Nathalie Descamps
Personal information
Country	Belgium
Born	(1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 40) Bilzen, Belgium
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	32 (XD)
Medal record Badminton Representing  Belgium European Championships Manchester 2010 Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Nathalie Descamps (born 5 January 1983 in Bilzen) is a right-handed badminton player from Belgium.^[1] Until 2010, she has won 17 Belgian National Badminton Championships.^[2] Descamps also won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wouter Claes.^[3][4]

Career

Descamps currently plays for French First Division Club LUC Badminton Lille located in Lille.

She is currently ranked on place 108 (28 September 2008) in the Women's singles world ranking. In Belgium she is ranked number 1.

Descamps was selected for the European Players Olympic Forum 2008 (EPOF). In 2008, she received an invitation from the Badminton World Federation to participate to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but the Belgian Olympic Committee uses different selection criteria and decided not to withhold her selection.

During her international career, she participated in four consecutive European Championships. Her best result was a bronze medal in Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won on a European Championship.

Clubs

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Wouter Claes	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	8–21, 14–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Czech International	Séverine Corvilain	Helle Nielsen Marie Røpke	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	Spanish Open	Jillie Cooper	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	10–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Banuinvest International	Wouter Claes	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Wouter Claes	Marcus Ellis Heather Olver	9–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Wouter Claes	Alexander Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	7–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Spanish Open	Wouter Claes	Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Wouter Claes	Zhang Yi Cai Jiani	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Wouter Claes	Howard Bach Eva Lee	10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Croatian International	Wouter Claes	Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska	21–13, 16–21, 21–13	Winner
2006	Irish International	Wouter Claes	Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien	14–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

National

• 2002: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels)
• 2003: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels)
• 2004: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles
• 2005: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Katrien Claes), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
• 2006: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sofie Robbrecht), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
• 2007: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sabine Devooght), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
• 2008: Winner Belgian National Championship Women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
• 2009: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes), winner of the Belgian National Badminton League with her team Webacsa
• 2010: Winner Belgian National Championship Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)