Ygor Coelho
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| Birth name | Ygor Coelho de Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1996 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 30 (15 March 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 52 (26 November 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiɡɔɾ kuˈeʎu dʒi ɔliˈvejɾɐ]; 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]
Achievements
Pan American Games
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru |  Brian Yang
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21–19, 21–10 |  Gold
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Pan Am Championships
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Jason Ho-shue
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21–12, 21–15 | Gold
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| 2017 | Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba |  Osleni Guerrero
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12–21, 21–16, 21–10 | Gold
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South American Games
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia | Artur Silva Pomoceno
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19–21, 23–21, 21–12 | Gold
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Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Artur Silva Pomoceno
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 Bruno Barrueto Deza Diego Mini
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23–21, 21–18 | Gold
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BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Scottish Open |  Lakshya Sen
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21–18, 18–21, 19–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2018 | Brazil International |  Sergey Sirant
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21–18, 21–14 |  Winner
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| 2017 | Peru International |  Rosario Maddaloni
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21–12, 23–21 | Winner
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| 2017 | Polish Open |  Tan Jia Wei
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13–21, 22–20, 10–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Brazil International |  Niluka Karunaratne
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21–9, 14–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2016 | Peru International | Martin Giuffre
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21–11, 21–11 | Winner
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| 2015 | Brazil International |  Kevin Cordon
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21–18, 20–22, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2015 | Guatemala International | Kevin Cordon
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20–22, 11–21 | Runner-up
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| 2014 | Puerto Rico International |  Howard Shu
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21–16, 21–19 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ^ "Players Ygor Coelho de OLIVEIRA". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Ygor Coelho" (in Portuguese). Embratel. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Ygor Coelho – Jogo rápido" (in Portuguese). Esporte de Fato. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "How a favela kid became Brazil's top badminton player". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Ygor Coelho está pronto para ser protagonista em Cochabamba 2018" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Magdy, Mai (2 August 2019). "Ygor Coelho gave Brazil gold in the Pan American badminton". News1. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
External links
- Ygor Coelho at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Ygor Coelho at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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