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Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kingston, Surrey, England | 13 July 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Milton Keynes, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 12 (MD with Sean Vendy, 29 October 2024) 21 (XD with Jessica Pugh, 28 June 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 12 (MD with Sean Vendy, 29 October 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player. [1] He won the men's doubles silver medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2023 European Games, and also a bronze medal in the European Championships. [2] [3]
Ben's mother Suzanne Louis-Lane, represented England in badminton and had won the women's singles title at the National Championships in 1993 and 1994. His older brother, Alex, represented England in badminton and won the men's singles at the 2017 National Championships. [4] [5]
Lane was educated at Exmouth Community College. [6]
Lane started playing badminton at aged nine, and in his junior career, he had won the U-17 European Championships in the boys' and mixed doubles event in 2014. [7] He also won two silvers and a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. [8] Lane was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [9]
In 2021, Lane claimed his first World Tour title at the Orléans Masters, after in the final they beat Indian pair Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala. [10] Lane competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the group stage. [11]
In 2022, Lane won the men's doubles bronze medal at the Madrid European Championships with Sean Vendy, after they were defeated by German pair Mark Lamsfuß and Marvin Seidel in the semi-finals. [3] In August, Lane made his second appearance in the Commonwealth Games, and won a silver medal with Vendy in the men's doubles. [2]
In 2023, Lane partnering Sean Vendy captured the silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2023 European Games. [12] In 2023, he also won his fifth national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. [13] The following year, Lane successfully defended the title for a sixth national title. [14]
Lane and Vendy went out in the opening group stages at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [15]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2022 | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England | Sean Vendy | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | 15–21, 13–21 | Silver | [2] |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2023 | Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland | Sean Vendy | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 15–21, 21–19, 19–21 | Silver | [12] |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain | Sean Vendy | Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel | 21–23, 17–21 | Bronze | [3] |
2024 | Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany | Sean Vendy | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 19–21, 7–21 | Bronze |
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland | Sean Vendy | Alexander Bond Joel Eipe | 15–21, 24–22, 16–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland | Jessica Pugh | Frederik Søgaard Sara Lundgaard | 16–21, 21–23 | Bronze |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [16] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [17]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2021 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Sean Vendy | Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala | 19–21, 21–14, 21–19 | Winner | [10] |
2024 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Sean Vendy | Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana | 24–22, 28–26 | Winner | |
2024 | Canada Open | Super 500 | Sean Vendy | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 21–18, 14–21, 11–21 | Runner-up | |
2024 | Hylo Open | Super 300 | Sean Vendy | Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard | 18–21, 21–15, 21–18 | Winner |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Slovak Open | Sean Vendy | Pavel Drančák Jaromír Janáček | 11–10, 11–5, 11–10 | Winner |
2016 | Iceland International | Sean Vendy | Christopher Coles Adam Hall | 19–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Czech Open | Sean Vendy | Miłosz Bochat Adam Cwalina | 18–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
2019 | Polish Open | Sean Vendy | Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan | 19–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Denmark International | Sean Vendy | Shohei Hoshino Yujiro Nishikawa | 21–4, 20–22, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Kharkiv International | Sean Vendy | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge | 21–19, 21–18 | Winner |
2019 | Belgian International | Sean Vendy | Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker | 21–11, 21–14 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Hungarian International | Jessica Pugh | Jakub Bitman Alžběta Bášová | 11–4, 11–10, 11–7 | Winner |
2015 | Slovak Open | Jessica Pugh | Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Như Thảo | 18–21, 21–13, 21–12 | Winner |
2016 | Dutch International | Jessica Pugh | Alexander Bond Ditte Søby Hansen | 21–19, 21–23, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Spanish International | Jessica Pugh | Gaëtan Mittelheisser Émilie Lefel | 21–18, 16–21, 16–21 | Winner |
2017 | Italian International | Jessica Pugh | Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith | 16–21, 21–19, 21–4 | Winner |
2019 | Polish Open | Jessica Pugh | Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue | 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
2019 | Spanish International | Jessica Pugh | Mathias Bay-Smidt Rikke Søby Hansen | 21–13, 24–26, 21–18 | Winner |
2019 | Belgian International | Jessica Pugh | Mikkel Mikkelsen Amalie Magelund | 21–12, 21–15 | Winner |
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