Ygor Coelho
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| Birth name | Ygor Coelho de Oliveira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1996 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 30 (15 March 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 49 (20 July 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈiɡɔɾ kuˈeʎu dʒi ɔliˈvejɾɐ]; born 24 November 1996) is a badminton player from Brazil.[1] He won the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships six times in the boys' singles and 4 times in the mixed doubles event with Lohaynny Vicente. Oliveira placed 27th in the world junior ranking, and went on to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Puerto Rico International in the men's singles event.[3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became the first Brazil's male Olympic badminton player.[4] He clinched three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's singles, doubles, and team event.[5] Coelho won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.[6]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]
Achievements[]
Pan American Games[]
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru |  Brian Yang
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21–19, 21–10 |  Gold
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Pan Am Championships[]
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba |  Osleni Guerrero
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12–21, 21–16, 21–10 | Gold
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| 2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Jason Ho-shue
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21–12, 21–15 | Gold
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South American Games[]
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia |  Artur Silva Pomoceno
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19–21, 23–21, 21–12 | Gold
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Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Artur Silva Pomoceno
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 Diego Mini
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23–21, 21–18 | Gold
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BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up)[]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Puerto Rico International |  Howard Shu
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21–16, 21–19 |  Winner
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| 2015 | Guatemala International |  Kevin Cordón
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20–22, 11–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2015 | Brazil International | Kevin Cordón
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21–18, 20–22, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2016 | Peru International | Martin Giuffre
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21–11, 21–11 | Winner
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| 2017 | Brazil International |  Niluka Karunaratne
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21–9, 14–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Polish Open | 
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13–21, 22–20, 10–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Peru International |  Rosario Maddaloni
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21–12, 23–21 | Winner
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| 2018 | Brazil International |  Sergey Sirant
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21–18, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2019 | Scottish Open |  Lakshya Sen
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21–18, 18–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
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| 2021 | Peru International | Brian Yang
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16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References[]
- ^ "Players Ygor Coelho de OLIVEIRA". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Ygor Coelho". Embratel (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Ygor Coelho – Jogo rápido". Esporte de Fato (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "How a favela kid became Brazil's top badminton player". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Ygor Coelho está pronto para ser protagonista em Cochabamba 2018". Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Magdy, Mai (2 August 2019). "Ygor Coelho gave Brazil gold in the Pan American badminton". News1. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Badminton COELHO Ygor - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
External links[]
- Ygor Coelho at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Ygor Coelho at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of Brazil
- Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in badminton
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Brazilian sportspeople stubs
- Badminton biography stubs