Badminton has been a European Games sport since the inaugural edition.
Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
---|---|---|---|
I | 2015 | 5 | Denmark |
II | 2019 | 5 | Great Britain |
III | 2023 | 5 | Denmark |
Event | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Men's singles | X | X | X | 3 |
Women's singles | X | X | X | 3 |
Men's doubles | X | X | X | 3 |
Women's doubles | X | X | X | 3 |
Mixed doubles | X | X | X | 3 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Denmark (DEN) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Spain (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
10 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 15 | 15 | 30 | 60 |
Nation | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 1 | ||
Austria (AUT) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Belgium (BEL) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Bulgaria (BUL) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Croatia (CRO) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Denmark (DEN) | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Estonia (EST) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Finland (FIN) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
France (FRA) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Germany (GER) | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ireland (IRL) | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Israel (ISR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Italy (ITA) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Lithuania (LTU) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Malta (MLT) | 1 | 1 | ||
Moldova (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Poland (POL) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Portugal (POR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Russia (RUS) | 8 | 8 | 2 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Spain (ESP) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Turkey (TUR) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Total | 160 | 144 | 160 | |
Year | 15 | 19 | 23 |
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Carsten Mogensen is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mogensen was a former world number 1 in the BWF World ranking together with Mathias Boe.
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Viktor Axelsen is a Danish professional badminton player. He is the reigning World and Olympic Champion in the men's singles, having won the 2022 World Championships and 2020 Olympics.
Christopher Thomas Adcock is a retired English badminton player. Adcock is currently sponsored by Yonex and YC Sports and plays for the University of Nottingham-based NBL team. He entered the National team in 2006, and later won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the 2007 European Junior Championships. He was a World Championships medalists winning a silver in 2011 with Imogen Bankier and a bronze in 2017 with Gabby Adcock. Together with Gabby, he also won a silver medal at the 2007 World Junior Championships, and then claimed the gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and 2018; and at the European Championships in 2017 and 2018.
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Lauren Smith is an English badminton player. She competed for England in the women's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze and silver medal respectively. In 2016, she represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Selena Piek is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner is Cheryl Seinen for women's doubles and Robin Tabeling for mixed doubles. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Eefje Muskens. She has also won the mixed doubles national championships title since 2012 with three different partners. Piek was the gold medalist at the 2019 European Games in the women's doubles event with Cheryl Seinen.
Gabriela Stoeva is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the three-time European Champion and two-time European Games gold medalist as well. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Stefani Stoeva is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The duo together have won gold medals in the 2015 and 2023 European Games and also three successive European Championships in 2018, 2021 and 2022 editions. Stefani Stoeva has also won some individual titles in women's singles competition.
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Lucas Maurice Corvée is a French badminton player affiliated with Issy Les Moulineaux 92 club. Corvée started playing badminton at aged 6 in Alençon badminton club. His mother also a professional badminton player. He became a member of the France national badminton team in 2010, then in 2011, he won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in boys' doubles event. Corvée was the champion of the 2013 Puerto Rico International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Brice Leverdez.
Thom Mark Gicquel is a French badminton player. Born in Tours, he started playing badminton at aged six in his parents club. Gicquel made his debut in the international senior tournament at the 2015 Riga International in Latvia, finished as the men's doubles runner-up partnered with Thomas Baures. He was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships, and made it to the gold medal in 2017. He also won the gold medal in the boys' doubles event with Toma Junior Popov. At the 2018 European Men's Team Championships, he helped the team claim the bronze medal. Teamed-up with Bastian Kersaudy, they clinched the men's doubles gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. He captured a bronze medal at the 2019 European Games in the mixed doubles event with Delphine Delrue. Gicquel and Delrue reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World ranking in 9 March 2021. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.