Luana Vicente | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Luana Tamara de Oliveira Vicente | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 30 January 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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BWF profile |
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.
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]
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]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 14–21, 6–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–23, 14–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 20–22, 10–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–16, 21–11 | ![]() |
2011 | Miami International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–9, 21–16 | ![]() |
2011 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–10, 21–19 | ![]() |
2014 | Mercosul International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–11, 21–13 | ![]() |
2014 | Argentina International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 18–21, 21–11, 21–15 | ![]() |
2014 | Venezuela International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–13, 21–5 | ![]() |
2015 | Peru International Series | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–9, 21–17 | ![]() |
2015 | Chile International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–18, 21–15 | ![]() |
2015 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–8, 21–17 | ![]() |
2015 | Chile International Challenge | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2018 | International Mexicano | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 23–25, 21–16, 21–11 | ![]() |
2018 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 22–20, 21–17 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Chile International Challenge | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 14–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
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