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.
Personal life Vicente was born on 30 January 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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 the 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 kids in the community.
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 . 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.
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.
Achievements
Pan American Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,Toronto, Canada Lohaynny Vicente Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana 14–21, 6–21 Silver
Pan Am Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Markham Pan Am Centre,Markham, Canada Lohaynny Vicente Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana 21–23, 14–21 Silver
South American Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,Cochabamba, Bolivia Fabiana Silva Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura 20–22, 10–21 Silver
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,Cochabamba, Bolivia Artur Pomoceno Daniel la Torre Regal Dánica Nishimura 17–21, 11–21 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Carebaco International Lohaynny Vicente 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Carebaco International Lohaynny Vicente Mariama Eastmond Shari Watson 21–16, 21–11 Winner 2011 Miami International Lohaynny Vicente Dayanis Alvarez Shannon Pohl 21–9, 21–16 Winner 2011 Internacional Mexicano Lohaynny Vicente Cynthia González Victoria Montero 21–10, 21–19 Winner 2014 Mercosul International Lohaynny Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–11, 21–13 Winner 2014 Argentina International Lohaynny Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 18–21, 21–11, 21–15 Winner 2014 Venezuela International Lohaynny Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–13, 21–5 Winner 2015 Peru International Series Lohaynny Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–9, 21–17 Winner 2015 Chile International Lohaynny Vicente Paula Pereira Fabiana Silva 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2015 Internacional Mexicano Lohaynny Vicente Cynthia González Mariana Ugalde 21–8, 21–17 Winner 2015 Chile International Challenge Lohaynny Vicente Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2018 International Mexicano Lohaynny Vicente Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura 23–25, 21–16, 21–11 Winner 2018 Santo Domingo Open Lohaynny Vicente Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor 22–20, 21–17 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Internacional Mexicano Alex Yuwan Tjong David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2015 Chile International Challenge Alex Yuwan Tjong Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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