# Nathalie Descamps

Nathalie Descamps (born 5 January 1983 in Bilzen) is a right-handed badminton player from Belgium. Until 2010, she has won 17 Belgian National Badminton Championships. Descamps also won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wouter Claes.

## Career

Descamps currently plays for French First Division Club LUC Badminton Lille located in Lille.
She is currently ranked on place 108 (28 September 2008) in the Women's singles world ranking. In Belgium she is ranked number 1.
Descamps was selected for the European Players Olympic Forum 2008 (EPOF). In 2008, she received an invitation from the Badminton World Federation to participate to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but the Belgian Olympic Committee uses different selection criteria and decided not to withhold her selection.
During her international career, she participated in four consecutive European Championships. Her best result was a bronze medal in Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won on a European Championship.

### Clubs

| Year | Club | Division | City | Country |
| 2007–2008 | LUC Badminton Lille | 1st National | Lille | France |
| 2008–2009 | Webacsa | 1st National | Wellen | Belgium |
| 2009–2010 | LUC Badminton Lille | 1st National | Lille | France |

## Achievements
### European Championships

Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2010 | Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England | Wouter Claes | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 8–21, 14–21 | Bronze |

### BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2008 | Czech International | Séverine Corvilain | Helle Nielsen Marie Røpke | 14–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Spanish Open | Jillie Cooper | Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari | 10–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2010 | Banuinvest International | Wouter Claes | Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei | 13–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
| 2009 | Belgian International | Wouter Claes | Marcus Ellis Heather Olver | 9–21, 23–25 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | European Circuit Finals | Wouter Claes | Alexander Nikolaenko Nina Vislova | 7–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Spanish Open | Wouter Claes | Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari | 14–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Austrian International | Wouter Claes | Zhang Yi Cai Jiani | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2007 | Irish International | Wouter Claes | Howard Bach Eva Lee | 10–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2007 | Croatian International | Wouter Claes | Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska | 21–13, 16–21, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2006 | Irish International | Wouter Claes | Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien | 14–21, 21–17, 21–17 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

### National

* 2002: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels)
* 2003: Winner Belgian National Championship women's doubles (together with partner Veerle Rakels)
* 2004: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles
* 2005: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Katrien Claes), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
* 2006: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sofie Robbrecht), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
* 2007: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, women's doubles (together with partner Sabine Devooght), and mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
* 2008: Winner Belgian National Championship Women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)
* 2009: Winner Belgian National Championship women's singles, mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes), winner of the Belgian National Badminton League with her team Webacsa
* 2010: Winner Belgian National Championship Mixed doubles (together with partner Wouter Claes)