Alexis Lebrun

Alexis Lebrun
Lebrun in the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (2003-08-27) 27 August 2003 (age 20)
Montpellier, Occitanie, France
Highest ranking14 (25 July 2023)[1]
Current ranking18 (22 August 2023)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  France
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Doubles
Europe Top-16
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Montreux Singles

Alexis Lebrun (French pronunciation: [a.lɛk.si lə.bʁœ̃]; born 27 August 2003, Montpellier, France) is a right-handed French table tennis player and a two-time French national champion.[2][3] As of April 2023, he is the top-ranked French table tennis player. He rose meteorically from a world ranking of 1050 in January 2022 to 19 in April 2023, in a period spanning only 15 months and at nineteen years of age.[4]

Life and career

Alexis Lebrun discovered table tennis when he was three years old. His father Stephane Lebrun was a number 7 table tennis player of France and doubles champion of France.[5][6] His uncle Christophe Legoût is a former member of French national team, and Alexis' younger brother Felix is also a table tennis player.[7]

Alexis Lebrun became the junior national champion of France in singles table tennis in 2020 and repeated his success in 2021.[8] In 2022, he defeated Simon Gauzy to become the national champion of France in the singles.[9] He also won the mixed doubles championship with Camille Lutz [fr].[10] In March 2023, he retained his championship by beating his younger brother Félix Lebrun [fr] in the final.[11] In April 2023, he won in 5 sets against then number 1 tennis player in the world Fan Zhendong in the quarter-finals of the Macao tournament.[12]

In June 2023, at the European Games, Alexis Lebrun won the bronze medal at the men's singles table tennis event. His younger brother Felix won the gold.[13]

Sponsorship

Alexis (as well as his younger brother Felix) was sponsored since his professional debut by the Butterfly brand.[14] In 2022 he finished his collaboration with Butterfly and signed a contract with Tibhar for six years.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "List of Participants at the 2018 World Junior Circuit Portugal Junior & Cadet Open" (PDF). ittf.com. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Alexis LEBRUN and Audrey ZARIF clinched gold in l'Azur Arena d'Antibes". ettu.org. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ "World No.1 Fan upset in WTT Champions Macao quarterfinals". 21 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Montpellier : deux frères parmi les meilleurs espoirs du tennis de table". France 3 Occitanie. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Championnats européens 2022 : pour les jeunes frères Lebrun, le tennis de table est une histoire de famille". Franceinfo (in French). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Félix and Alexis Lebrun: The teenage French brothers ready to conquer the table tennis world, 500 days out from Paris 2024". olympics.com. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Alexis et Félix Lebrun, deux jeunes pongistes montpelliérains félicités pour leurs titres de Champion de France junior et Champion de France cadet". www.montpellier.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Prithika Pavade et Alexis Lebrun sacrés Champions de France !". www.fftt.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Les titres des tableaux doubles décernés au Vendéspace !". www.fftt.com (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Alexis Lebrun conserve son titre !". FFTT (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Tennis de table : le jeune français Alexis Lebrun s'offre le n°1 mondial Fan Zhendong"". Le Figaro. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Lebrun brothers dominate men's table tennis singles tournament". European-games.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Alexis LEBRUN". BUTTERFLY FRANCE (in French). 9 June 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  15. ^ "TIBHAR vient de signer un partenariat jusqu'en 2028 avec Alexis, Félix et la team Lebrun et s'engage ainsi à long terme avec deux des plus grands talents mondiaux". TIBHAR (in French). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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