Verdet Kessler

Verdet Kessler
Personal information
Birth name	Verdet Emily Caci Kessler
Country	Australia
Born	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) Adelaide, Australia
Women's
Highest ranking	102 (WS) 4 December 2014 106 (WD) 23 October 2014 375 (XD) 5 April 2012
Medal record Badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2014 Ballarat Women's singles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2014 Ballarat Mixed team 2012 Ballarat Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships 2012 Ballarat Women's team Oceania Junior Championships 2011 Suva Mixed team 2011 Suva Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Verdet Emily Caci Kessler (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian badminton player.^[1] 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.

Kessler is the daughter of a Bermudian ballet dancer (Verniece Benjamin) and German handballer (Detlef Kessler).^[2] 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.^[2][3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] In 2014, she won the women's singles title at the Oceania Championships after beat Michelle Chan of New Zealand.^[6] At the same year, she competed at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.^[7] 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".^[3]

Women's singles

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

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

• Verdet Kessler at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• 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)