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
CountryEngland
Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991
Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachJulian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking12 (WD with Chloe Birch 25 January 2022)
7 (XD with Marcus Ellis 21 June 2018)
Current ranking12 (WD with Chloe Birch)
10 (XD with Marcus Ellis) (22 April 2022)
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
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 after beat their compatriot Chris Adcock and Gabby Adcock with 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

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

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

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 Tours are 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.[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, 13 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

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

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  4. "Victory for Lauren Smith". ITV. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. "Rajiv Ouseph wins seventh straight national title". BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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  8. "Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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