Sean Vendy

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Sean Vendy
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1996-05-18) 18 May 1996 (age 28)
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Residence Milton Keynes, England
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking12 (MD with Ben Lane, 29 October 2024)
218 (XD with Sarah Walker, 5 April 2018)
Current ranking12 (MD with Ben Lane, 29 October 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Men's doubles
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Men's doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Madrid Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Łódź Men's team
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Sean Vendy (born 18 May 1996) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 5 in Orkney, then moved to England at 7. He became part of the England national badminton team in May 2015. [1] [2] In 2022, he partnered with Ben Lane won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the European Championships. [3] [4]

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Career

In 2021, Vendy claimed his first World Tour title at the Orléans Masters, after in the final he and Ben Lane beat Indian pair Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala. [5] Vendy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnered with Lane in the men's doubles, but the duo was eliminated in the group stage. [6]

In 2022, Vendy won the men's doubles bronze medal at the Madrid European Championships with Ben Lane, after in the semi-finals they were defeated by German pair Mark Lamsfuß and Marvin Seidel. [4] In August, he competed at the Commonwealth Games, and won a silver medal with Lane in the men's doubles. [3] In 2023, he won his third national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. [7] The following year, Vendy successfully defended the title and claimed his fourth national title (all with Ben Lane). [8]

Vendy and Lane went out in the opening group stages at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [9]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Flag of India.svg Chirag Shetty
15–21, 13–21 Med 2.png Silver [3]

European Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
15–21, 21–19, 19–21 Med 2.png Silver

European Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,
Madrid, Spain
Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Germany.svg Mark Lamsfuß
Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Seidel
21–23, 17–21 Med 3.png Bronze [4]
2024 Saarlandhalle,
Saarbrücken, Germany
Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
19–21, 7–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Alexander Bond
Flag of Denmark.svg Joel Eipe
15–21, 24–22, 16–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [10] 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. [11]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Orléans Masters Super 100 Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of India.svg Krishna Prasad Garaga
Flag of India.svg Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
19–21, 21–14, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner [5]
2024 Swiss Open Super 300 Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bagas Maulana
24–22, 28–26Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024 Canada Open Super 500 Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
21–18, 14–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Kjær
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Søgaard
18–21, 21–15, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Slovak Open Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Drančák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaromír Janáček
11–10, 11–5, 11–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Iceland International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of England.svg Christopher Coles
Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall
19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Czech Open Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Poland.svg Miłosz Bochat
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
18–21, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Polish Open Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Jhe-huei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Po-hsuan
19–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Denmark International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Japan.svg Shohei Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Yujiro Nishikawa
21–4, 20–22, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Kharkiv International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge
21–19, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Belgian International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Germany.svg Bjarne Geiss
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Colin Völker
21–11, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
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