Giovanni Toti (badminton)

In 2017, he won the Mauritius International tournament in the men's doubles event.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] In 2022, Toti and Caponio competed in the 2022 Mediterranean Games and won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event.^[6] He also won the Guatemala International in 2022, beating Uriel Canjura of El Salvador in the final.^[7] In 2023, he won the Venezuela International.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10] In the next match, he lost to Shi Yuqi 21–9, 21–10 and was eliminated in the group stage.