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

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2025Forum, Horsens, DenmarkFrance Julien MaioDenmark Jesper Toft Denmark Amalie Magelund14–21, 13–21Bronze

Mediterranean Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, SpainFrance Delphine DelrueTurkey Bengisu Erçetin Turkey Nazlıcan İnci21–17, 21–16Gold

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

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Orleans MastersSuper 100France Delphine DelrueBulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva8–21, 14–21Runner-up

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

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Romanian InternationalFrance Anne TranEngland Chloe Birch England Jenny Wallwork6–11, 12–14, 11–8, 8–11Runner-up
2016Orleans InternationalFrance Delphine DelrueEngland Heather Olver England Lauren Smith19–21, 8–21Runner-up
2017Estonian InternationalFrance Delphine DelrueBulgaria Mariya Mitsova Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva12–21, 16–21Runner-up
2017Orleans InternationalFrance Delphine DelrueJapan Asumi Kugo Japan Megumi Yokoyama14–21, 21–17, 12–21Runner-up
2017White NightsFrance Delphine DelrueRussia Anastasia Chervyakova Russia Olga Morozova8–21, 15–21Runner-up
2018Spanish InternationalFrance Delphine DelrueUkraine Maryna Ilyinskaya Ukraine Yelyzaveta Zharka21–6, 21–12Winner
2018Belgian InternationalFrance Delphine DelrueJapan Mizuki Fujii Japan Nao Ono21–19, 21–14Winner
2019Irish OpenFrance Delphine DelrueDenmark Amalie Magelund Denmark Freja Ravn18–21, 11–21Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Slovenia InternationalFrance Bastian KersaudyFrance Marin Baumann France Lorraine Baumann21–17, 18–21, 21–16Winner
2016Estonian InternationalFrance Bastian KersaudyRussia Alexandr Zinchenko Russia Olga Morozova18–21, 18–21Runner-up
2017Czech OpenFrance Bastian KersaudyDenmark Mathias Bay-Smidt Denmark Alexandra Bøje21–12, 8–21, 18–21Runner-up
2024Réunion OpenFrance Julien MaioFrance William Villeger France Flavie Vallet23–21, 21–12Winner
2024Mauritius InternationalFrance Julien MaioFrance William Villeger France Flavie Vallet21–11, 21–14Winner
2024Turkey InternationalFrance Julien MaioIndia Rohan Kapoor India Gadde Ruthvika Shivani21–15, 21–13Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

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