Toby Penty

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Toby Penty
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32)
Walton-on-Thames, England
Residence Milton Keynes, England
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Years active2012–2022
Retired6 September 2022 [1]
HandednessLeft
CoachJakob Hoi
Stuart Wardell
Men's singles
Highest ranking43 (15 November 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Lubin Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Basel Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Łódź Men's team
BWF profile

Toby Penty (born 12 August 1992) is a retired English badminton player. [2] [3] 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]

Contents

Penty competed at the 2019 European Games, 2020 Olympic Games and at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [6] [7]

Penty announced his retirement on 6 September 2022. The 2022 BWF World Championships was his last tournament. [1] [8]

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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017 Scottish Open Flag of France.svg Lucas Corvée 21–14, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2012 Polish International Flag of Scotland.svg Kieran Merrilees 12–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Swiss International Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Domke 14–21, 22–20, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Kieran Merrilees15–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Estonian International Flag of Finland.svg Anton Kaisti 16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Hellas International Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Roth 19–21, 21–19, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017Estonian International Flag of Estonia.svg Raul Must 21–16, 22–24, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Swedish International Flag of Indonesia.svg Setyaldi Putra Wibowo 21–12, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Kharkiv International Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Cheuk Yiu 21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Slovenian International Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 21–18, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Belgian International Flag of Denmark.svg Victor Svendsen 21–13, 19–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Spanish International Flag of Thailand.svg Kunlavut Vitidsarn 14–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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