Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld.[1][2] He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships.[3]

Mark Lamsfuß
Personal information
CountryGermany
Born (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30)
Wipperfürth, Germany
ResidenceSaarbrücken, Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking11 (MD with Marvin Seidel 27 September 2022)
7 (XD with Isabel Lohau 15 November 2022)
Current ranking27 (MD with Marvin Seidel),
32 (XD with Isabel Lohau) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Mixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madrid Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madrid Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kyiv Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Huelva Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Łódź Men's team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ankara Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ankara Mixed team
BWF profile

Career edit

Lamsfuß started playing badminton at aged 3, and in 2013 he won the Dutch Open Junior tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Franziska Volkmann.[1][4] He and Volkmann also won bronze at the 2013 European Junior Badminton Championships.[5]

He became the Germany national badminton team in 2013, and at that year he reach the men's doubles semifinal round of the senior tournament at the Irish Open International Challenge with Fabian Holzer.[1][6] In 2016, he clinched the mixed doubles title at the National Championships tournament partnered with Isabel Herttrich from BC Bischmisheim.[7] He won his first BWF International tournament at the 2017 Orleans International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Herttrich.[8]

In 2021, he competed at the European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, reaching the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Herttrich and the finals in the men's doubles with Seidel. Unfortunately, he was tested positive for COVID-19, and the organizers decided to cancel the finals. Nevertheless, Lamsfuß then received a silver and a bronze medal for his achievements in the tournament.[9] In July, he competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's and mixed doubles but was eliminated in the group stage in both events.[10]

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan
  Isabel Lohau   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
8–21, 6–21   Bronze

European Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine   Marvin Seidel   Vladimir Ivanov
  Ivan Sozonov
Walkover   Silver
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain   Marvin Seidel   Alexander Dunn
  Adam Hall
21–17, 21–16   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain   Isabel Herttrich   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
17–21, 21–15, 23–25   Bronze
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine   Isabel Herttrich   Rodion Alimov
  Alina Davletova
22–20, 14–21, 22–24   Bronze
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain   Isabel Lohau   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
16–21, 22–20, 21–16   Gold

European Junior Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey   Franziska Volkmann   David Daugaard
  Maiken Fruergaard
11–21, 21–19, 12–21   Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[12]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Orléans Masters Super 100   Marvin Seidel   Shia Chun Kang
  Tan Wee Gieen
21–10, 21–18   Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100   Marvin Seidel   Marcus Ellis
  Chris Langridge
21–19, 18–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2019 Dutch Open Super 100   Marvin Seidel   Vladimir Ivanov
  Ivan Sozonov
19–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2021 Swiss Open Super 300   Marvin Seidel   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
16–21, 11–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300   Isabel Herttrich   Marcus Ellis
  Lauren Smith
22–20, 21–19   Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100   Isabel Herttrich   Marcus Ellis
  Lauren Smith
13–21, 4–21   Runner-up
2020 Denmark Open Super 750   Isabel Herttrich   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
18–21, 21–11, 21–14   Winner
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100   Isabel Herttrich   Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
15–21, 21–19, 11–21   Runner-up
2022 Swiss Open Super 300   Isabel Lohau   Goh Soon Huat
  Shevon Jemie Lai
12–21, 21–18, 21–17   Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 White Nights   Marvin Seidel   Konstantin Abramov
  Alexandr Zinchenko
23–21, 21–14   Winner
2019 Azerbaijan International   Marvin Seidel   Marcus Ellis
  Chris Langridge
21–17, 23–21   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Orleans International   Isabel Herttrich   Chang Ko-chi
  Chang Hsin-tien
21–9, 21–15   Winner
2017 White Nights   Isabel Herttrich   Marvin Seidel
  Linda Efler
21–18, 16–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2019 Azerbaijan International   Isabel Herttrich   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
21–9, 21–23, 15–21   Runner-up
2022 Welsh International   Isabel Lohau   Jesper Toft
  Clara Graversen
18–21, 21–14, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Players: Mark Lamsfuss". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Spieler: Mark Lamsfuß" (in German). Deutscher Badminton-Verband. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Badminton-WM: Lamsfuß/Lohau haben Bronze-Medaille sicher". SPORT1 (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. ^ "Dutch Open Junior – Thai hat trick". Badzine. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  5. ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Magee Crashes out in Semi-finals". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Nationale Meisterschaften Titel für Beck und Meijs" (in German). 1.BC Beuel 1955 e.V. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Lamsfuß/Herttrich in Orléans siegreich" (in German). Deutscher Badminton-Verband. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  9. ^ Winter, Sebastian (4 May 2021). "Medaille vor der Zimmertür" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Badminton - LAMSFUSS Mark". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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