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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)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  France
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade Boys' singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade Mixed team
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] Afterwards, he managed to advance to the final at the Latvia International, but lost to India's Meiraba Luwang Maisnam. He bounced back at the Italian International and won his second international title by defeating Czech player Jan Louda.[4][5]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Athletic Hall Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Denmark Jakob Houe 21–18, 21–12 Gold Gold

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
2022 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Takuma Obayashi 0–0, 0–0

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 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.fr. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ Raftery, Alan (14 June 2021). "Alex Lanier Remember the name". Ukrainian Badminton Federation. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Latvia International Result". Tournamentsoftware. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Italian International Result". Tournamentsoftware. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.