Sean Vendy


Sean Vendy 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. The following year, Vendy successfully defended the title and claimed his fourth national title.
Vendy and Lane went out in the opening group stages at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England

European Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland

European Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,
Madrid, Spain

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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. The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2021Orléans MastersSuper 100

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

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Slovak Open