Lauren Smith (badminton)

Lauren Smith (born 26 September 1991) is an English badminton player.^[1] She competed for England in the women's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze and silver medal respectively.^[2] In 2016, she represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[3]

Lauren Smith
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 31) Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	12 (WD with Chloe Birch 25 January 2022) 7 (XD with Marcus Ellis 21 June 2018)
Current ranking	76 (WD with Chloe Birch) 45 (XD with Marcus Ellis) (17 January 2023)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Great Britain European Games 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles 2019 Minsk Women's doubles Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Mixed team 2018 Gold Coast Women's doubles 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles 2014 Glasgow Women's doubles 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team European Championships 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles 2021 Kyiv Mixed doubles 2017 Kolding Women's doubles 2018 Huelva Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team European Junior Championships 2009 Milan Mixed doubles 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

Teamed-up with Gabby Adcock, she won the women's doubles gold medals at the English National Badminton Championships in 2013 and 2014.^[4][5] In 2015 and 2016, she also won the women's doubles title partnered with Heather Olver.^[6]

Smith qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the women's doubles with Chloe Birch and in the mixed doubles with Marcus Ellis. Competed as the unseeded and second seeds in the women's and mixed doubles event respectively, she reached the finals in both events.^[7] She and Birch managed to claim the silver medal after lose a match to Dutch pair in the rubber games.^[8] She then claimed the mixed doubles gold medal with Ellis; they beat their compatriots Chris Adcock and Gabby Adcock by the score 21–14, 21–9.^[9]

Career

Smith played at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles with Chloe Birch and in the mixed doubles with Marcus Ellis. At the Games, she was eliminated in the group stage and quarter-finals respectively.^[10] It was also revealed by the Olympic committee that she is dating her partner Marcus.

Achievements

 

Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith at the German Open 2022

Commonwealth Games

 

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Gabby Adcock	Lai Pei Jing   Lim Yin Loo	16–21, 21–15, 21–16	Bronze
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Sarah Walker	Chow Mei Kuan   Vivian Hoo	12–21, 12–21	Silver
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Chloe Birch	Pearly Tan   Thinaah Muralitharan	5–21, 8–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Marcus Ellis	Chris Adcock   Gabby Adcock	21–19, 17–21, 16–21	Silver
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Marcus Ellis	Terry Hee   Tan Wei Han	16–21, 15–21	Silver

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Chloe Birch	Selena Piek   Cheryl Seinen	21–14, 13–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Marcus Ellis	Chris Adcock   Gabby Adcock	21–14, 21–9	Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Sarah Walker	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	15–21, 15–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Chloe Birch	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 19–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Marcus Ellis	Mathias Christiansen   Christinna Pedersen	16–21, 21–19, 12–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Marcus Ellis	Rodion Alimov   Alina Davletova	21–11, 16–21, 15–21	Silver

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy	Ben Stawski	Jacco Arends   Selena Piek	6–21, 14–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[12]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Chloe Birch	Hsu Ya-ching   Hu Ling-fang	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Chloe Birch	Liu Xuanxuan   Xia Yuting	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Marcus Ellis	Mark Lamsfuß   Isabel Herttrich	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	Mark Lamsfuß   Isabel Herttrich	21–13, 21–4	Winner
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Marcus Ellis	Niclas Nøhr   Sara Thygesen	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	Thom Gicquel   Delphine Delrue	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2018	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	Lu Kai   Chen Lu	19–21, 21–18, 21–10	Winner
2018	Scottish Open	Super 100	Marcus Ellis	Jacco Arends   Selena Piek	13–6 retired	Winner
2019	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Marcus Ellis	Rodion Alimov   Alina Davletova	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2020	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Marcus Ellis	Hafiz Faizal   Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	21–16, 13–21, 21–16	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Scottish Open	Heather Olver	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	7–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Canada Open	Heather Olver	Setyana Mapasa   Gronya Somerville	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dutch Open	Marcus Ellis	Jacco Arends   Selena Piek	21–17, 21–18	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 15 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Portugal International	Alexandra Langley	Steffi Annys   Severine Corvilain	13–21, 21–13, 21–18	Winner
2011	Portugal International	Alexandra Langley	Helen Davies   Alyssa Lim	14–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner
2011	Turkiye Open	Alexandra Langley	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 21–16, 10–21	Runner-up
2011	Welsh International	Alexandra Langley	Ng Hui Ern   Ng Hui Lin	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Denmark International	Gabrielle White	Line Damkjær Kruse   Marie Røpke	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Welsh International	Gabrielle White	Jillie Cooper   Kirsty Gilmour	21–7, 21–14	Winner
2014	Welsh International	Heather Olver	Sophie Brown   Kate Robertshaw	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2015	Austrian International	Heather Olver	Suci Rizky Andini   Maretha Dea Giovani	14–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Orleans International	Heather Olver	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	20–22, 21–16, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Finnish Open	Heather Olver	Delphine Lansac   Émilie Lefel	21–13, 23–21	Winner
2015	Kharkiv International	Heather Olver	Jongkongphan Kittiharakul   Rawinda Prajongjai	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Welsh International	Heather Olver	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	10–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	USA International	Heather Olver	Puttita Supajirakul   Sapsiree Taerattanachai	18–21, 21–19, 21–19	Winner
2016	Orleans International	Heather Olver	Delphine Delrue   Léa Palermo	21–19, 21–8	Winner
2016	Peru International	Heather Olver	Johanna Goliszewski   Carla Nelte	18–21, 21–19, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Belgian International	Chloe Birch	Julie Finne-Ipsen   Rikke Søby Hansen	24–22, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2016	Czech International	Sarah Walker	Mariya Mitsova   Petya Nedelcheva	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2017	Czech Open	Sarah Walker	Erina Honda   Nozomi Shimizu	13–21, 21–14, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Czech Open	Chloe Birch	Émilie Lefel   Anne Tran	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2019	Denmark International	Chloe Birch	Saori Ozaki   Akane Watanabe	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Azerbaijan International	Chloe Birch	Ekaterina Bolotova   Alina Davletova	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2019	Kharkiv International	Chloe Birch	Rachel Honderich   Kristen Tsai	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2022	Dutch Open	Chloe Birch	Debora Jille   Cheryl Seinen	10–5 retired	Runner-up
2022	Welsh International	Chloe Birch	Margot Lambert   Anne Tran	21–9, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Portugal International	Ben Stawski	Robin Middleton   Alexandra Langley	23–25, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Turkiye Open	Ben Stawski	Chris Coles   Jessica Fletcher	21–19, 21–13	Winner
2012	Polish Open	Ben Stawski	Nathan Robertson   Jenny Wallwork	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2017	Italian International	Marcus Ellis	Ben Lane   Jessica Pugh	21–16, 19–21, 4–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Lauren Smith". Badminton England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. "Lauren Smith Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. "Cumbrian badminton star exits Rio Olympics with win". News and Star. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
4. "Victory for Lauren Smith". ITV. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
5. "Rajiv Ouseph wins seventh straight national title". BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
6. "English National Championships 2016: Adcocks revel in fourth title". Badminton England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
7. "Pressure to perform spurs British badminton stars to new heights". Minsk 2019. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
8. "Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
9. Bech, Rasmus (30 June 2019). "Smith and Ellis winning Team GB clash". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
10. "Smith Lauren". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
11. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). . Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
12. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Lauren Smith at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Lauren Smith at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games