Rogério Junior Xavier de Oliveira (born 4 December 2000) is a Brazilian para-badminton player. He was the men's singles SL4 champion at the 2023 Parapan American Games. In 2024, he represented Brazil in the men's singles SL4 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. He did not advance to the knockout stage.
Biography At 8 years old, Rogério suffered an accident at school when he fell off a wall and fractured his right femur, which caused his right leg to shorten by 8 cm. He was introduced to para-badminton during a lecture at school in 2013 and later joined the Brazilian national para-badminton team in 2016.
Achievements Parapan American Games Men's singles SL4 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 National Sport Village, Lima, Peru Raúl Anguiano 16–21, 12–21 Silver 2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile Maximiliano Ávila 21–12, 21–15 Gold
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2023Olympic Training Center,Santiago, Chile Edwarda Dias Yuki Rodrigues Adriane Ávila21–13, 21–13 Gold
Pan Am Championships Men's singles SL4 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2016 Coliseo Municipal de Envigado, Medellín, Colombia Raúl Anguiano 14–21, 14–21 Silver 2018 National Sport Village, Lima, Peru Pascal Lapointe 15–21, 14–21 Bronze 2022 Coliseo Alberto León Betancur, Cali, Colombia Maximiliano Ávila 21–12, 21–12 Gold
Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 National Sport Village,Lima, Peru Eduardo Oliveira Ricardo Cavalli Geraldo da Silva Oliveira 21–9, 21–11 Gold Esteban Juárez César Suárez 21–3, 21–7 Raúl Anguiano Pascal Lapointe 21–18, 20–22, 21–18 Kleiber Mijares Jean Paul Ortiz 21–9, 21–7 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2022Coliseo Alberto León Betancur,Cali, Colombia Edwarda Dias Renzo Bances Jenny Ventocilla21–19, 21–8 Gold
South American Championships Men's singles SL4 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2021 Ginásio Univille, Joinville, Brazil Renzo Bances 21–19, 21–19 Gold Pablo Cueto 21–7, 21–11 Breno Johann 21–19, 17–21, 21–11 Eugênio Cleto 21–11, 21–9
Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Ginásio Univille,Joinville, Brazil Eduardo Oliveira Ricardo Cavalli Rivaldo Arruda 21–10, 21–11 Gold Alberto Cadenillas Genivaldo Duarte Silva 21–8, 21–10 Felipe Matos da Costa Geraldo da Silva Oliveira 21–4, 21–10 Cícero Lima Liberal José Artur Nogueira 21–6, 21–4 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Ginásio Univille,Joinville, Brazil Edwarda Dias Ricardo Cavalli Abinaécia Silva 21–13, 21–11 Gold
International tournaments (2011–2021) (2 runners-up) Men's singles SL4 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 Colombia Para-Badminton International Raúl Anguiano 13–21, 8–21 Runner-up Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2018 Brazil Para-Badminton International Eduardo Oliveira Gen Shogaki Tetsuo Ura 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up
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External links
Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)