Daniel Lundgaard (born 2 July 2000) is a Danish badminton player. He won the bronze medals in the men's doubles at the 2025 and 2026 European Championships with Mads Vestergaard.
Biography He is the son of former Danish national men's doubles player Martin Lundgaard Hansen.
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 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. In 2020, the duo reached the final of the SaarLorLux Open but lost to their compatriots Jeppe Bay and Lasse Mølhede.
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 European Championships but lost out to Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov, settled for the bronze medal. In 2026, Lundgaard and Vestergaard made their first final at the Swiss Open where they lost against the Taiwanese twins of Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen in two straight games. This pair won their first title at the Malaysia Masters, beating the home pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin.
Achievements
European Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Forum, Horsens, Denmark Mads Vestergaard Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 21–19, 18–21, 23–25 Bronze 2026 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Mads Vestergaard Ben Lane Sean Vendy 19–21, 17–21 Bronze
European Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,Mulhouse, France Jesper Toft Thom Gicquel Toma Junior Popov 14–21, 18–21 Bronze
BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.
Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Mathias Thyrri Jeppe Bay Lasse Mølhede 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Swiss Open Super 300 Mads Vestergaard Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen 18–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2026 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Mads Vestergaard Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 21–16, 21–17 Winner
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 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 2025 Scottish Open Mads Vestergaard Lee Jong-min Wang Chan 23–21, 14–21, 21–14 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 Ref 2017 Danish Junior Cup Karl Thor Søndergaard Andreas Bøgebjerg Oliver Gram 21–15, 21–12 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 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
External links Daniel Lundgaard at BWFBadminton.com