Alexis Lebrun

Alexis Lebrun (born 27 August 2003, Montpellier, France) is a French table tennis player and a three-time French national champion, from years 2022 to 2024. As of 19 March 2024, he is ranked 22nd in the world in the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) world rankings.

Life and career
Alexis Lebrun discovered table tennis when he was three years old. His father Stephane Lebrun was a number 7 table tennis player of France and doubles champion of France. His uncle Christophe Legoût is a former member of French national team, and Alexis' younger brother Felix is also a table tennis player.

Early career (2020-2022)
Alexis Lebrun became the junior national champion of France in singles table tennis in 2020 and repeated his success in 2021. In 2022, he defeated Simon Gauzy to become the national champion of France in the singles. He also won the mixed doubles championship with Camille Lutz.

2023
In March 2023, Alexis Lebrun retained his French national championship title by defeating his younger brother Félix Lebrun in the final.

In April 2023, he won in 5 sets against then number 1 tennis player in the world Fan Zhendong in the quarter-finals of the Macao tournament. Ranked 1050 in the world in January 2022, he quickly advanced in a fifteen-month period to become world number 19 in April 2023 at only nineteen years of age.

In June 2023, at the European Games, Alexis Lebrun won the bronze medal at the men's singles table tennis event. His younger brother Felix won the gold.

2024
In February 2024, as part of the French men's national team, Alexis took part in the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea (with Félix Lebrun, Simon Gauzy, Jules Rolland and Lilian Bardet). Team France won the silver medal, having been defeated in the final by Team China (3-0). This was the first time in 27 years that the French men's national team won any medal in the World Team Table Tennis Championships, having won the silver medal in 1997 the last time.

In March 2024, Alexis Lebrun won the French national title a third consecutive time after his previous wins in 2022 and 2023, defeating his brother Félix again in the final, this time in six sets.

Sponsorship
Alexis (as well as his younger brother Felix) was sponsored since his professional debut by the Butterfly brand. In 2022 he finished his collaboration with Butterfly and signed a contract with Tibhar for six years.