Manuel Dubrulle

Manuel Dubrulle
Personal information
Country	France
Born	(1972-01-11) 11 January 1972 (age 52)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Doubles
BWF profile

Manuel Dubrulle (born 11 January 1972) is a retired French badminton player.^[1]

Career

Dubrulle was licensed at Racing Club de France and served as a member of the French team for fifteen years. He won 14 French national championships in men's and mixed doubles and around fifteen international titles. He made himself available to the national teams in 2005 at the end of his sports career as a national coach, a position he held for seven years. Within the world elite, Manuel Dubrulle was also known under the pseudonym "The wiper", a nickname given to him for his exceptional mobility in the background.^{[citation needed]} He is currently coaching at the Trébes badminton club. His main partners for nearly ten years in senior competitions were Vincent Laigle (1994-1999), and Mihaïl Popov (2001-2003).^[2][3]

Achievements

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Slovenian International	Vincent Laigle	Bertrand Gallet David Toupe	15–10, 15–12	Winner
1998	Czech International	Vincent Laigle	Graham Hurrell Peter Jeffrey	16–17, 7–15	Runner-up
1998	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Vincent Laigle	Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov	12–15, 15–6, 11–15	Runner-up
1998	Spanish International	Vincent Laigle	David Lindley Michael Scholes	15–9, 15–11	Winner
1999	Portugal International	Vincent Laigle	José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis	15–3, 10–15, 15–9	Winner
1999	Waikato International	Vincent Laigle	David Bamford Peter Blackburn	7–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1999	Romanian International	Vincent Laigle	Harald Koch Jürgen Koch	10–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1999	Slovenian International	Vincent Laigle	Piotr Żołądek Przemysław Wacha	14–17, 15–10, 15–13	Winner
1999	Iceland International	Vincent Laigle	Fredrik Bergström Henrik Andersson	6–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1999	Spanish International	Vincent Laigle	Graham Hurrell James Anderson	3–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2001	Czech International	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	7–3, 7–3, 7–1	Winner
2001	Welsh International	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	2–7, 7–5, 3–7, 7–4, 3–7	Runner-up
2001	Croatian International	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	2–7, 4–7, 6–8	Runner-up
2001	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	4–7, 2–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2001	BMW International	Mihail Popov	Michael Lamp Michael Søgaard	3–7, 7–5, 4–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	Croatian International	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	2–7, 4–7, 6–8	Runner-up
2002	Finnish International	Jean-Michel Lefort	Andrej Zholobov Evgenij Isakov	7–3, 7–8, 0–7, 7–5, 6–8	Runner-up
2002	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	4–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2003	Czech International	Mihail Popov	Thomas Røjkjær Jensen Tommy Sørensen	15–10, 15–3	Winner
2003	Irish International	Mihail Popov	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	5–15, 8–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Czech International	Sandrine Lefèvre	Jonas Rasmussen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	2–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	Slovenian International	Sandrine Lefèvre	Vincent Laigle Tatiana Vattier	13–15, 15–5, 15–2	Winner
1996	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Sandrine Lefèvre	Svetoslav Stoyanov Diana Koleva	10–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1996	Spanish International	Sandrine Lefèvre	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar	15–9, 15–12	Winner
2002	Czech International	Elodie Eymard	Andrey Konakh Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	5–11, 11–13	Runner-up

References

1. "Profile: Manuel Dubrulle". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
2. "Narbonne:Manuel Dubrulle, nouvel entraîneur au Badminton-Club narbonnais". www.ladepeche.fr (in French). 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
3. "Trèbes:année charnière au badminton". www.lindependant.fr (in French). 12 September 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.