Lauren Smith (badminton)

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Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 34)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
CountryEngland
Lauren Smith
Personal information
Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 34)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryEngland
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byJulian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking12 (WD with Chloe Birch 25 January 2022)
7 (XD with Marcus Ellis 21 June 2018)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaMixed doubles
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2014 GlasgowMixed team
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2014 GlasgowWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold CoastMixed team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 KyivWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place2021 KyivMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2017 KoldingWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2018 HuelvaMixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 LeuvenMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2013 MoscowMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2017 LubinMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2023 Aire-sur-la-LysMixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 MilanMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2009 MilanMixed team

Lauren Smith (born 26 September 1991) is an English badminton player.[1] She competed for England in the women's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze and silver medal respectively.[2] In 2016, she represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

Teamed-up with Gabby Adcock, she won the women's doubles gold medals at the English National Badminton Championships in 2013 and 2014.[4][5] In 2015 and 2016, she also won the women's doubles title partnered with Heather Olver.[6]

Smith qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the women's doubles with Chloe Birch and in the mixed doubles with Marcus Ellis. Competed as the unseeded and second seeds in the women's and mixed doubles event respectively, she reached the finals in both events.[7] She and Birch managed to claim the silver medal after lose a match to Dutch pair in the rubber games.[8] She then claimed the mixed doubles gold medal with Ellis; they beat their compatriots Chris Adcock and Gabby Adcock by the score 21–14, 21–9.[9]

Smith played at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles with Chloe Birch and in the mixed doubles with Marcus Ellis. At the Games, she was eliminated in the group stage and quarter-finals respectively.[10] It was also revealed by the Olympic committee that she is dating her partner Marcus.

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