Luana Vicente

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Luana Vicente
Personal information
Birth nameLuana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente
CountryBrazil
Born (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 30)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ResidenceCampinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking131 (WS 5 April 2012)
35 (WD 8 July 2016)
74 (XD 1 September 2016)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Markham Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Markham Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Mixed team
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Luana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente (born 30 January 1994) is a Brazilian badminton player who won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Personal life[edit]

Vicente was born on 30 January 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] Her younger sister Lohaynny Vicente is also an international badminton player. When Luana was six, her father, a drug dealer, was killed in a shootout with police.[2] Following her father's death her mother moved the family from the west of the city to Chacrinha, a favela in the north of Rio. She now lives with her sister in Campinas, São Paulo, in a house funded by the Brazilian Badminton Federation.[2]

Career[edit]

Both Vicente and her sister began playing badminton through a programme set up by a coach to teach the sport to kids in the community.[2]

Vicente won a silver medal in the women's doubles at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, playing alongside her sister .[2] The pair defeated Daigenis Saturria and Bermary Polanco of the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals then Alex Bruce and Phyllis Chan of Canada in the semifinals. In the final they lost to the American pairing of Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obañana by a score of 14−21, 6−21, to finish as runners-up.[3]

Vicente competed at the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal in the team event, and also the silver medals in the women's and mixed doubles event.[4]

Achievements[edit]

Pan American Games[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Canada
Brazil Lohaynny Vicente United States Eva Lee
United States Paula Lynn Obañana
14–21, 6–21 Silver Silver

Pan Am Championships[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada
Brazil Lohaynny Vicente United States Eva Lee
United States Paula Lynn Obañana
21–23, 14–21 Silver Silver

South American Games[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Brazil Fabiana Silva Peru Daniela Macías
Peru Dánica Nishimura
20–22, 10–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Brazil Artur Silva Pomoceno Peru Daniel la Torre Regal
Peru Dánica Nishimura
17–21, 11–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series[edit]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Carebaco International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente 15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Carebaco International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Barbados Mariama Eastmond
Barbados Shari Watson
21–16, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Miami International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente United States Dayanis Alvarez
United States Shannon Pohl
21–9, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Internacional Mexicano Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Mexico Cynthia González
Mexico Victoria Montero
21–10, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Mercosul International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Brazil Paula B. Pereira
Brazil Fabiana Silva
21–11, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Argentina International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Brazil Paula B. Pereira
Brazil Fabiana Silva
18–21, 21–11, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Venezuela International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Brazil Paula B. Pereira
Brazil Fabiana Silva
21–13, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Peru International Series Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Brazil Paula B. Pereira
Brazil Fabiana Silva
21–9, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Chile International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Brazil Paula B. Pereira
Brazil Fabiana Silva
21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Internacional Mexicano Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Mexico Cynthia González
Mexico Mariana Ugalde
21–8, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Chile International Challenge Brazil Lohaynny Vicente United States Eva Lee
United States Paula Lynn Obañana
17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 International Mexicano Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Peru Daniela Macías
Peru Dánica Nishimura
23–25, 21–16, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Santo Domingo Open Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Guatemala Diana Corleto
Guatemala Nikté Sotomayor
22–20, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Internacional Mexicano Brazil Alex Yuwan Tjong Austria David Obernosterer
Austria Elisabeth Baldauf
17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Chile International Challenge Brazil Alex Yuwan Tjong United States Phillip Chew
United States Jamie Subandhi
14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Luana Vicente". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Prada, Paulo (11 May 2016). "From violence to the Olympics, all in their hometown". Reuters UJ. Reuters. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Badminton - Athlete Profile Vicente/Vicente". Official Website of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Ygor Coelho está pronto para ser protagonista em Cochabamba 2018" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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