French · Montpellier, France · Born 12 September 2006French table tennis player born in 2006, youngest ever to reach world top 15, bronze medalist at 2024 Paris Olympics and 2023 European Championships
Felix Lebrun and his older brother Alexis have spent their entire careers training and competing inside the same tiny weight class of elite table tennis, both ranked among the world's best simultaneously -- a genuine rarity in an individual sport where siblings usually specialise in different disciplines specifically to avoid this exact situation. Felix was the family's breakout first: bronze at the 2023 European Championships and a team bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics arrived before he'd turned 18, making him the youngest player ever to crack the world's top 15. Their father Stephane, a former professional player himself, coached both sons through the same academy, which means Felix's rise and Alexis's are genuinely inseparable stories rather than two athletes who happen to share a surname. Being the family's most talented player at 18 carries its own quiet pressure, since every result gets read against both his brother's parallel career and the sport's usual pattern of players peaking closer to their late twenties -- meaning most of what Lebrun is expected to achieve is still, by his own sport's normal timeline, several years away.
European breakthrough and rapid rise in world rankings
How They Played
Aggressive attacking style with strong forehand
Lasting Impact
Promising young talent representing new generation of French table tennis
Career Honours
- European Championships bronze medal (2023)
- Olympic bronze medal team event (2024)
French Athletes