English badminton player (born 1992)
Badminton player
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
- ^ a b Falkingham, Katie (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty: England's number one retires from badminton". BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Players: Toby Penty". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Toby Penty: England number one on alopecia struggles, BBC Sport, 19 May 2020
- ^ "Toby Penty". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Swedish title win is seventh heaven for Penty". Badminton England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Athlete: Penty Toby". Minsk 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Badminton England (6 September 2022). "Toby Penty Announces Retirement". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ 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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