LEBESSON Emmanuel

Date of Birth: 24 Apr 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: NIORT

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : PARIS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles	17
	Mixed Doubles FRA LEBESSON Emmanuel / YUAN Jia Nan	4
	Men's Team FRA France	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Mixed Doubles Round of 16 #3 FRA LEBESSON Emmanuel / YUAN Jia Nan 4 AUS HU Heming / TAPPER Melissa 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal #10 FRA LEBESSON Emmanuel / YUAN Jia Nan 4 HKG WONG Chun Ting / DOO Hoi Kem 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles Round 2 #18 FRA LEBESSON ELEBESSON Emmanuel 4 CRO GACINA AGACINA Andrej 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Mixed Doubles Semifinal #13 CHN XU Xin / LIU Shiwen 4 FRA LEBESSON Emmanuel / YUAN Jia Nan 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match #15 FRA LEBESSON Emmanuel / YUAN Jia Nan 0 TPE LIN Yun Ju / CHENG I Ching 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles Round 3 #34 CHN FAN ZFAN Zhendong 4 FRA LEBESSON ELEBESSON Emmanuel 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Team Round of 16 #2 HKG Hong Kong, China 0 FRA France 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team Quarterfinal #9 CHN China 3 FRA France 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2R	1R

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	3R	3R	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	17
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	2R	2R	-	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	5
2015	Suzhou, CHN	2R	3R	3R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	13
2013	Paris, FRA	3R	2R	3R	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	18
2011	Rotterdam, NED	1R	2R	3R	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	19
2009	Yokohama, JPN	1R	2R	-	-
2008	Guangzhou, CHN	-	-	-	22
2007	Zagreb, CRO	1R	2R	1R	-

Year	Location	Singles
2018	Paris, FRA	Last 16

European Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2019	Minsk, BLR	QF	1R

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2021	Warsaw, POL	1R	1R	3	-
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	-	-	3
2018	Alicante, ESP	2R	QF	2R	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	-	-	3
2016	Budapest, HUN	1	2R	-	-

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X
2021	Doha, QAT	1R	1R	QF

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2020	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	Doubles X	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-
2019	Doubles M	-	-	1x	2x	3x	-	-
2019	Doubles X	-	-	1x	-	2x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	2x	2x	-
2018	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	1x	-	2x	2x	-
2017	Doubles M	-	-	1x	2x	-	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
3	2019	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
3	2019	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
3	2017	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
3	2017	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	China Open	Chengdu, CHN

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Cooking, bowling. (leparisien.fr, 14 Apr 2020; ttbl.de, 01 Nov 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, French

AS Pontoise-Cergy TT [France]

Patrick Chila [national], FRA

Left (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

He took up table tennis at age five at the Souche Niort club in his hometown in France. (le-poigniste.com, 01 Dec 2008)

His older brother played the sport. He joined the national centre in Bordeaux at age 14, and two years later he joined the French National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP]. "I love the battle, figuring out what your opponent is thinking, being able to fight through the tough moments, that's what thrills me about this sport." (le-poigniste.com, 01 Dec 2008; franceolympique YouTube channel, 29 Mar 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (actu.fr, 22 Apr 2021)

Winning gold in singles at the 2016 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (actu.fr, 22 Apr 2021)

French table tennis players Jean-Philippe Gatien, Patrick Chila, Damien Eloi and Christophe Legout, collectively known as the 'musketeers' for their team medals at European and world championship tournaments in the 1990s. (lequipe.fr, 16 Dec 2015)

He looks at a photograph of his wife and son before competing. (ttbl.de, 01 Nov 2020)

Philosophy:

"Do not regret anything." (ttbl.de, 01 Nov 2020)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
RETURN TO FRANCE
In April 2021 he signed with French club AS Pontoise-Cergy TT after a short stint with German club TTC Neu-Ulm. "My experience in Germany was unbelievable. It did me some good to discover a new championship. I do not regret anything. And I had very good statistics, as I won more than 62% of my matches. We fell short of the championship play-offs. It's a pity. I have signed for one year with an option of an additional year, but for personal reasons I cannot stay longer in Germany. I return to the club I was playing with before going to Germany. It's an environment that I know very well. I do not exclude returning to Germany in the future. I would like to sign for a team that can play for the title. That's something that I keep deep inside my head." (actu.fr, 22 Apr 2021; lanouvellerepublique.fr, 29 Mar 2021)

RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He considered quitting table tennis after failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but credits his family for encouraging him to continue in the sport. "In 2012 [after failing to qualify for London], I was not well for six months, I didn't have the drive to go on with table tennis for another four years. I had self-doubts, but thankfully I was supported by the people around me, starting with my wife Marion." (blog.lefigaro.fr, 12 May 2016; leparisien.fr, 19 Apr 2016)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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