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.^[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]

Sean Vendy
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1996-05-18) 18 May 1996 (age 29) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Residence	Milton Keynes, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	9 (MD with Ben Lane, 18 March 2025) 218 (XD with Sarah Walker, 5 April 2018)
Current ranking	12 (MD with Ben Lane, 3 June 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  United Kingdom European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Men's doubles Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Men's doubles European Championships 2022 Madrid Men's doubles 2024 Saarbrücken Men's doubles European Men's Team Championships 2018 Kazan Men's team 2024 Łódź Men's team European Mixed Team Championships 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team 2025 Baku Mixed team European Junior Championships 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

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] The following year, Vendy successfully defended the title and claimed his fourth national title (all with Ben Lane).^[8]

Vendy and Lane went out in the opening group stages at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[9]

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]
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Ben Lane	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19–21, 7–21	Bronze

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 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[10] 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.^[11]

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]
2024	Swiss Open	Super 300	Ben Lane	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana	24–22, 28–26	Winner
2024	Canada Open	Super 500	Ben Lane	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–18, 14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2024	Hylo Open	Super 300	Ben Lane	Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard	18–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner

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