Léa Palermo

Léa Palermo
	Palermo in 2017
Personal information
Born	7 July 1993 (age 33); Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Years active	2008–present
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WD with Delphine Delrue, 5 March 2019); 31 (XD with Julien Maio, 27 October 2026); 33 (XD with Bastian Kersaudy, 28 June 2018)
Current ranking	34 (XD with Julien Maio, 3 November 2026)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing France
European Championships
European Women's Team Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
Mediterranean Games

Léa Palermo (born 7 July 1993) is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. In 2010, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2015, she won the Slovenia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bastian Kersaudy. In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event. She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and at the Estonian International in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Delphine Delrue. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Delrue.

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Forum, Horsens, Denmark	Julien Maio	Jesper Toft Amalie Magelund	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Mediterranean Games

Women's doubles
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain	Delphine Delrue	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	21–17, 21–16	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.

Women's doubles
Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Orleans Masters	Super 100	Delphine Delrue	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's doubles
Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Romanian International	Anne Tran	Chloe Birch Jenny Wallwork	6–11, 12–14, 11–8, 8–11	Runner-up
2016	Orleans International	Delphine Delrue	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	19–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian International	Delphine Delrue	Mariya Mitsova Petya Nedelcheva	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Orleans International	Delphine Delrue	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	14–21, 21–17, 12–21	Runner-up
2017	White Nights	Delphine Delrue	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	8–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Spanish International	Delphine Delrue	Maryna Ilyinskaya Yelyzaveta Zharka	21–6, 21–12	Winner
2018	Belgian International	Delphine Delrue	Mizuki Fujii Nao Ono	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2019	Irish Open	Delphine Delrue	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles
Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Slovenia International	Bastian Kersaudy	Marin Baumann Lorraine Baumann	21–17, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
2016	Estonian International	Bastian Kersaudy	Alexandr Zinchenko Olga Morozova	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Czech Open	Bastian Kersaudy	Mathias Bay-Smidt Alexandra Bøje	21–12, 8–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	Réunion Open	Julien Maio	William Villeger Flavie Vallet	23–21, 21–12	Winner
2024	Mauritius International	Julien Maio	William Villeger Flavie Vallet	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2024	Turkey International	Julien Maio	Rohan Kapoor Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	21–15, 21–13	Winner