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. Vendy and Lane finally won the European Championship in 2026.

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 (all with Ben Lane).

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, EnglandEngland Ben LaneIndia Satwiksairaj Rankireddy India Chirag Shetty15–21, 13–21Silver

European Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, PolandUnited Kingdom Ben LaneDenmark Kim Astrup Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen15–21, 21–19, 19–21Silver

European Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, SpainEngland Ben LaneGermany Mark Lamsfuß Germany Marvin Seidel21–23, 17–21Bronze
2024Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, GermanyEngland Ben LaneDenmark Kim Astrup Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen19–21, 7–21Bronze
2026Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, SpainEngland Ben LaneFrance Christo Popov France Toma Junior Popov21–15, 21–16Gold

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, PolandEngland Ben LaneDenmark Alexander Bond Denmark Joel Eipe15–21, 24–22, 16–21Silver

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 (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super1000, Super750, Super500, Super300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super100.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2021Orléans MastersSuper 100England Ben LaneIndia Krishna Prasad Garaga India Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala19–21, 21–14, 21–19Winner
2024Swiss OpenSuper 300England Ben LaneIndonesia Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Indonesia Bagas Maulana24–22, 28–26Winner
2024Canada OpenSuper 500England Ben LaneDenmark Kim Astrup Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen21–18, 14–21, 11–21Runner-up
2024Hylo OpenSuper 300England Ben LaneDenmark Rasmus Kjær Denmark Frederik Søgaard18–21, 21–15, 21–18Winner
2025Arctic OpenSuper 500England Ben LaneMalaysia Aaron Chia Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik21–18, 25–27, 21–17Winner

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Slovak OpenEngland Ben LaneCzech Republic Pavel Drančák Czech Republic Jaromír Janáček11–10, 11–5, 11–10Winner
2016Iceland InternationalEngland Ben LaneEngland Christopher Coles Scotland Adam Hall19–21, 19–21Runner-up
2017Czech OpenEngland Ben LanePoland Miłosz Bochat Poland Adam Cwalina18–21, 21–23Runner-up
2019Polish OpenEngland Ben LaneChinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan19–21, 16–21Runner-up
2019Denmark InternationalEngland Ben LaneJapan Shohei Hoshino Japan Yujiro Nishikawa21–4, 20–22, 18–21Runner-up
2019Kharkiv InternationalEngland Ben LaneEngland Marcus Ellis England Chris Langridge21–19, 21–18Winner
2019Belgian InternationalEngland Ben LaneGermany Bjarne Geiss Germany Jan Colin Völker21–11, 21–14Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

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