Daniel Vasconcellos Paiola (born 4 May 1989) is a Brazilian badminton player. He became the first Brazilian badminton player to win an individual medal in the Pan American Games when he won a bronze in the men's singles event at the 2011 Games, losing in the semi-finals to Guatemalan Kevin Cordón. He has medaled ten at the Pan American Badminton Championships, and is a one-time national champion.
Early life Paiola was born in Campinas, and his father died when he was one year old. He started out playing tennis, but took up badminton at age 13 after a shoulder injury took him out for year. While still a teenager, his mother sent him to train in Portugal with Marco Vasconcelos, a fifteen-time Portuguese national champion, and his training also took him to Spain, Denmark and Malaysia. His first international tournament was the 2007 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships, where he competed in the under-19 boys' singles and mixed doubles events.
Professional career Paiola made his professional international debut at the 2008 South Africa International in Cape Town, where he won a gold medal in the men's singles category.
In August 2011, Paiola competed at the 2011 BWF World Championships in London. He lost his first match to Kazushi Yamada of Japan (13-21, 9-21). He also competed in men's doubles with compatriot Hugo Arthuso. They lost in the first round to Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis (10-21, 11-21).
He also competed at the 2014 BWF World Championships in Kuala Lumpur. In the men's singles tournament, he lost his first match against Austrian David Obernosterer (21-17, 11-21, 17-21). He also participated in mixed doubles, where he and Paula Pereira lost in the first round to the Austrian pairing of Roman Zirnwald and Elisabeth Baldauf (15-21, 17-21). The following August at the 2015 event, though, he avenged his loss to Obernosterer by beating him by the scores of 21-14, 11-21, 24-22. He subsequently lost his second-round match with Lin Dan (widely considered one of the greatest badminton players ever) with scores of 14-21, 14-21.
Achievements
Pan American Games Men's singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2011Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico Kevin Cordón14–21, 8–21 Bronze
Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2015Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada Hugo Arthuso Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat18–21, 16–21 Silver
Pan Am Championships Men's singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2014Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Bjorn Seguin21–23, 15–21 Bronze2013Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Sattawat Pongnairat19–21, 18–21 Bronze2012Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Osleni Guerrero11–21, 16–21 Bronze
Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2012Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Alex Yuwan Tjong Adrian Liu Derrick Ng9–21, 9–21 Silver2010Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, Brazil Hugo Arthuso Sameera Gunatileka Vincent Nguy19–21, 21–19, 17–21 Silver
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2013Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Paula Pereira Howard Shu Eva Lee8–21, 12–21 Bronze
South American Games Men's singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2010Medellín, Colombia Hugo Arthuso13–21, 21–18, 24–22 Gold
Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2010Medellín, Colombia Alex Yuwan Tjong Antonio de Vinatea Rodrigo Pacheco14–21, 19–21 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2015Colombia International Bjorn Seguin18–21, 18–21 Runner-up2015Peru International Series Kevin Cordón16–21, 20–22 Runner-up2014Venezuela International Osleni Guerrero13–21, 8–21 Runner-up2014Argentina International Kevin Cordón12–21, 18–21 Runner-up2014Puerto Rico International Brice Leverdez17–21, 14–21 Runner-up2013Internacional Mexicano Osleni Guerrero16–21, 17–21 Runner-up2009Suriname International Virgil Soeroredjo19–21, 13–21 Runner-up2009Colombia International Mario Cuba21–19, 21–15 Winner2008South Africa International Roelof Dednam23–21, 18–21, 21–18 Winner
Men's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2015Brazil International Hugo Arthuso Job Castillo Lino Munoz18–21, 14–21 Runner-up2015Colombia International Alex Yuwan Tjong Giovanni Greco Rosario Maddaloni21–16, 21–17 Winner2015Internacional Mexicano Hugo Arthuso Job Castillo Lino Munoz21–13, 12–21, 20–22 Runner-up2015Peru International Series Hugo Arthuso Emre Vural Sİnan Zorlu14–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up2014Venezuela International Hugo Arthuso Fabio Soares Alex Yuwan Tjong16–21, 21–18, 21–14 Winner2014Argentina International Hugo Arthuso Jonathan Solis Rodolfo Ramirez15–21, 18–21 Runner-up2011Canadian International Hugo Arthuso Adrian Liu Derrick Ng7–21, 15–21 Runner-up2011Miami International Hugo Arthuso Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat21–16, 18–21, 21–9 Winner
Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2015Puerto Rico International Fabiana Silva Alex Yuwan Tjong Lohaynny Vicente12–21, 21–18, 23–25 Runner-up2013Internacional Mexicano Paula Pereira Hugo Arthuso Fabiana Silva13–21, 21–13, 21–19 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
2011 Pan Am Games bio