Daniel Lundgaard

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Daniel Lundgaard
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24)
Hillerød, Denmark
Men's doubles
Highest ranking25 (with Mads Vestergaard, 27 May 2025)
Current ranking27 (with Mads Vestergaard, 3 June 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Horsens Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Baku Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Lodz Men's team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 MulhouseMen's doubles
BWF profile

Daniel Lundgaard (born 2 July 2000) is a Danish badminton player. [1] He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2025 European Badminton Championships with Mads Vestergaard. [2] [3]

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Biography

He is the son of former Danish national men's doubles player Martin Lundgaard Hansen. [4]

Career

In his junior days, Lundgaard won the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 2017 Danish Junior Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Jesper Toft.

In 2019, he partnered with Mathias Thyrri and won the men's doubles title at the Dutch International. [5] In 2020, the duo reached the final of the 2020 SaarLorLux Open but lost to their compatriots Jeppe Bay and Lasse Mølhede. [6]

In 2023, he formed a new partnership with Mads Vestergaard and reached four finals in that same year. In 2025, the duo reached the semi-finals of the 2025 European Badminton Championships but lost out to Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2025 Forum, Horsens, Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard Flag of France.svg Christo Popov
Flag of France.svg Toma Junior Popov
21–19, 18–21, 23–25 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toft Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Thom Gicquel
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Toma Junior Popov
14–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [7] 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. [8]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Bay
Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Mølhede
13–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota
21–16, 15–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Denmark Masters Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri Flag of France.svg Ronan Labar
Flag of France.svg Lucas Corvée
24–22, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Polish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Ko-chi
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Po Li-wei
22–20, 16–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Mexican International Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard Flag of Germany.svg Bjarne Geiss
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Colin Völker
22–24, 21–19, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Belgian International Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Søndergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toft
13–21, 24–26Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Scottish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Søndergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toft
21–15, 11–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

Boys' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Danish Junior Cup Flag of Denmark.svg Karl Thor Søndergaard Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Bøgebjerg
Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Gram
21–15, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Danish Junior Cup Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Muurholm
Flag of Denmark.svg Malene Kæseler
21–17, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Daniel LUNDGAARD | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  2. "Dansk badmintonprofil vinder EM-guld". DR (in Danish). 2025-04-13. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  3. Henriksen, Julie (2025-04-12). "Danskeropgør, finaler og en skade: Sådan forløb lørdag ved EM". Badminton.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  4. Elkjær, Ronni Burkal (2020-10-14). "Podcast: Dag 2 - Ung HD-debut, faderligt legendebesøg og landstrænerstatus". Badminton.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  5. Tom (2019-04-15). "New Zealand's Manota and Leydon-Davis end their European tour on a high". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  6. Liew, Vincent (2020-11-01). "Kirsty Gilmour Wins 2020 SaarLorLux Open; 1st Title Since 2018 Scottish Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  7. 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.
  8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.