Eddy Clarisse Explained

Eddy Clarisse
Birth Name:Édouard Clarisse
Birth Date:1972 5, df=y
Birth Place:Mauritius
Height:1.780NaN0[1]
Weight:79kg (174lb)
Country: Mauritius
Years Active:1987-2006
Bwf Id:F7102CAF-8AFC-4B69-8074-2BB081BB629A

Édouard Clarisse (born 27 May 1972) is a retired badminton player from Mauritius, who started playing badminton in 1987, ending his career in March 2006 at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Clarisse has participated three times in the Olympic Games (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000). He has also been African champion three times in the men's singles (1992, 1994, 1998), also African champion in men's doubles and the team event in 2000.

Clarisse counts several participations at the World Championships and in the Thomas Cup. He has a total of nine gold medals at Indian Ocean Island Games, hence two in the Men's singles (1993 and 1998). With his 10 titles as Mauritius champion in the men's singles and almost as many in men's Doubles, he remains until now the most successful badminton player of this small island in the Indian Ocean. 2005 he won the Kenya International.

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Men's doubles

African Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2000Multi-Purpose Sports Hall, Bauchi, Nigeria Ola Fagbemi6–15, 3–15 Bronze
1998Rose Hill, Mauritius Johan Kleingeld15–8, 15–5 Gold
1994Rose Hill, Mauritius Gold
1992Rose Hill, Mauritius Anton Kriel11–15, 15–7, 15–10 Gold

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Multi-Purpose Sports Hall,
Bauchi, Nigeria
Denis Constantin Dotun Akinsanya
Abimbola Odejoke
15–2, 15–8 Gold
1992Rose Hill, Mauritius Gilles Allet Anton Kriel
Nico Meerholz
7–15, 1–15 Silver

IBF International

Men's singles

Mixed doubles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Édouard Clarisse Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 2010-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091030170524/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/edouard-clarisse-1.html . 2009-10-30 .