Mark Lamsfuß

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 ranking34 (MD with Marvin Seidel),
48 (XD with Isabel Lohau) (24 September 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

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]

Career

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

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

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

European Championships

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

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

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 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 (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 Germany Marvin Seidel Malaysia Shia Chun Kang
Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen 		21–10, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Germany Marvin Seidel England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge 		21–19, 18–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Germany Marvin Seidel Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Ivan Sozonov 		19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 Germany Marvin Seidel Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		16–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Germany Isabel Herttrich England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		22–20, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Germany Isabel Herttrich England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		13–21, 4–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Germany Isabel Herttrich England Chris Adcock
England Gabby Adcock 		18–21, 21–11, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Germany Isabel Herttrich Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje 		15–21, 21–19, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Swiss Open Super 300 Germany Isabel Lohau Malaysia Goh Soon Huat
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai 		12–21, 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 White Nights Germany Marvin Seidel Russia Konstantin Abramov
Russia Alexandr Zinchenko 		23–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Azerbaijan International Germany Marvin Seidel England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge 		21–17, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Orleans International Germany Isabel Herttrich Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi
Chinese Taipei Chang Hsin-tien 		21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 White Nights Germany Isabel Herttrich Germany Marvin Seidel
Germany Linda Efler 		21–18, 16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Azerbaijan International Germany Isabel Herttrich France Thom Gicquel
France Delphine Delrue 		21–9, 21–23, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Welsh International Germany Isabel Lohau Denmark Jesper Toft
Denmark Clara Graversen 		18–21, 21–14, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  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 16 October 2023. 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.