Sean Vendy
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. In 2022, he partnered with Ben Lane won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the European Championships. 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. Vendy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnered with Lane in the men's doubles, but the duo was eliminated in the group stage. 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. In August, he competed at the Commonwealth Games, and won a silver medal with Lane in the men's doubles. In 2023, he won his third national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. Achievements Commonwealth Games Men's doubles European Games Men's doubles European Championships Men's doubles European Junior Championships Boys' doubles BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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. Men's doubles BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up) Men's doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament References External links 1996 births Living people People from Kirkwall Sportspeople from Orkney Anglo-Scots English male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Great Britain Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Great Britain European Games medalists in badminton