Alex Lanier
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 2005 Caen, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2020–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 131 (18 January 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 145 (18 April 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
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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
European Junior Championships
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Athletic Hall Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia |  Jakob Houe
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21–18, 21–12 |  Gold
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BWF World Tour
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Canada Open | Super 100 |  Takuma Obayashi
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0–0, 0–0 |
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Lithuanian International |  B. R. Sankeerth
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18–21, 23–21, 21–15 |  Winner
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| 2021 | Latvia International |  Meiraba Luwang Maisnam
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15–21, 21–12, 20–22 |  Silver
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| 2021 | Italian International |  Jan Louda
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21–12, 18–21, 21–11 | Winner
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| 2022 | Estonian International |  Kok Jing Hong
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22–20, 21–15 | Winner
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- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ^ "Alex Lanier, the badminton prodigy". Actu.fr. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Sports directory". Insep.fr. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Alex Lanier Remember the name". Ukrainian Badminton Federation. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Latvia International Result". Tournamentsoftware. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Italian International Result". Tournamentsoftware. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
- Alex Lanier at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com