Career
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]
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