Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

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 badminton at aged 3, and in 2013 he won the Dutch Open Junior tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Franziska Volkmann. He and Volkmann also won bronze at the 2013 European Junior Badminton Championships. He became the

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in 2013, and at that year he reach the men's doubles semifinal round of the senior tournament at the Irish Open International Challenge with

Fabian Holzer Fabian Holzer (born 28 July 1992) is a German badminton player. In 2011, he won the silver medal in the boys' doubles event at the European Junior Championships partnered with Max Schwenger Max Schwenger (born 28 April 1992) is a German badmi ...

. In 2016, he clinched the mixed doubles title at the

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

tournament partnered with

Isabel Herttrich Isabel Lohau ('' née'' Herttrich; born 17 March 1992) is a German badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at her hometown Hersbruck in 2001, and in 2010 she joined the Germany national badminton team. She ...

from BC Bischmisheim. He won his first BWF International tournament at the 2017 Orleans International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Herttrich. In 2021, he competed at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in Kyiv, Ukraine, reaching the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Herttrich and the finals in the men's doubles with Seidel. Unfortunately, he was tested positive for COVID-19, and the organizers decided to cancel the finals. Nevertheless, Lamsfuß then received a silver and a bronze medal for his achievements in the tournament. In July, he competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's and

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...

but was eliminated in the group stage in both events.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

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

European Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

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

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(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'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

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

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:Lamsfuss, Mark 1994 births Living people People from Wipperfürth Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Germany Badminton players at the 2019 European Games Badminton players at the 2023 European Games European Games competitors for Germany