Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English

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player. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the

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and a bronze medal in the

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Personal life

Ben's mother Suzanne Louis-Lane, represented England in badminton and had won the women's singles title at the

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in 1993 and 1994. His older brother,

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, represented England in badminton and won the men's singles at the 2017 National Championships. Lane was educated at Exmouth Community College.

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. He also won two silvers and a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. Lane was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

in Gold Coast. In 2021, Lane claimed his first World Tour title at the

Orléans Masters The Orléans Masters championships is an open badminton tournament held in France. This tournament is organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans (CLTO) Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans. This tournament began a ...

, after in the final they beat Indian pair Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala. Lane competed at the

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, but was eliminated in the group stage. In 2022, Lane won the men's doubles bronze medal at the Madrid European Championships with

Sean Vendy Sean Vendy (born 18 May 1996) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 5 in Orkney, then moved to England at 7. He became part of the England national badminton team in May 2015. In 2022, he partnered with Ben Lan ...

, after they were defeated by German pair

Mark Lamsfuß Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld. He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships. Career Lamsfuß started playing badmint ...

and Marvin Seidel in the semi-finals. In August, Lane made his second appearance in the Commonwealth Games, and won a silver medal with Vendy in the men's doubles.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(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. ''Men's doubles''

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

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Ben 1997 births Living people People from Kingston upon Thames Sportspeople from Surrey English male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games