Giovanni Toti

Giovanni Toti (born 28 December 2000) is an Italian badminton player from Chiari. 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. 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. 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. In 2022, Toti and Caponio competed in the 2022 Mediterranean Games and won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event. He also won the Guatemala International in 2022, beating Uriel Canjura of El Salvador in the final. In 2023, he won the Venezuela International.

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.

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. 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 Fabio Caponio Pablo Abián Luis Enrique Peñalver 21–17, 15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 7 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Argentina International Fabrício Farias 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2021 Slovenia Future Series Andi Fadel Muhammad 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2022 Guatemala International Uriel Canjura 22–20, 22–20 Winner 2023 Venezuela International Fabio Caponio 21–12, 22–20 Winner 2023 Guatemala International Kevin Cordón 8–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 Suriname International Uriel Canjura 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Egypt International Xiaodong Sheng 21–15, 20–22, 22–20 Winner 2026 Perú International Dumindu Abeywickrama 21–15, 21–16 Winner

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Mauritius International Fabio Caponio Aatish Lubah Julien Paul 13–21, 23–21, 21–16 Winner 2018 Argentina International Enrico Baroni Mateo Delmastro Federico Díaz 22–20, 21–15 Winner 2021 Internacional Mexicano Fabio Caponio Adam Dong Nyl Yakura 10–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2021 El Salvador International Fabio Caponio Jonathan Matias Artur Silva Pomoceno 11–21, 21–14, 17–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2026 Perú International Fernanda Saponara Christopher Martínez Diana Corleto 21–19, 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament