Toby Penty Explained

Toby Penty (born 12 August 1992) is a retired English badminton player.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] In 2017, he won the Swedish International tournament in the men's singles event.^[4]

Penty competed at the 2019 European Games, 2020 Olympic Games and at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^{[5] [6]}

Penty announced his retirement on 6 September 2022. The 2022 BWF World Championships was his last tournament.^{[7] [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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Players: Toby Penty . Badminton World Federation. 29 August 2016.
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/badminton/52714286 Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles
3. Web site: Toby Penty . https://web.archive.org/web/20160824204340/http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/landingpage.asp?section=5510&sectionTitle=Toby+Penty . dead . . 24 August 2016 . 29 August 2016.
4. News: Swedish title win is seventh heaven for Penty . Badminton England. 23 January 2017.
5. Web site: Athlete: Penty Toby . Minsk 2019 . 9 August 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220602160122/https://minsk2019.by/en/tsrd/athletes/4358257 . 2 June 2022.
6. Web site: Penty's Commonwealth Games Run Ends At The Last Eight Hurdle . Badminton England . 8 August 2022 . 9 August 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220809115955/https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/pentys-commonwealth-games-run-ends-at-the-last-eight/ . 9 August 2022.
7. Web site: Falkingham . Katie . 6 September 2022 . Toby Penty: England's number one retires from badminton . 9 September 2022 . BBC News.
8. Web site: . 6 September 2022 . Toby Penty Announces Retirement . 9 September 2022.
9. Web site: Falkingham . Katie . Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles . BBC . 19 May 2020 . 9 August 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200619095053/https://www.bbc.com/sport/badminton/52623445 . 19 June 2020.