Eddy Clarisse


Édouard Clarisse is a retired badminton player from Mauritius, who started playing badminton in 1987, ending his career in March 2006 at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
Clarisse has participated three times in the Olympic Games. He has also been African champion three times in the men's singles, also African champion in men's doubles and the team event in 2000.
Clarisse counts several participations at the World Championships and in the Thomas Cup. He has a total of nine gold medals at Indian Ocean Island Games, hence two in the Men's singles. With his 10 titles as Mauritius champion in the men's singles and almost as many in men's Doubles, he remains until now the most successful badminton player of this small island in the Indian Ocean. 2005 he won the Kenya International.

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium,
Abuja, Nigeria		 Stephan Beeharry Abimbola Odejoke
Dotun Akinsanya		–, –, – Bronze

African Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2000Multi-Purpose Sports Hall, Bauchi, Nigeria Ola Fagbemi6–15, 3–15 Bronze
1998Rose Hill, Mauritius Johan Kleingeld15–8, 15–5 Gold
1994Rose Hill, Mauritius Gold
1992Rose Hill, Mauritius Anton Kriel11–15, 15–7, 15–10 Gold

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Multi-Purpose Sports Hall,
Bauchi, Nigeria		 Denis Constantin Dotun Akinsanya
Abimbola Odejoke		15–2, 15–8 Gold
1992Rose Hill, Mauritius Gilles Allet Anton Kriel
Nico Meerholz		7–15, 1–15 Silver

IBF International

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1991Kenya International Agarawu Tunde17–14, 12–15, 12–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Kenya International Amrita Sawaram Stephan Beeharry
Shama Aboobakar		17–16, 15–7 Winner