Luana Vicente

Luana Vicente
Personal information
Birth name Luana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente
Country  Brazil
Born (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 131 (WS 5 April 2012)
35 (WD 8 July 2016)
74 (XD 1 September 2016)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Pan American Championships
2016 Campinas Mixed team
2014 Markham Women's doubles
2014 Markham Mixed team
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba Mixed team
2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles
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

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

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 Altagracia Polanco Muñoz of the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals then Alexander Bruce and Phyllis Chan of Canada in the semifinals. In the final they lost to the American pairing of Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obanana 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

Pan American Games

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 Obanana		 14–21, 6–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships

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 Obanana		 21–23, 14–21 Silver

South American Games

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

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

References

  1. ↑ "Luana Vicente". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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