Daniel Lundgaard

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]

Daniel Lundgaard
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 25) Hillerød, Denmark
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	25 (with Mads Vestergaard, 27 May 2025)
Current ranking	27 (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

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