner2006Irish International Wouter Claes Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien14–21, 21–17, 21–17 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
External links
Belgian Ranking