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. 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. 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.

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.

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

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. 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. 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.

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.

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 Pereira Tingting Chou Camila Macaya 21–10, 21–12 Winner 2013 Argentina International Paula Pereira Daniela Macías Luz María Zornoza 21–11, 21–11 Winner 2013 Santo Domingo Open Paula Pereira Ana Paula Campos Yasmin Cury 21–14, 21–9 Winner 2013 USA International Paula Pereira Hong Jingyu Beiwen Zhang 7–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2013 Internacional Mexicano Paula Pereira Cynthia González Victoria Montero 21–18, 17–21, 21–11 Winner 2013 Puerto Rico International Paula Pereira Ana Paula Campos Yasmin Cury 21–10, 21–12 Winner 2014 Mercosul International Luana Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–11, 21–13 Winner 2014 Argentina International Luana Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 18–21, 21–11, 21–15 Winner 2014 Venezuela International Luana Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–13, 21–5 Winner 2015 Peru International Series Luana Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–9, 21–17 Winner 2015 Chile International Luana Vicente Paula 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 PartnerOpponent 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

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