Christo Popov

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Christo Popov (born 8 March 2002) is a French badminton player who affiliates with Fos club. He is a European champion, having won the men's doubles in 2025 and the men's singles in 2026. He also won a silver in the men's singles and a bronze in the men's doubles at the 2023 European Games. He became the first Frenchman to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open. Popov is the reigning men's singles world number 1, became the first Frenchman to topped the BWF World Ranking. Christo Popov was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020. He then clinched the boys' singles title at the 2020 European Junior Championships.

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