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 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Ben Lane Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 15–21, 13–21 Silver

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 2024 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany Ben Lane Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 19–21, 7–21 Bronze 2026 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Ben Lane Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 21–15, 21–16 Gold

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 (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, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

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 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 2025 Arctic Open Super 500 Ben Lane Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–18, 25–27, 21–17 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

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External links

Sean Vendy at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)