Toby_Penty

Toby Penty

Toby Penty

English badminton player (born 1992)

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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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

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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

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  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. [1]
    Falkingham, Katie (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty: England's number one retires from badminton". BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Players: Toby Penty". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles, BBC Sport, 19 May 2020
  4. [4]
    "Toby Penty". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Swedish title win is seventh heaven for Penty". Badminton England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Athlete: Penty Toby". Minsk 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. [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. [8]
    Badminton England (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty Announces Retirement". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. [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.
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