Ben Lane
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| Born | 13 July 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 9 (MD with Sean Vendy, 18 March 2025) 21 (XD with Jessica Pugh, 28 June 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 12 (MD with Sean Vendy, 14 April 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player.[1] He won the men's doubles silver medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2023 European Games, and also a bronze medal in the European Championships.[2][3] Lane and his usual partner, Sean Vendy finally won the European Championship in 2026.[4]
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.[5][6]
Lane was educated at Exmouth Community College.[7]
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.[8] He also won two silvers and a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.[9] Lane was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[10]
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.[11] Lane competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the group stage.[12]
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]
In 2023, Lane partnering Sean Vendy captured the silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2023 European Games.[13] In 2023, he also won his fifth national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham.[14] The following year, Lane successfully defended the title for a sixth national title.[15]
Lane and Vendy went out in the opening group stages at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[16]
