Alex Lanier

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Alex Lanier
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Lanier in 2023
Personal information
CountryFrance
Born (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 20)
Caen, France
Years active2020–present
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Career record207 wins, 69 losses
Highest ranking7 (5 August 2025)
Current ranking7 (29 July 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Horsens Men's singles
European Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Łódź Men's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Baku Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Spokane Boys' singles
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Belgrade Boys' singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 BelgradeMixed team
BWF profile

Alex Lanier (born 26 January 2005) is a French badminton player. [1] He was a gold medalist in the 2025 European Championships. [2] He became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. [3] In the juniors, Lanier was a boys' singles gold medalist at the 2022 European Junior Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Junior Championships.

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Career

Alex Lanier started playing badminton at the age of 3 and later joined the Dives-sur-Mer badminton club. In 2019, he left the Dives-sur-Mer, to join the club of Strasbourg, to compete in the French interclub division. In 2020, he joined INSEP at the age of only 15. [4]

In June 2021, he competed in the Lithuanian International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Canada's player B. R. Sankeerth. [5] Afterwards, he managed to advance to the final at the Latvia International, but lost to India's Meiraba Luwang Maisnam. [6] He bounced back at the Italian International and won his second international title by defeating Czech player Jan Louda. [7]

In 2022, he clinched the boys' singles title at the European Junior Championships. [8] In October, he secured his first win on a World Tour event at the age of only 17, as he defeated Japanese Takuma Obayashi at the Canada Open. [9]

In 2023, Lanier won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships. [10]

In 2024, Lanier won the Japan Open title at a young age 19 years old. He defeated seeded player en-route to the final. [11] The 19-year-old did it in sensational fashion, taking down world number 1 Shi Yuqi 17-21 21-16 21-18 in the semi-finals of Japan Open. By winning the Japan Open, he became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 event. [3]

Despite an early losses at the Malaysia and India Opens in January, [12] [13] Lanier went on to win his maiden title in 2025 at the Orleans Masters. [14] He then entered to top 10 men's singles at the BWF World ranking on 11 March 2025. [15] In his debut at the All England Open, he managed to reach the semi-finals losing to Lee Chia-hao. [16] He managed to win the 2025 European Championships title, becoming the first ever French men's singles player to win the title. [2]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2025 Forum, Horsens, Denmark Flag of France.svg Toma Junior Popov 21–17, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold [2]

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2023 The Podium, Spokane, United States Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Zhean 20–22, 20–22 Med 3.png Bronze [10]

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 Athletic Hall Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Flag of Denmark.svg Jakob Houe 21–18, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold [8]

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [17] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [18]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 Canada Open Super 100 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Obayashi 21–12, 12–21, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [9]
2024 Canada OpenSuper 500 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Watanabe 22–20, 17–21, 6–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Japan Open Super 750 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chou Tien-chen 21–17, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner [3]
2025 Orléans Masters Super 300 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Chun-yi 21–13, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner [14]
2025 Japan OpenSuper 750 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi 17–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge / Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Lithuanian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg B. R. Sankeerth 18–21, 23–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner [5]
2021 Latvia International Flag of India.svg Meiraba Maisnam 15–21, 21–12, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [6]
2021 Italian International Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Louda 21–12, 18–21, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner [7]
2022 Estonian International Flag of Malaysia.svg Kok Jing Hong 22–20, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023Estonian International Flag of Japan.svg Yushi Tanaka 13–21, 21–15, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Polish Open Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Koljonen 21–14, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Irish Open Flag of Ireland.svg Nhat Nguyen 13–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Luxembourg Open Flag of Singapore.svg Jason Teh 21–17, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024 Denmark Challenge Flag of Japan.svg Yushi Tanaka21–15, 12–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Nantes International Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 21–14, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Alex Lanier | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Prigent, Irène (13 April 2025). "Badminton : Alex Lanier, originaire du Calvados, sacré champion d'Europe" (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alex Lanier wins Japan Open at age 19, a first for French badminton". Le Monde. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Chatel, Aline (5 July 2020). "Les pépites du sport à Caen (3/5). Alex Lanier, le prodige du badminton" (in French). Actu.fr. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 Raftery, Alan (14 June 2021). "Alex Lanier Remember the name". Ukrainian Badminton Federation. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 Raftery, Alan (30 August 2021). "Polina Buhrova leads the way for Ukraine". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Perfly Italian International 2021 : Alex Lanier vainqueur !" (in French). French Badminton Federation. 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 Gonzalez Martinez, Sara (27 August 2022). "Writing history in the 2022 European Junior Championships". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. 1 2 "L'Alsacien Alex Lanier entre dans l'histoire en remportant son premier tournoi du World Tour au Canada" (in French). L'Alsace. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. 1 2 Pineau, Valentin (9 October 2023). "Badminton. "Alex Lanier en bronze, c'est vraiment un exploit", juge le coach des Bleuets" (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Kumar, Prem (25 August 2024). "Japan Open: Lanier's here". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Boopathy, K. M. (8 January 2025). "Kunlavut and Lanier impress at Malaysia Open". New Straits Times. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  13. ↑ Mohanarangan, Vinayakk (17 January 2025). "India Open Super 750: Kiran George's stirring fightback the highlight; Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu post contrasting wins". The India Express. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  14. 1 2 Huguen, Morgane (9 March 2025). "Badminton. « Je suis très fier » : Impérial, le Normand Alex Lanier remporte le Masters d'Orléans" (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Alex Lanier grimpe à la 10e place mondiale en simple, Toma Junior Popov 17e" (in French). L'Équipe. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Lee one of three first-time finalists through in morning session". All England Badminton. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  17. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  18. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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