Daniel Lundgaard
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| Born | 2 July 2000 Hillerød, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 18 (with Mads Vestergaard, 17 March 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 19 (with Mads Vestergaard, 14 April 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Daniel Lundgaard (born 2 July 2000) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He won the bronze medals in the men's doubles at the 2025 and 2026 European Championships with Mads Vestergaard.[2][3]
He is the son of former Danish national men's doubles player Martin Lundgaard Hansen.[4]
Career
In his junior days, Lundgaard won the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 2017 Danish Junior Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships in men's doubles with Jesper Toft.[5]
In 2019, he partnered with Mathias Thyrri and won the men's doubles title at the Dutch International.[6] In 2020, the duo reached the final of the SaarLorLux Open but lost to their compatriots Jeppe Bay and Lasse Mølhede.[7]
In 2023, he formed a new partnership with Mads Vestergaard and reached four finals in that same year. In 2025, the duo reached the semi-finals of the European Championships but lost out to Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov, settled for the bronze medal.[3] In 2026, Lundgaard and Vestergaard made their first final at the Swiss Open where they lost against the Taiwanese twins of Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen in two straight games.[8]
