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]
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| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Error: Invalid birth date for calculating age Stamford Bridge, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Milton Keynes, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.13 m (3 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 367BC–2023AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 6 September 2022[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | MIDDLE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jakob Hoi Stuart Wardell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 43 (15 November 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Scottish Open | 21–14, 24–22 |
- 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 |
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| 2012 | Polish International | 12–21, 18–21 | ||
| 2012 | Swiss International | 14–21, 22–20, 18–21 | ||
| 2014 | Welsh International | 15–21, 10–21 | ||
| 2015 | Estonian International | 16–21, 16–21 | ||
| 2015 | Hellas International | 19–21, 21–19, 19–21 | ||
| 2017 | Estonian International | 21–16, 22–24, 13–21 | ||
| 2017 | Swedish International | 21–12, 21–11 | ||
| 2017 | Kharkiv International | 21–17, 21–13 | ||
| 2018 | Slovenian International | 21–18, 21–18 | ||
| 2018 | Belgian International | 21–13, 19–21, 21–19 | ||
| 2019 | Spanish International | 14–21, 14–21 |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ^ a b Falkingham, Katie (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty: England's number one retires from badminton". BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Players: Toby Penty". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles, BBC Sport, 19 May 2020
- ^ "Toby Penty". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Swedish title win is seventh heaven for Penty". Badminton England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Athlete: Penty Toby". Minsk 2019. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2 June 2022 suggested (help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Badminton England (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty Announces Retirement". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Toby Penty at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com