Ygor Coelho de Oliveira

Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈiɡɔɾ kuˈeʎu d͡ʒɪ ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ]; born 24 November 1996) is a badminton player from Brazil.[1] He won the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships six times in the boys' singles and 4 times in the mixed doubles event with Lohaynny Vicente. Oliveira who placed 27 in the world junior ranking competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Puerto Rico International in the men's singles event.[3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became the first Brazil's male Olympic badminton player.[4] He clinched three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's singles, doubles, and team event.[5] Coelho won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.[6]

Ygor Coelho de Oliveira
Personal information
Birth nameYgor Coelho de Oliveira
Country Brazil
Born (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking30 (15 March 2018)
Current ranking52 (26 November 2019)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Men's singles
Pan American Championships
2018 Guatemala City Men's singles
2017 Havana Men's singles
Pan American Team Championships
2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
2016 Campinas Mixed team
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba Men's singles
2018 Cochabamba Men's doubles
2018 Cochabamba Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Brian Yang 21–19, 21–10 Gold

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Jason Ho-shue 21–12, 21–15 Gold
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–16, 21–10 Gold

South American Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia Artur Silva Pomoceno 19–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,
Cochabamba, Bolivia		 Artur Silva Pomoceno Bruno Barrueto Deza
Diego Mini		 23–21, 21–18 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Scottish Open Lakshya Sen 21–18, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2018 Brazil International Sergey Sirant 21–18, 21–14 Winner
2017 Peru International Rosario Maddaloni 21–12, 23–21 Winner
2017 Polish Open Tan Jia Wei 13–21, 22–20, 10–21 Runner-up
2017 Brazil International Niluka Karunaratne 21–9, 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2016 Peru International Martin Giuffre 21–11, 21–11 Winner
2015 Brazil International Kevin Cordon 21–18, 20–22, 21–19 Winner
2015 Guatemala International Kevin Cordon 20–22, 11–21 Runner-up
2014 Puerto Rico International Howard Shu 21–16, 21–19 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players Ygor Coelho de OLIVEIRA". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Ygor Coelho" (in Portuguese). Embratel. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. "Ygor Coelho – Jogo rápido" (in Portuguese). Esporte de Fato. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. "How a favela kid became Brazil's top badminton player". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. "Ygor Coelho está pronto para ser protagonista em Cochabamba 2018" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. Magdy, Mai (2 August 2019). "Ygor Coelho gave Brazil gold in the Pan American badminton". News1. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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