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'''Alex Lanier''' (born 26 January 2005) is a French [[badminton]] player.
'''Alex Lanier''' (born 26 January 2005) is a French [[badminton]] player.

Revision as of 18:30, 26 April 2022

Alex Lanier
Personal information
CountryFrance
Born (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19)
Caen, France
Years active2020–present
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking131 (18 January 2022)
Current ranking145 (18 April 2022)
BWF profile

Alex Lanier (born 26 January 2005) is a French badminton player.

Career

Alex Lanier started playing badminton at the age of 3 and joined the dives-sur-Mer badminton club.[1] He quickly won regional tournaments.

In 2019, he left the badminton club of Dives-sur-Mer, to join the club of Strasbourg to take part, at the age of 14, in the Top 12, the highest French division of team badminton. In 2020, he joined INSEP at the age of only 15.[2]

In June 2021, he competed in the Lithuanian International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Canada's player B. R. Sankeerth .[3] After that, he managed to advance to the final at the Latvia International tournament, but lost to India's Meiraba Luwang Maisnam but he managed to advance to the final again at Italian International tournament and won his second international title by defeating Czech's player Jan Louda.[4][5]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 title, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2021 Lithuanian International Canada B. R. Sankeerth 18–21, 23–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Latvia International India Meiraba Luwang Maisnam 15–21, 21–12, 20–22  Silver
2021 Italian International Czech Republic Jan Louda 21–12, 18–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Estonian International Malaysia Kok Jing Hong 22–20, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Alex Lanier, the badminton prodigy". Actu,fr. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Sports directory". Insep. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Alex Lanier Remember the name". Ukranian Badminton Federation. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Latvia International Result". Tournamentsoftware. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Italian International Result". Tournamentsoftware. Retrieved 23 February 2022.