Vimala Hériau

Vimala Hériau
Personal information
Country	France
Born	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25) Argenteuil, France
Residence	Paris, France
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	47 (WD with Margot Lambert 2 February 2021) 71 (XD with Fabien Delrue 2 February 2021)
Current ranking	72 (WD with Margot Lambert) 75 (XD with Fabien Delrue) (16 August 2022)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  France European Women's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Women's team European Mixed Team Championships 2021 Vantaa Mixed team European Junior Championships 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Vimala Hériau (born 10 February 1999) is a French badminton player who affiliate with Racing Club de France.[1][2] She was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships.[3][4] She won her first senior international title by winning the women's and mixed doubles event at the 2019 Hellas Open.[5] Hériau was the women's doubles National Champions in 2018 and 2020.[6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Riga International	Margot Lambert	Kristin Kuuba Helina Rüütel	22–20, 17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Hellas Open	Margot Lambert	Rutaparna Panda Arathi Sara Sunil	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Hellas Open	Margot Lambert	Anastasiya Prozorova Valeriya Rudakova	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2020	Estonian International	Margot Lambert	Rena Miyaura Saori Ozaki	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2020	Swedish Open	Margot Lambert	Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow	20–22, 20–22	Runner-up
2022	Portugal International	Sharone Bauer	Yeung Nga Ting Yeung Pui Lam	14–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dutch International	William Villeger	Mathias Thyrri Elisa Melgaard	14–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Hellas Open	Fabien Delrue	Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska	17–21, 21–19, 21–15	Winner
2019	Kharkiv International	Fabien Delrue	Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Vimala Heriau". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
2. "#EJC17 - Vimala Heriau : "je suis motivée et impatiente"" (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton Accueil. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
3. "Badminton – (Ch. Europe Juniors) : Déjà 3 médailles assurées pour les bleus !" (in French). PA-Sport. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
4. Pays, Sandrine (12 April 2017). "Un titre historique pour les Bleuets" (in French). L'Alsace. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
5. Despoina, Anastasiadou-Galva (8 November 2019). "French players dominating in Greece". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
6. "Mulhouse 2020 : Les Champions sont ..." (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton Accueil. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

External links

• Vimala Hériau at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com