The Molts of Félix Lebrun, or the Clean Sweep of the French "ping" Star

He has barely celebrated his majority – in September 2024 – but Félix Lebrun has already come a long way. Two years after his first World Championships, the "little brother" of the Lebrun siblings will compete at the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha (Qatar) on Saturday, May 17 (1 p.m. Paris time) against Slovakian Lubomir Pistej (world ^number 146), who has a completely different status. In 2023 in South Africa, the 16-year-old teenager, then ranked ^35th in the world, lost in the round of 16 after winning two matches. Since then, Félix Lebrun has won two Olympic bronze medals, climbed to world number ⁶ , and seen his fame reach unprecedented heights for a table tennis player. With his brother Alexis, they have now entered the ranking of the French people's favorite personalities in ^31st place. Enough to sharpen his ambitions for the 2025 World Championships.

Yet, this post-Olympic year has been full of "ups and downs," admits the Montpellier native. Since his performances at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles made him one of the heroes of Paris 2024, Félix Lebrun has chosen to reset his game, to reach the firmament. Because he started from one observation: "I can be beaten by a large number of players and I am also capable of beating almost all the best."

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