Lauren Smith (badminton)

Lauren Smith
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 33)
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 ranking41 (XD with Marcus Ellis 24 September 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kyiv Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kolding Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Huelva Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

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]

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]

  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.