Daniel Lundgaard

Daniel Lundgaard
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000
Hillerød, Denmark
Men's doubles
Highest ranking25 (with Mads Vestergaard, 27 May 2025)
Current ranking27 (with Mads Vestergaard, 3 June 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
2025 Horsens Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
2025 Baku Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
2024 Lodz Men's team
European Junior Championships
2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
2017 Mulhouse Men's doubles
BWF profile

Daniel Lundgaard (born 2 July 2000) is a Danish badminton player.[1] He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2025 European Badminton Championships with Mads Vestergaard.[2][3]

Biography

He is the son of former Danish national men's doubles player Martin Lundgaard Hansen.[4]

Career

In his junior days, Lundgaard won the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 2017 Danish Junior Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Jesper Toft.

In 2019, he partnered with Mathias Thyrri and won the men's doubles title at the Dutch International.[5] In 2020, the duo reached the final of the 2020 SaarLorLux Open but lost to their compatriots Jeppe Bay and Lasse Mølhede.[6]

In 2023, he formed a new partnership with Mads Vestergaard and reached four finals in that same year. In 2025, the duo reached the semi-finals of the 2025 European Badminton Championships but lost out to Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2025 Forum, Horsens, Denmark Mads Vestergaard Christo Popov
Toma Junior Popov
21–19, 18–21, 23–25 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France
Jesper Toft Thom Gicquel
Toma Junior Popov
14–21, 18–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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.[8]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Mathias Thyrri Jeppe Bay
Lasse Mølhede
13–21, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Dutch International Mathias Thyrri Oliver Leydon-Davis
Abhinav Manota
21–16, 15–21, 21–16 Winner
2021 Denmark Masters Mathias Thyrri Ronan Labar
Lucas Corvée
24–22, 21–19 Winner
2023 Polish Open Mads Vestergaard Chang Ko-chi
Po Li-wei
22–20, 16–21, 21–19 Winner
2023 Mexican International Mads Vestergaard Bjarne Geiss
Jan Colin Völker
22–24, 21–19, 21–17 Winner
2023 Belgian International Mads Vestergaard Andreas Søndergaard
Jesper Toft
13–21, 24–26 Runner-up
2023 Scottish Open Mads Vestergaard Andreas Søndergaard
Jesper Toft
21–15, 11–21, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Danish Junior Cup Karl Thor Søndergaard Andreas Bøgebjerg
Oliver Gram
21–15, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Danish Junior Cup Amalie Magelund Mads Muurholm
Malene Kæseler
21–17, 24–22 Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Daniel LUNDGAARD | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  2. ^ "Dansk badmintonprofil vinder EM-guld". DR (in Danish). 2025-04-13. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  3. ^ Henriksen, Julie (2025-04-12). "Danskeropgør, finaler og en skade: Sådan forløb lørdag ved EM". Badminton.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  4. ^ Elkjær, Ronni Burkal (2020-10-14). "Podcast: Dag 2 - Ung HD-debut, faderligt legendebesøg og landstrænerstatus". Badminton.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  5. ^ Tom (2019-04-15). "New Zealand's Manota and Leydon-Davis end their European tour on a high". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  6. ^ Liew, Vincent (2020-11-01). "Kirsty Gilmour Wins 2020 SaarLorLux Open; 1st Title Since 2018 Scottish Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.