Lohaynny Vicente

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Lohaynny Vicente
Personal information
Birth nameLohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente
CountryBrazil
Born (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking54 (WS 10 March 2016)
35 (WD 8 July 2016)
48 (XD 9 April 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Markham Women's doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Markham Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed team
Pan Am Female Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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.

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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

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
14–21, 6–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Yuwan Tjong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Bruce
17–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
21–23, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver

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

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011 Carebaco International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente 21–15, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Mercosul International Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Tvrdy 11–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Argentina International Flag of Mexico.svg Cynthia González 21–12, 21–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Brazil International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li 21–16, 15–21, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Santo Domingo Open Flag of the United States.svg Iris Wang 18–21, 6–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Internacional Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva 18–21, 21–17, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Puerto Rico International Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Wałaszek 19–21, 21–13, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Venezuela International Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva22–20, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Brazil International Flag of the United States.svg Iris Wang5–11, 9–11, 7–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015Mercosul International Flag of the United States.svg Rong Schafer 21–17, 13–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Chile International Flag of Hungary.svg Laura Sárosi 13–21, 21–9, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015Argentina International Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Baldauf 17–21, 6–14 retiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Suriname International Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos No matchSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Guatemala International Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva21–16, 14–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Carebaco International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Barbados.svg Mariama Eastmond
Flag of Barbados.svg Shari Watson
21–16, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Miami International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of the United States.svg Dayanis Alvarez
Flag of the United States.svg Shannon Pohl
21–9, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Internacional Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Mexico.svg Cynthia González
Flag of Mexico.svg Victoria Montero
21–10, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Mercosul International Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira Flag of Chile.svg Tingting Chou
Flag of Chile.svg Camila Macaya
21–10, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Argentina International Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macías
Flag of Peru.svg Luz María Zornoza
21–11, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Paula Campos
Flag of Brazil.svg Yasmin Cury
21–14, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 USA International Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira Flag of the United States.svg Hong Jingyu
Flag of the United States.svg Beiwen Zhang
7–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013Internacional Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira Flag of Mexico.svg Cynthia González
Flag of Mexico.svg Victoria Montero
21–18, 17–21, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Puerto Rico International Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Paula Campos
Flag of Brazil.svg Yasmin Cury
21–10, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Mercosul International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21–11, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Argentina International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
18–21, 21–11, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Venezuela International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21–13, 21–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Peru International Series Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21–9, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Chile International Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Brazil.svg Paula B. Pereira
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21–18, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Internacional Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Mexico.svg Cynthia González
Flag of Mexico.svg Mariana Ugalde
21–8, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Chile International Challenge Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
17–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018International Mexicano Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macías
Flag of Peru.svg Dánica Nishimura
23–25, 21–16, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Santo Domingo Open Flag of Brazil.svg Luana Vicente Flag of Guatemala.svg Diana Corleto
Flag of Guatemala.svg Nikté Sotomayor
22–20, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Yuwan Tjong Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21–9, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Argentina International Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Yuwan Tjong Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Arthuso
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiana Silva
21–19, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Jamaica International Flag of Brazil.svg Artur Silva Pomoceno Flag of the United States.svg Vinson Chiu
Flag of the United States.svg Breanna Chi
21–17, 14–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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