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 the 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 Polanco of the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals then Alex Bruce and Phyllis Chan of Canada in the semifinals. In the final they lost to the American pairing of Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obañana 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 |
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2015 | Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada |
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14–21, 6–21 | ![]() |
Pan Am Championships
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada |
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21–23, 14–21 | ![]() |
South American Games
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
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20–22, 10–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
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17–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Carebaco International | ![]() |
15–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Carebaco International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–11 | ![]() |
2011 | Miami International | ![]() |
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21–9, 21–16 | ![]() |
2011 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() |
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21–10, 21–19 | ![]() |
2014 | Mercosul International | ![]() |
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21–11, 21–13 | ![]() |
2014 | Argentina International | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–11, 21–15 | ![]() |
2014 | Venezuela International | ![]() |
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21–13, 21–5 | ![]() |
2015 | Peru International Series | ![]() |
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21–9, 21–17 | ![]() |
2015 | Chile International | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–15 | ![]() |
2015 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() |
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21–8, 21–17 | ![]() |
2015 | Chile International Challenge | ![]() |
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17–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2018 | International Mexicano | ![]() |
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23–25, 21–16, 21–11 | ![]() |
2018 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() |
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22–20, 21–17 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() |
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17–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Chile International Challenge | ![]() |
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14–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ^ "Luana Vicente". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d Prada, Paulo (11 May 2016). "From violence to the Olympics, all in their hometown". Reuters UJ. Reuters. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Badminton - Athlete Profile Vicente/Vicente". Official Website of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "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 (archived)
- Luana Vicente at BWFBadminton.com
- Luana Vicente at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)