Arthur Wakhevitsch, member of the Blagnac badminton club, will compete in the European championships in the discipline, from September 3 to 12, in Slovenia. “In fact he is involved at 3 levels”, explains his father Guillaume, “He is selected for the team tournament, from 3 to 7 and in men’s singles and mixed doubles for the individual tournament, from September 7 to 12”. Selections without surprise, for this 16-year-old, French number 2 in junior 2: “He started at the Touch Pleasure Club from 2010 to 2014, then at Villeneuve Tolosane until 2019, before joining Blagnac. And since then he obtained good results at the French championships, winner in singles 2017, bronze in singles and silver in mixed doubles 2019, or internationally, U17 singles finalist in Lithuania 2019, U17 singles finalist in Austria 2021, winner of the top elite single man 2021 and the tournament of Cholet in single series 3 (seniors) and of course, many selections in the team of France, U13, U15 and U17. In pole hope since 2018 until today and he has just joined the France pole, on the same site of the CREPS de Talence “. The first club in Occitania and first at the national level for its Parabad section, the Blagnacais club can thus complete the list according to Arthur’s victories. The latter should also progress in the world ranking of U19, one of his objectives and he is also targeting the treble at the French championships this season (postponed from May to November following COVID).
