Eddy Clarisse is a retired badminton

Badminton

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 player from Mauritius

Mauritius

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, who started playing badminton in 1987, ending his career in March 2006 at the Commonwealth Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

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 in Melbourne

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, Australia

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Clarisse has participated three times in the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 (Barcelona 1992

1992 Summer Olympics

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, Atlanta 1996

1996 Summer Olympics

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, Sydney 2000

2000 Summer Olympics

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). He has also been African champion three times in the men's singles (1992, 1994, 1998), also African champion in men's doubles and the team event in 2000.

Clarisse counts several participations at the World Championships and in the Thomas Cup

Thomas Cup

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. He has a total of nine gold medals at Indian Ocean Island Games

Indian Ocean Island Games

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, hence two in the Men's singles (1993 and 1998). With his 10 titles as Mauritius champion in the men's singles and almost as many in men's Doubles, he remains until now the most successful badminton player of this small island in the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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. 2005 he won the Kenya International

Kenya International

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