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 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 2019 Lima Mixed team 2014 Markham Mixed team South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Mixed team 2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles 2018 Cochabamba Mixed doubles
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.

External links

• Luana Vicente at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com