Verdet Kessler

Verdet Kessler

Personal information
Born	Verdet Emily Caci Kessler (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 Adelaide, Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Badminton
Women's
Highest ranking	102 (WS) 4 December 2014 106 (WD) 23 October 2014 375 (XD) 5 April 2012
BWF profile
Medal record Badminton Representing Australia Oceania Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Ballarat Women's singles Oceania Mixed Team Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Ballarat Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Women's team Oceania Junior Championships Silver medal – second place 2011 Suva Mixed team Bronze medal – third place 2011 Suva Girls' doubles

Verdet Emily Caci Kessler (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian badminton player. Kessler was the women's singles national champion in 2013 and 2014, and also won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships in 2014.

Early life and career

Kessler is the daughter of a Bermudian ballet dancer (Verniece Benjamin) and German handballer (Detlef Kessler). She began playing badminton at the age of seven after trying it at a holiday clinic, taking up weekly training at the age of twelve and joining her first junior state team a year later. Her home club is the Glenelg Badminton Club.

Career

In 2009, Kessler won the girls' doubles event at the U-19 Australian Junior International tournament partnered with Leanne Choo. She was also selected to join the Australian Junior Commonwealth Games squad. In 2011, she won the silver and bronze medal at the Oceania Junior Championships in the mixed team and girls' doubles respectively. In 2012, she represented her country at the World Junior Championships in Japan. In 2014, she won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships after beat Michelle Chan of New Zealand. At the same year, she competed at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Also in 2014, at the Ede Clendinnen Shield event, she was awarded the Cliff Cutt Trophy for exhibiting the "highest standards of sportsmanship, personality, court demeanour, playing ability and appearance throughout the tournament".

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Michelle Chan	21–23, 21–14, 21–14	Gold Gold
2012	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Michelle Chan	10–21, 17–21	Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Talia Saunders	Ann-Louise Slee Eugenia Tanaka	11–21, 21–23	Bronze Bronze

Oceania Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Yat Sen School, Suva, Fiji	Tara Pilven	Victoria Cheng Mary O'Connor	13–21, 21–18, 15–21	Bronze Bronze

External links

• Verdet Kessler at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Verdet Kessler at BWFBadminton.com
• Verdet Kessler at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Verdet Kessler at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Verdet Kessler at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)