{{Short description|Dutch badminton player}} {{distinguish|Dennis Lenz}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Dennis Lens | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_name = Dennis Paul Andrew Lens | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|9|25}} | birth_place = Heemskerk, North Holland, Netherlands | residence = | height = 1.82 m | weight = 73 kg | country = Netherlands | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = | event = Men's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | played = | titles = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's badminton }} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2000 Glasgow | Mixed team }} {{MedalCompetition | European Junior Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1995 Nitra | Boys' singles }} | bwfbadminton_id = 8204 | bwf_id = EAB63850-785E-4508-B9DC-3C0AC5B436AA }}
'''Dennis Paul Andrew Lens ''' (born 25 September 1977) is a Dutch former badminton player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Dennis Lens |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/8204/dennis-lens |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref> He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event partnered with Quinten van Dalm.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kansloze nederlaag Mia Audina |url=http://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/focus/os2000/teksten/os2000.index.badminton.html |publisher=De Telegraaf |access-date=24 March 2018 |language=Dutch}}</ref> Lens won the boys' singles bronze at the 1995 European Junior Championships in Nitra,<ref>{{cite web |title=European Junior Championships, Individuals |url=http://badmintoneurope.com/cms/?&pageid=6079 |publisher=Badminton Europe |accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref> and was part of the Netherlands national team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2000 European Championships in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite news |title=Badmintonploeg schrijft geschiedenis met brons |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/badmintonploeg-schrijft-geschiedenis-met-brons~a560674/ |publisher=de Volkskrant |access-date=24 March 2018 |language=Dutch}}</ref> He had collected 10 times national titles, 9 in the men's doubles event and once in the mixed doubles event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netherlands - Badminton Nederland |url=http://www.badmintonpeople.com/Clubs/CommonDrive/Components/GetWWWFile.aspx?fileID=62693 |publisher=Badminton Europe |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== European Junior Championships === ''Boys' singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | 1995 | align="left" | Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Peter Gade | align="left" | 2–15, 7–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |}
=== IBF World Grand Prix === The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1996 | align="left" | Hamburg Cup | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Erica van den Heuvel | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Jonas Rasmussen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Ann-Lou Jørgensen | align="left" | 15–8, 14–17, 11–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
=== IBF International === ''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | Amor International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Quinten van Dalm | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Peder Nissen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Jonas Rasmussen | align="left" | 11–10, 6–9, 8–11, 9–5, 4–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | Austrian International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Quinten van Dalm | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Clark<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Pearson | align="left" | 17–16, 11–15, 7–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | Hungarian International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Quinten van Dalm | align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Mihail Popov<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} Svetoslav Stoyanov | align="left" | 6–9, 5–9, 4–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1997 | align="left" | Welsh International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Quinten van Dalm | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} James Anderson<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Sullivan | align="left" | 5–15, 4–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1998 | align="left" | Amor International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Joris van Soerland | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Joachim Fischer Nielsen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Ødum | align="left" | 15–10, 8–15, 5–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1999 | align="left" | BMW International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Quinten van Dalm | align="left" | {{flagicon|UKR}} Vladislav Druzchenko<br />{{flagicon|UKR}} Valeriy Streltsov | align="left" | 15–9, 11–15, 15–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1998 | align="left" | Amor International | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Nicole van Hooren | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Norbert van Barneveld<br />{{flagicon|NED}} Lotte Jonathans | align="left" | 18–15, 15–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2002 | align="left" | Austrian International | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Persson | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Kiim Jensen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Helle Nielsen | align="left" | 6–8, 8–7, 7–4, 8–6 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWF|EAB63850-785E-4508-B9DC-3C0AC5B436AA}} * {{Sports-Reference}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lens, Dennis}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Heemskerk Category:Dutch male badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic badminton players for the Netherlands Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen