Ben Lane

Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player.[1] He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the European Championships.[2][3]

Ben Lane
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997
Kingston, Surrey, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking13 (MD with Sean Vendy 27 September 2022)
21 (XD with Jessica Pugh 28 June 2018)
Current ranking16 (MD with Sean Vendy 17 January 2023)
BWF profile

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.[4][5]

Lane was educated at Exmouth Community College.[6]

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]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Sean Vendy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
15–21, 13–21 Silver [2]

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Sean Vendy Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Seidel
21–23, 17–21 Bronze [3]

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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.[13]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Orléans Masters Sean Vendy Super 100 Krishna Prasad Garaga
Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala
19–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner [10]

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
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
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
  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. "Lane and Vendy walk away from badminton final with silver as Commonwealth Games nears its climax". Alloa Advertiser. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. "Lane And Vendy Win European Championship Bronze In Madrid". Badminton England. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. "Mum's the word as all Lanes lead to glory in Wycombe". Badminton England. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. Galloway, Will (4 September 2017). "Alex Lane wins senior men's single title at England National Badminton Championships". Bath Time Student Magazine.
  6. "Exmouth badminton ace Ben Lane gets Commonwealth call". East Devon 24. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. "Exmouth badminton ace Ben Lane lands national Under-19 title playing two years up!". Exmouth Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. "Ben Lane". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. "The title for the English Lane/Vendy". Orléans Masters. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  11. "Lane Ben". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  12. 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.
  13. 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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