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Giovanni Toti (badminton)

Giovanni Toti
Toti at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
CountryItaly
Born (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23)
Chiari, Lombardy, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking66 (MS, 30 January 2024)
148 (MD with Fabio Caponio, 20 December 2022)
Current ranking79 (MS, 28 July 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Men's doubles
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Giovanni Toti (born 28 December 2000) is an Italian badminton player from Chiari.[1] He represented Italy in men's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Toti also won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.

Career

In 2017, he won the Mauritius International tournament in the men's doubles event.[2] In April 2018, he reached the finals of both men's singles and doubles at the Argentina International. In October 2018, he competed in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won a gold medal in the mixed team relays.[3] In boys' singles, he won against Julien Carraggi 17–21, 21–17, 21–12 but was eliminated in the group stage after losing the next two matches to Tomás Toledano and Li Shifeng.

In 2021, he was a runner-up at the Slovenia Future Series. He also partnered with Fabio Caponio and achieved runner-up position at the Mexican International and the El Salvador International.[4] In 2022, Toti and Caponio competed in the 2022 Mediterranean Games and won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event.[5] He also won the Guatemala International in 2022, beating Uriel Canjura of El Salvador in the final.[6] In 2023, he won the Venezuela International.[7]

In 2023, he competed in the 2023 European Games men's singles event. He advanced to the knockout stages after defeating Dominik Kwinta of Poland and Teodor Ioan Cioroboiu of Romania to finish second in the group. In the round of 16, he lost to Felix Burestedt of Sweden.[8]

In 2024, he qualified for the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Drawn to Group A with Sören Opti of Suriname and world number 1 Shi Yuqi of China, he faced Opti in the opening match and won the first game 21–8. In the second game, while leading 4–1 up, his opponent had to retire due to injury. Toti became the first Italian to win a match in badminton at the Olympics.[9] In the next match, he lost to Shi Yuqi 21–9, 21–10 and was eliminated in the group stage.

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Multipurpose Omnisports Hall,
Oued Tlélat, Algeria 		Italy Fabio Caponio Spain Pablo Abián
Spain Luís Enrique Peñalver 		21–17, 15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze [5]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Argentina International Brazil Fabrício Farias 19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Slovenia Future Series Indonesia Andi Fadel Muhammad 13–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Guatemala International El Salvador Uriel Canjura 22–20, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Venezuela International Italy Fabio Caponio 21–12, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Guatemala International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 8–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Suriname International El Salvador Uriel Canjura 11–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Mauritius International Italy Fabio Caponio Mauritius Aatish Lubah
Mauritius Julien Paul 		13–21, 23–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Argentina International Italy Enrico Baroni Argentina Mateo Delmastro
Argentina Federico Díaz 		22–20, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Internacional Mexicano Italy Fabio Caponio Canada Adam Dong
Canada Nyl Yakura 		10–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 El Salvador International Italy Fabio Caponio Brazil Jonathan Matias
Brazil Artur Silva Pomoceno 		11–21, 21–14, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Giovanni Toti". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ Santangelo, Roberto (2017-06-19). "Badminton, Mauritius International 2017: oro per la coppia Caponio-Toti, bronzo per Maddaloni". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  3. ^ "Olimpiadi giovanili: altri 3 ori per gli azzurri - Notizie - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  4. ^ "International Mexicano badminton, Caponio – Toti: team azzurro d'argento". IlFaroOnline (in Italian). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  5. ^ a b Santangelo, Roberto (27 June 2022). "Badminton, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2022: argento per Katharina Fink e Yasmine Hamza, bronzo per Fabio Caponio e Giovanni Toti" (in Italian). OA Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Giovanni Toti to be gold medalist in Guatemala". Sportal.eu. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  7. ^ Santangelo, Roberto (2023-10-08). "Badminton, Giovanni Toti vince in Venezuela la finale contro Fabio Caponio. Seconda anche Yasmine Hamza". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  8. ^ "Biographies - TOTI Giovanni". results.european-games.org. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  9. ^ Crescente, Veronica (2024-07-29). "Parigi 2024: Giovanni Toti trionfa nel match contro Soren Opti". Prima Brescia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-04.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Toti_(badminton)