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

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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.

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.

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, EnglandBen LaneSatwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty15–21, 13–21Silver

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023Arena Jaskółka,Tarnów, PolandBen LaneKim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen15–21, 21–19, 19–21Silver

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, SpainBen LaneMark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel21–23, 17–21Bronze
2024Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, GermanyBen LaneKim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen19–21, 7–21Bronze
2026Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, SpainBen LaneChristo Popov Toma Junior Popov21–15, 21–16Gold

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Regional Sport Centrum Hall,Lubin, PolandBen LaneAlexander Bond Joel Eipe15–21, 24–22, 16–21Silver

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

YearTournamentPartnerLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2021Orléans MastersSuper 100Ben LaneKrishna Prasad Garaga Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala19–21, 21–14, 21–19Winner
2024Swiss OpenSuper 300Ben LaneMuhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana24–22, 28–26Winner
2024Canada OpenSuper 500Ben LaneKim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen21–18, 14–21, 11–21Runner-up
2024Hylo OpenSuper 300Ben LaneRasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard18–21, 21–15, 21–18Winner
2025Arctic OpenSuper 500Ben LaneAaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik21–18, 25–27, 21–17Winner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Slovak OpenBen LanePavel Drančák Jaromír Janáček11–10, 11–5, 11–10Winner
2016Iceland InternationalBen LaneChristopher Coles Adam Hall19–21, 19–21Runner-up
2017Czech OpenBen LaneMiłosz Bochat Adam Cwalina18–21, 21–23Runner-up
2019Polish OpenBen LaneLee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan19–21, 16–21Runner-up
2019Denmark InternationalBen LaneShohei Hoshino Yujiro Nishikawa21–4, 20–22, 18–21Runner-up
2019Kharkiv InternationalBen LaneMarcus Ellis Chris Langridge21–19, 21–18Winner
2019Belgian InternationalBen LaneBjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker21–11, 21–14Winner

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  • Sean Vendy at BWFBadminton.com
  • Sean Vendy at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
  • Sean Vendy at Team GB
  • Sean Vendy at Team England
  • Sean Vendy at Olympedia
  • Sean Vendy at Olympics.com
  • Sean Vendy at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
  • Sean Vendy at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games