Ben Lane

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Ben Lane
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 24)
Kingston, Surrey, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking18 (MD 2 February 2021)
21 (XD 28 June 2018)
Current ranking19 (MD), 36 (XD) (3 August 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kazan Men's team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is a badminton player from England and a former national champion in doubles.[1]

Personal life[]

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.[2][3]

Lane was educated at Exmouth Community College.[4]

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.[5] He also won two silvers and a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.[6] Lane was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[7]

Lane competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the group stage.[8]

Achievements[]

European Junior Championships[]

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland 		England Sean Vendy Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Joel Eipe 		15–21, 24–22, 16–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland 		England Jessica Pugh Denmark Frederik Søgaard
Denmark Sara Lundgaard 		16–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[10]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Level Opponent Score Result
2021 Orléans Masters England Sean Vendy Super 100 India
India 		19–21, 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 5 runners-up)[]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Slovak Open England Sean Vendy Czech Republic Pavel Drančák
Czech Republic Jaromír Janáček 		11–10, 11–5, 11–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Iceland International England Sean Vendy England Christopher Coles
Scotland Adam Hall 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Czech Open England Sean Vendy Poland Miłosz Bochat
Poland Adam Cwalina 		18–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Polish Open England Sean Vendy Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan 		19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Denmark International England Sean Vendy Japan Shohei Hoshino
Japan 		21–4, 20–22, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Kharkiv International England Sean Vendy England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge 		21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Belgian International England Sean Vendy Germany
Germany 		21–11, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Hungarian International England Jessica Pugh Czech Republic Jakub Bitman
Czech Republic Alžběta Bášová 		11–4, 11–10, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Slovak Open England Jessica Pugh Vietnam Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Vietnam Phạm Như Thảo 		18–21, 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International England Jessica Pugh Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Ditte Søby Hansen 		21–19, 21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Spanish International England Jessica Pugh France Gaëtan Mittelheisser
France Émilie Lefel 		21–18, 16–21, 16–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Italian International England Jessica Pugh England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		16–21, 21–19, 21–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Polish Open England Jessica Pugh France Thom Gicquel
France Delphine Delrue 		21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Spanish International England Jessica Pugh Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen 		21–13, 24–26, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Belgian International England Jessica Pugh Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Amalie Magelund 		21–12, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Ben Lane". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Mum's the word as all Lanes lead to glory in Wycombe". Badminton England. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ Galloway, Will (4 September 2017). "Alex Lane wins senior men's single title at England National Badminton Championships". Bath Time Student Magazine.
  4. ^ "Exmouth badminton ace Ben Lane gets Commonwealth call". East Devon 24. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Exmouth badminton ace Ben Lane lands national Under-19 title playing two years up!". Exmouth Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Ben Lane". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Lane Ben". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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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