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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]

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

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Men's singles

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.

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