Julien Carraggi

Julien Carraggi
Carraggi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 26)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byWouter Claes
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking40 (MS, 29 August 2023)
583 (MD with Jona van Nieuwkerke, 18 October 2022)
Current ranking51 (MS, 3 November 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Buenos AiresMixed team

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

Career

2021

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

2022

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

2023

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

2024

In July, he represented his country at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Dutch International Netherlands Joran Kweekel 21–17, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Austrian Open Chinese Taipei Huang Yu-kai 21–19, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Belgian International Denmark Mads Christophersen 21–16, 12–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Scottish Open Netherlands Joran Kweekel 21–17, 18–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2025 Belgian International Japan Minoru Koga 14–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "CARRAGGI Julien". Paris 2024 Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Julien CARRAGGI". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Badmintontalent Carraggi bezorgt België 4e medaille op Jeugdspelen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ @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.
  6. ↑ "Julien Carraggi à nouveau champion de Belgique seniors de badminton" (in French). bx1. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ "JO 2024 - Julien Carraggi content de voir que tout son travail "porte ses fruits" face au 3e mondial" (in French). La Libre. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Martinez, Sara Gonzalez (16 September 2024). "Carraggi clinches first International Challenge title on home soil". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "No tournament victory in front of home crowd: Julien Carraggi has to admit superiority to Japanese". Sporza (in Dutch). 13 September 2025. Archived from the original on 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.