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Georges Julien Paul (born 7 January 1996) is a Mauritian badminton player.^[1] Paul took part at the 2014 African Youth Games, and won three gold medals in the individual event.^[2] He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2015 African Games. Paul won the men's singles title at the 2018 and 2020 African Championships.^[3]^[4]

He competed at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[5]^[6] Paul won a gold medal in the men's doubles, a silver in the singles, and a bronze in the mixed doubles at the 2019 African Games.^[7]^[8] At the All Africa Senior Championships in 2024, held in Cairo Egypt, Paul clinched Silver medal in Men's Singles. ^[9]

Achievements

African Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	16–21, 17–21	Silver

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Aatish Lubah	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–9, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Aurélie Allet	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	18–21, 22–20, 14–21	Bronze
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Kate Ludik	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	13–21, 26–24, 15–21	Bronze

African Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Adel Hamek	21–15, 15–21, 20–22	Bronze
2018	Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria	Habeeb Temitope Bello	21–16, 15–21, 21–13	Gold
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Godwin Olofua	21–13, 14–21, 19–21	Bronze
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	16–21, 21–16, 23–21	Gold
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–18, 13–21, 18–21	Silver
2024	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–23, 21–11, 16–21	Silver

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Aatish Lubah	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	16–21, 14–21	Bronze
2014	Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	Deeneshing Baboolall	Enejoh Abah Victor Makanju	21–18, 18–21, 19–21	Bronze
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Aatish Lubah	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21–19, 14–21, 22–24	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Kate Foo Kune	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	19–21, 21–19, 19–21	Silver
2024	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Kate Ludik	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	6–21, 11–21	Bronze

African Youth Games

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Otse Police College, Gaborone, Botswana	Kingsley Nelson	21–10, 21–14	Gold

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Otse Police College, Gaborone, Botswana	Kounal Soubbaroyan	Mohamed Guelmaoui Youcef Sabri Medel	21–19, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Otse Police College, Gaborone, Botswana	Aurélie Allet	Bongani von Bodenstein Anri Schoones	19–21, 21–8, 21–13	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 15 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Rose Hill International	Aatish Lubah	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Zambia International	Maxime Moreels	12–21, 22–20, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Uganda International	Edwin Ekiring	21–19, 7–11 (retired)	Winner
2017	South Africa International	Maxime Moreels	21–19, 15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Pakistan International	Saran Jamsri	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	Botswana International	Somi Romdhani	21–12, 22–20	Winner
2023	South Africa International	Nadeem Dalvi	12–21, 21–23	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mauritius International	Denneshsing Baboolall	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	South Africa International	Aatish Lubah	Kek Jamnik Alen Roj	22–20, 20–22, 22–20	Winner
2016	Zambia International	Aatish Lubah	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	15–21, 21–16, 21–18	Winner
2016	Botswana International	Aatish Lubah	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Uganda International	Aatish Lubah	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Mauritius International	Aatish Lubah	Fabio Caponio Giovanni Toti	21–13, 21–23, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Botswana International	Aatish Lubah	Adarsh Kumar Jagadish Yadav	14–21, 22–20, 20–22	Runner-up
2017	Zambia International	Aatish Lubah	Kapil Chaudhary Brijesh Yadav	21–17, 21–23, 21–11	Winner
2017	South Africa International	Aatish Lubah	Tarun Kona Saurabh Sharma	9–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Kenya International	Aatish Lubah	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21–14, 20–22, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Zambia International	Kate Foo Kune	Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb Doha Hany	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2016	Botswana International	Hadia Hosny	Anatoliy Yartsev Evgeniya Kosetskaya	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2017	Botswana International	Aurélie Allet	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Uganda International	Aurélie Allet	Jonathan Persson Kate Foo Kune	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Mauritius International	Aurélie Allet	Sarim Mohamed Moosa Aminath Shahurunaz	21–14, 21–6	Winner
2023	Botswana International	Kate Ludik	Melvin Appiah Vilina Appiah	21–10, 21–15	Winner