Luana Vicente

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.

Luana Vicente
Personal information
Birth nameLuana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente
Country Brazil
Born (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994
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)
BWF profile

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
Lohaynny Vicente Eva Lee
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
Lohaynny Vicente Eva Lee
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
Fabiana Silva Daniela Macías
Dánica Nishimura
20–22, 10–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Carebaco International Lohaynny Vicente 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Santo Domingo Open Lohaynny Vicente Diana Corleto Soto
Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor
22–20, 21–17 Winner
2018 International Mexicano Lohaynny Vicente Daniela Macías
Dánica Nishimura
23–25, 21–16, 21–11 Winner
2015 Chile International Challenge Lohaynny Vicente Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obanana
17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 Internacional Mexicano Lohaynny Vicente Cynthia González
Mariana Ugalde
21–8, 21–17 Winner
2015 Chile International Lohaynny Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva
21–18, 21–15 Winner
2015 Peru International Series Lohaynny Vicente Paula B Pereira
Fabiana Silva
21–9, 21–17 Winner
2014 Venezuela International Lohaynny Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva
21–13, 21–5 Winner
2014 Argentina International Lohaynny Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva
18–21, 21–11, 21–15 Winner
2014 Mercosul International Lohaynny Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva
21–11, 21–13 Winner
2011 Internacional Mexicano Lohaynny Vicente Cynthia González
Victoria Montero
21–10, 21–19 Winner
2011 Miami International Lohaynny Vicente Dayanis Alvarez
Shannon Pohl
21–9, 21–16 Winner
2011 Carebaco International Lohaynny Vicente Mariama Eastmond
Shari Watson
21–16, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Chile International Challenge Alex Yuwan Tjong Phillip Chew
Jamie Subandhi
14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015 Internacional Mexicano Alex Yuwan Tjong David Obernosterer
Elisabeth Baldauf
17–21, 17–21 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. 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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