Luís Enrique Peñalver

Luís Enrique Peñalver Pereira^[a] (Spanish pronunciation: [lwis enˈrike peɲalˈβeɾ]; born 10 February 1996) is a Spanish badminton player.^[1] The Toledo-born, represented Spain competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.^[2] He was a part of the Spanish national junior team that won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the mixed team event.^[3] In 2017, he won his first senior title at the Romanian International tournament in the men's singles event.^[4]

Luís Enrique Peñalver
Personal information
Birth name	Luís Enrique Peñalver Pereira
Country	Spain
Born	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 29) Toledo, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Men's singles
Highest ranking	47 (24 January 2021)
Current ranking	79 (26 December 2023)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Spain Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Men's singles 2022 Oran Men's doubles European Junior Championships 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria	Pablo Abián	13–21, 20–22	Silver	[5]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria	Pablo Abián	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21–14, 19–21, 16–21	Silver	[6]

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Romanian International	Pierrick Cajot	21–15, 21–17	Winner	[7]
2017	Spanish International	Yu Igarashi	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[8]
2018	Norwegian International	Rasmus Messerschmidt	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[9]
2018	Welsh International	Alex Lane	21–19, 22–20	Winner	[10]
2019	Turkey Open	Brian Yang	21–19, 21–19	Winner	[11]
2021	Mexican International	Luis Montoya	21–10, 21–12	Winner	[12]
2022	Maldives International	Misha Zilberman	21–7, 11–21, 21–18	Winner
2022	Peru Challenge	Jason Ho-Shue	19–21, 23–21, 21–23	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peñalver and the second or maternal family name is Pereira.

References

1. "Players: Luís Enrique Peñalver". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
2. "Enrique Peñalver, el rey del volante" (in Spanish). Avance Deportivo. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
3. "Spain crowned European champions". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
4. "Luis Enrique Peñalver, campeón en Rumanía" (in Spanish). ABC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
5. "El aragonés Pablo Abián revalida el oro en bádminton en los Juegos del Mediterráneo" (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
6. Williams, George (27 June 2022). "Abián and Peñalver give Spain a silver medal in badminton in Oran and Metreveli secures a medal in wrestling". Sportsfinding.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
7. "Doblete de futuro en el Internacional de Rumanía". Espana Badminton (in Spanish). 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
8. "Kike Peñalver, subcampeón en el Spanish Open". La Liga Sports (in Spanish). 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
9. van Daal, Mireille (12 November 2018). "Two titles in a row for the Danish players". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
10. "Peñalver y Azurmendi ganan el Internacional de Gales". Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
11. "Luis Enrique Peñalver gana en Turquía su tercer título internacional". EFE (in Spanish). 22 December 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
12. "Culmina el Mexican International Challenge de Bádminton 2021". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

External links

• Luís Enrique Peñalver at BWFBadminton.com
• Luís Enrique Peñalver at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Luís Enrique Peñalver at Olympedia