Sean Vendy

Sean Vendy
Sean Vendy
Personal information
Country	England
Born	18 May 1996; Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Residence	Milton Keynes, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	13 (MD with Ben Lane 27 September 2022); 218 (XD with Sarah Walker 5 April 2018)
Current ranking	17 (MD with Ben Lane 27 June 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing United Kingdom
European Games
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
European Championships
European Men's Team Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Sean Vendy (born 18 May 1996) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 5 in Orkney, then moved to England at 7. He became part of the England national badminton team in May 2015.[1][2] In 2022, he partnered with Ben Lane won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the European Championships.[3][4]

Career

In 2021, Vendy claimed his first World Tour title at the Orléans Masters, after in the final he and Ben Lane beat Indian pair Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala.[5] Vendy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnered with Lane in the men's doubles, but the duo was eliminated in the group stage.[6]

In 2022, Vendy won the men's doubles bronze medal at the Madrid European Championships with Ben Lane, after in the semi-finals they were defeated by German pair Mark Lamsfuß and Marvin Seidel.[4] In August, he competed at the Commonwealth Games, and won a silver medal with Lane in the men's doubles.[3] In 2023, he won his third national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham.[7]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Ben Lane	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	15–21, 13–21	Silver	[3]

European Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Ben Lane	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	15–21, 21–19, 19–21	Silver

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Ben Lane	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	21–23, 17–21	Bronze	[4]

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland	Ben Lane	Alexander Bond Joel Eipe	15–21, 24–22, 16–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Level	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2021	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Ben Lane	Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala	19–21, 21–14, 21–19	Winner	[5]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Slovak Open	Ben Lane	Pavel Drančák Jaromír Janáček	11–10, 11–5, 11–10	Winner
2016	Iceland International	Ben Lane	Christopher Coles Adam Hall	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Czech Open	Ben Lane	Miłosz Bochat Adam Cwalina	18–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Polish Open	Ben Lane	Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Denmark International	Ben Lane	Shohei Hoshino Yujiro Nishikawa	21–4, 20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Kharkiv International	Ben Lane	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2019	Belgian International	Ben Lane	Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker	21–11, 21–14	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

"Players: Sean Vendy". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
"Sean Vendy". Badminton England. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
"Lane and Vendy walk away from badminton final with silver as Commonwealth Games nears its climax". Alloa Advertiser. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
"Lane And Vendy Win European Championship Bronze In Madrid". Badminton England. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
"The title for the English Lane/Vendy". Orléans Masters. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
"Vendy Sean". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
"English National Badminton Championships 2023". Badminton England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Sean Vendy at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Players: Sean Vendy". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[2] "Sean Vendy". Badminton England. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[cwg22-3] "Lane and Vendy walk away from badminton final with silver as Commonwealth Games nears its climax". Alloa Advertiser. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[ec22-4] "Lane And Vendy Win European Championship Bronze In Madrid". Badminton England. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[orl21-5] "The title for the English Lane/Vendy". Orléans Masters. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[6] "Vendy Sean". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[7] "English National Badminton Championships 2023". Badminton England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[8] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[9] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.