Toby Penty

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]

Toby Penty
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32) 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
Men's singles
Highest ranking	43 (15 November 2018)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  England European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2014 Basel Men's team 2018 Kazan Men's team 2012 Amsterdam Men's team 2016 Kazan Men's team 2024 Łódź Men's team
BWF profile

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
2017	Scottish Open	Lucas Corvée	21–14, 24–22	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	Kieran Merrilees	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Swiss International	Dieter Domke	14–21, 22–20, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Welsh International	Kieran Merrilees	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2015	Estonian International	Anton Kaisti	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Hellas International	Fabian Roth	19–21, 21–19, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian International	Raul Must	21–16, 22–24, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Swedish International	Setyaldi Putra Wibowo	21–12, 21–11	Winner
2017	Kharkiv International	Lee Cheuk Yiu	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2018	Slovenian International	Pablo Abián	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2018	Belgian International	Victor Svendsen	21–13, 19–21, 21–19	Winner
2019	Spanish International	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

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.

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