Ben Lane

Benjamin Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player. 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. Lane and his usual partner, Sean Vendy finally won the European Championship in 2026.

Personal life 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.

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 in Gold Coast.

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. Lane competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 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, after they were defeated by German pair Mark Lamsfuß and Marvin Seidel in the semi-finals. In 2023, he also won his fifth national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. The following year, Lane successfully defended the title for a sixth national title.

Lane and Vendy went out in the opening group stages at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref

is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (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 Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2021 Orléans Masters Super 100 Sean Vendy Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala 19–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 5 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Slovak Open Sean Vendy Pavel Drančák Jaromír Janáček 11–10, 11–5, 11–10 Winner 2016 Iceland International Sean Vendy Christopher Coles Adam Hall 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2017 Czech Open Sean Vendy Miłosz Bochat Adam Cwalina 18–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2019 Polish Open Sean Vendy Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 Denmark International Sean Vendy Shohei Hoshino Yujiro Nishikawa 21–4, 20–22, 18–21 Runner-up 2019 Kharkiv International Sean Vendy Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 21–19, 21–18 Winner 2019 Belgian International Sean Vendy Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker 21–11, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Hungarian International Jessica Pugh Jakub Bitman Alžběta Bášová 11–4, 11–10, 11–7 Winner 2015 Slovak Open Jessica Pugh Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Như Thảo 18–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner 2016 Dutch International Jessica Pugh Alexander Bond Ditte Søby Hansen 21–19, 21–23, 18–21 Runner-up 2016 Spanish International Jessica Pugh Gaëtan Mittelheisser Émilie Lefel 21–18, 16–21, 16–21 Winner 2017 Italian International Jessica Pugh Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 16–21, 21–19, 21–4 Winner 2019 Polish Open Jessica Pugh Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2019 Spanish International Jessica Pugh Mathias Bay-Smidt Rikke Søby Hansen 21–13, 24–26, 21–18 Winner 2019 Belgian International Jessica Pugh Mikkel Mikkelsen Amalie Magelund 21–12, 21–15 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament