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 August, Lane made his second appearance in the Commonwealth Games, and won a silver medal with Vendy in the men's doubles.
In 2023, Lane partnering Sean Vendy captured the silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2023 European Games. 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 2022 National Exhibition Centre,Birmingham, England Sean Vendy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 15–21, 13–21 Silver
European Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Arena Jaskółka,Tarnów, Poland Sean Vendy Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 15–21, 21–19, 19–21 Silver
European Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Sean Vendy Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel 21–23, 17–21 Bronze 2024 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany Sean Vendy Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 19–21, 7–21 Bronze 2026 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Sean Vendy Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 21–15, 21–16 Gold
European Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,Lubin, Poland Sean Vendy Alexander Bond Joel Eipe 15–21, 24–22, 16–21 Silver
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,Lubin, Poland Jessica Pugh Frederik Søgaard Sara Lundgaard 16–21, 21–23 Bronze
BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-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 (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 2024 Swiss Open Super 300 Sean Vendy Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana 24–22, 28–26 Winner 2024 Canada Open Super 500 Sean Vendy Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21–18, 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Sean Vendy Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard 18–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner 2025 Arctic Open Super 500 Sean Vendy Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–18, 25–27, 21–17 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
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