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| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 1992 Walton-on-Thames, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Milton Keynes, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2012–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 6 September 2022[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jakob Hoi Stuart Wardell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 43 (15 November 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
YouTube Encyclopedic
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G1 | MS | Viktor AXELSEN (DEN) vs. Toby PENTY (ENG) | BWF 2019
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YONEX All England Open 2021 | Day 1: Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN) vs Toby Penty (ENG)
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G1 | MS | Anthony GINTING (IND) vs Toby PENTY (ENG) | BWF 2019
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DANISA Denmark Open 2020 | Day 2: Toby Penty (ENG) vs Kidambi Srikanth (IND) [5]
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Final - Viktor Axelsen (DEN) vs Toby Penty (ENG) - 2014 European Men's Team C'ships
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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 |  Lucas Corvée
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21–14, 24–22 |  Winner
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- 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 |  Kieran Merrilees
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12–21, 18–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2012 | Swiss International |  Dieter Domke
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14–21, 22–20, 18–21 | Runner-up
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| 2014 | Welsh International | Kieran Merrilees
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15–21, 10–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Estonian International |  Anton Kaisti
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16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Hellas International | Fabian Roth
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19–21, 21–19, 19–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Estonian International |  Raul Must
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21–16, 22–24, 13–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Swedish International |  Setyaldi Putra Wibowo
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21–12, 21–11 | Winner
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| 2017 | Kharkiv International |  Lee Cheuk Yiu
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21–17, 21–13 | Winner
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| 2018 | Slovenian International |  Pablo Abián
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21–18, 21–18 | Winner
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| 2018 | Belgian International |  Victor Svendsen
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21–13, 19–21, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2019 | Spanish International |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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14–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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- 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 2 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "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
- Toby Penty at BWFbadminton.com
- Toby Penty at Olympedia
- Toby Penty at Olympics.com
- Toby Penty at Team GB
- Toby Penty at Team England
- Toby Penty at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
This page was last edited on 20 February 2024, at 13:01