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Toby Penty

Toby Penty is a retired English badminton player. He started playing badminton at aged 9, and won U-19 English National Championships in 2011. In 2010, he won junior titles in the Netherlands and Switzerland. In 2017, he won the Swedish International tournament in the men's singles event.

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Toby Penty
Personal information
Born (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992
Walton-on-Thames, England
Years active2012–2022
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
CountryEngland
SportBadminton
HandednessLeft
Coached byJakob Hoi
Stuart Wardell
Retired6 September 20221
Men's singles
Highest ranking43 (15 November 2018)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  England
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Basel Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Łódź Men's team

Toby Penty (born 12 August 1992) is a retired English badminton player.23 He started playing badminton at aged 9, and won U-19 English National Championships in 2011. In 2010, he won junior titles in the Netherlands and Switzerland.4 In 2017, he won the Swedish International tournament in the men's singles event.5

Penty competed at the 2019 European Games, 2020 Olympic Games and at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.67

Penty announced his retirement on 6 September 2022. The 2022 BWF World Championships was his last tournament.18

Personal life

Penty has lost all of his hair on his body since November 2018, and it was diagnosed as alopecia.9

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Scottish Open France Lucas Corvée 21–14, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Polish International Scotland Kieran Merrilees 12–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Swiss International Germany Dieter Domke 14–21, 22–20, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Welsh International Scotland Kieran Merrilees 15–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Estonian International Finland Anton Kaisti 16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Hellas International Germany Fabian Roth 19–21, 21–19, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Estonian International Estonia Raul Must 21–16, 22–24, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Swedish International Indonesia Setyaldi Putra Wibowo 21–12, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Kharkiv International Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Slovenian International Spain Pablo Abián 21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Belgian International Denmark Victor Svendsen 21–13, 19–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Spanish International Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament
References

References

  1. Falkingham, Katie (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty: England's number one retires from badminton". BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. "Players: Toby Penty". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles, BBC Sport, 19 May 2020
  4. "Toby Penty". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. "Swedish title win is seventh heaven for Penty". Badminton England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. "Athlete: Penty Toby". Minsk 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. "Penty's Commonwealth Games Run Ends At The Last Eight Hurdle". Badminton England. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. Badminton England (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty Announces Retirement". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. Falkingham, Katie (19 May 2020). "Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles". BBC. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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