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Birth name | Tania Ann Luiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ernakulam, Kerala, India | 28 August 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Ricky Yu (personal) Lasse Bundgaard (national) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Tania Ann Luiz (born 28 August 1983) is an Australian badminton player. [1] At the age of nine, Luiz moved with her family to Melbourne, Australia. She started playing badminton three years later, and went on to represent Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coincidentally in her home city. [2] She defeated South Africa's Michelle Edwards and Fiji's Karyn Whiteside in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her third match to New Zealand's Rachel Hindley, with a score of 7–21 and 12–21. [3] [4]
Luiz qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Luiz and her partner Eugenia Tanaka lost the preliminary round match to Japanese pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, with a score of 4–21 and 8–21. [5] [6]
Shortly after the Olympics, Luiz was selected as the member of the Badminton World Federation's Athletes Commission, along with five other athletes, including Guatemala's Pedro Yang. [7] [8]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2006 | Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() | 17–21, 10–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2008 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 10–21, 10–21 | ![]() |
2004 | Waitakere City, New Zealand | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–15, 5–15 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Waitakere City, New Zealand | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–15, 1–15 | ![]() |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2005 | New Caledonia International | ![]() | 11–6, 1–11, 0–11 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2008 | Miami Pan Am International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–13, 21–13 | ![]() |
2008 | Peru International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–23, 21–17, 21–13 | ![]() |
2007 | Samoa International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–17, 11–21, 21–16 | ![]() |
2007 | Fiji International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
2004 | Ballarat International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–15, 12–15 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2005 | New Caledonia International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–15, 10–15 | ![]() |
2005 | Australian International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 9–15, 8–15 | ![]() |
2004 | Ballarat International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–15, 2–15 | ![]() |
2004 | Western Australia International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–15, 1–15 | ![]() |
2003 | New Caledonia International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–15, 15–8, 15–12 | ![]() |
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