Lohaynny Vicente

Lohaynny Vicente
Personal information
Birth name	Lohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente
Country	Brazil
Born	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 29) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence	Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	54 (WS 10 March 2016) 35 (WD 8 July 2016) 48 (XD 9 April 2015)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Women's doubles 2015 Toronto Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2014 Markham Women's doubles Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2016 Campinas Mixed team 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2014 Markham Mixed team 2019 Lima Mixed team Pan Am Female Cup 2024 São Paulo Women's team
BWF profile

Lohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente (born 2 May 1996) is a Brazilian badminton player who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in her home city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Personal life

Vicente was born on 2 May 1996 in Rio de Janeiro. ^[1] Her older sister Luana Vicente is also an international badminton player. When Lohaynny was four years old and Luana was six, their 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 children in the community. ^[2]

At the 2014 Brazil International tournament, Vicente won a silver medal, losing to American Iris Wang in the final. ^[3]

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 Luana. ^[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. ^[4] In the women's singles Vicente defeated Cuban Melissa Azcuy Perez then Chilean Tingting Chou before losing to eventual gold medallist Michelle Li by a score of 7–21, 8–21, in the quarterfinals. ^[5]

Vicente was selected to compete for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles as an automatic qualifier for the host nation. ^[2]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Luana Vicente	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	14–21, 6–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Alex Yuwan Tjong	Toby Ng Alex Bruce	17–21, 16–21	Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Luana Vicente	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	21–23, 14–21	Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (25 titles, 10 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Carebaco International	Luana Vicente	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2013	Mercosul International	Maja Tvrdy	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Argentina International	Cynthia González	21–12, 21–4	Winner
2013	Brazil International	Michelle Li	21–16, 15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2013	Santo Domingo Open	Iris Wang	18–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2013	Internacional Mexicano	Fabiana Silva	18–21, 21–17, 21–12	Winner
2013	Puerto Rico International	Aleksandra Wałaszek	19–21, 21–13, 21–18	Winner
2014	Venezuela International	Fabiana Silva	22–20, 24–22	Winner
2014	Brazil International	Iris Wang	5–11, 9–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2015	Mercosul International	Rong Schafer	21–17, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Chile International	Laura Sárosi	13–21, 21–9, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Argentina International	Elisabeth Baldauf	17–21, 6–14 retired	Runner-up
2015	Suriname International	Telma Santos	No match	Runner-up
2016	Guatemala International	Fabiana Silva	21–16, 14–21, 21–16	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Carebaco International	Luana Vicente	Mariama Eastmond Shari Watson	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2011	Miami International	Luana Vicente	Dayanis Alvarez Shannon Pohl	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2011	Internacional Mexicano	Luana Vicente	Cynthia González Victoria Montero	21–10, 21–19	Winner
2013	Mercosul International	Paula B. Pereira	Tingting Chou Camila Macaya	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2013	Argentina International	Paula B. Pereira	Daniela Macías Luz María Zornoza	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2013	Santo Domingo Open	Paula B. Pereira	Ana Paula Campos Yasmin Cury	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2013	USA International	Paula B. Pereira	Hong Jingyu Beiwen Zhang	7–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Internacional Mexicano	Paula B. Pereira	Cynthia González Victoria Montero	21–18, 17–21, 21–11	Winner
2013	Puerto Rico International	Paula B. Pereira	Ana Paula Campos Yasmin Cury	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2014	Mercosul International	Luana Vicente	Paula B. Pereira Fabiana Silva	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2014	Argentina International	Luana Vicente	Paula B. Pereira Fabiana Silva	18–21, 21–11, 21–15	Winner
2014	Venezuela International	Luana Vicente	Paula B. Pereira Fabiana Silva	21–13, 21–5	Winner
2015	Peru International Series	Luana Vicente	Paula B. Pereira Fabiana Silva	21–9, 21–17	Winner
2015	Chile International	Luana Vicente	Paula B. Pereira Fabiana Silva	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2015	Internacional Mexicano	Luana Vicente	Cynthia González Mariana Ugalde	21–8, 21–17	Winner
2015	Chile International Challenge	Luana Vicente	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	International Mexicano	Luana Vicente	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	23–25, 21–16, 21–11	Winner
2018	Santo Domingo Open	Luana Vicente	Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor	22–20, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Santo Domingo Open	Alex Yuwan Tjong	Hugo Arthuso Fabiana Silva	21–9, 21–13	Winner
2014	Argentina International	Alex Yuwan Tjong	Hugo Arthuso Fabiana Silva	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2019	Jamaica International	Artur Pomoceno	Vinson Chiu Breanna Chi	21–17, 14–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Lohaynny 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. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
3. Morikawa, Kota. "Iris Wang Takes Gold at Brazil Int". Badminton Monthly. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
4. "Badminton - Athlete Profile Vicente/Vicente". Official Website of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
5. "Badminton - Athlete Profile Vicente Lohaynny". Official Website of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

External links

• Lohaynny Vicente at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Lohaynny Vicente at BWF Badminton.com
• Lohaynny Vicente at Olympics.com
• Lohaynny Vicente at Olympedia
• Lohaynny Vicente at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)