Inés Castillo

Inés Lucía Castillo Salazar^[a] (born 7 December 1999) is a Peruvian badminton player.^[1] She represented Peru in women's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Inés Castillo
Personal information
Birth name	Inés Lucía Castillo Salazar
Country	Peru
Born	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 25) Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	47 (WS 2 July 2024) 66 (WD with Paula la Torre 21 March 2023) 55 (XD with José Guevara 7 November 2023)
Current ranking	81 (WS 7 October 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Peru Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles Pan Am Female Cup 2018 Tacarigua Women's team South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Mixed team 2022 Asuncion Mixed team 2018 Cochabamba Women's singles 2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles 2022 Asuncion Women's singles 2022 Asuncion Women's doubles South American Championships 2017 Rio de Janeiro Mixed team 2018 Lima Mixed team 2019 Guayaquil Mixed team 2020 Lima Mixed team 2022 Lima Women's singles 2022 Lima Mixed doubles 2022 Lima Mixed team 2020 Lima Women's singles 2020 Lima Women's doubles 2018 Lima Women's singles 2018 Lima Women's doubles 2019 Guayaquil Women's singles 2019 Guayaquil Women's doubles 2019 Guayaquil Mixed doubles 2022 Lima Women's doubles Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar Women's singles 2022 Valledupar Women's doubles 2022 Valledupar Mixed doubles 2022 Valledupar Mixed team 2017 Santa Marta Mixed team 2017 Santa Marta Women's doubles Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali–Valle Girls' singles Pan Am Junior Championships 2016 Lima Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

In 2016, Castillo competed at the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships and reached the second round.^[3] In 2018, she reached the semi-finals of the Pan American Championships with her partner Paula la Torre but lost to Rachel Honderich and Kristen Tsai 10–21, 12–21.

In 2021, Castillo won a bronze medal at the Junior Pan American Games.^[4]

In 2023, Castillo won a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in the mixed doubles event with José Guevara.^[5] In 2024, she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[6] She was placed in Group J with Aya Ohori of Japan and Neslihan Arın of Turkey. She lost her first match to Arın 16–21, 17–21 and then her second match to Ohori 12–21, 8–21.^[7][8]

Personal life

Castillo was born in Boynton Beach, Florida. Her father, Gonzalo Castillo is a former badminton player and president of the Peru Badminton Federation.^[9]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	José Guevara	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	10–21, 11–21	Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Paula la Torre	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	10–21, 12–21	Bronze

South American Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia	Fabiana Silva	16–21, 13–21	Bronze
2022	Estadio León Condou, Asuncion, Paraguay	Sâmia Lima	16–21, 18–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia	Paula la Torre	Luana Vicente Fabiana Silva	9–21, 11–21	Bronze
2022	Estadio León Condou, Asuncion, Paraguay	Paula la Torre	Sânia Lima Juliana Vieira	14–21, 16–21	Bronze

South American Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Fernanda Saponara	11–21, 11–21	Bronze
2019	Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra, Guayaquil, Ecuador	Daniela Macías	11–21, 14–21	Bronze
2020	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Daniela Macías	17–21, 17–21	Silver
2022	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Fernanda Saponara	21–13, 19–21, 22–20	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	13–21, 16–21	Bronze
2019	Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra, Guayaquil, Ecuador	Inés Mendoza	Monaliza Feitosa Lorena Vieira	21–12, 18–21, 12–21	Bronze
2020	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	19–21, 10–21	Silver
2022	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Paula la Torre	Bianca Lima Lohaynny Vicente	21–14, 14–21, 20–22	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra, Guayaquil, Ecuador	José Guevara	Daniel la Torre Daniela Macías	18–21, 24–22, 13–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	José Guevara	Diego Mini Paula la Torre	23–21, 19–21, 21–18	Gold

Bolivarian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Coliseo Arena de Sal, Valledupar, Colombia	Maria Pérez	21–11, 21–19	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Coliseo Colegio Cooedumag, Santa Marta, Colombia	Paula la Torre	Nairoby Jiménez Licelott Sánchez	16–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Coliseo Arena de Sal, Valledupar, Colombia	Paula la Torre	Namie Miyahira Fernanda Saponara	16–21, 21–18, 21–17	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Coliseo Arena de Sal, Valledupar, Colombia	José Guevara	Javier Alas Fátima Centeno	21–18, 13–21, 21–13	Gold

Junior Pan American Games

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia	Natalie Chi	17–21, 16–21	Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	CAR lla Videna, Lima, Peru	Paula la Torre	Jackeline Luz Amanda Santos	15–21, 20–22	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 14 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Internacional Mexicano	Sabrina Solís	20–22, 8–21	Runner-up
2023	Giraldilla International	Hristomira Popovska	16–21, 21–16, 20–22	Runner-up
2023	Chile International	Yasmine Hamza	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Future Series	Fernanda Saponara	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2023	Lagos International	Lauren Lam	Walkover	Winner
2023	Peru Challenge	Kaoru Sugiyama	3–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2023	Venezuela International	Yasmine Hamza	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2023	Peru International Series	Yasmine Hamza	19–21, 21–15, 21–9	Winner
2024	Suriname International	Sabrina Solís	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2025	Perú International	Juliana Viana Vieira	15–8, 8–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2025	La Perla del Otun	Juliana Giraldo	21–19, 24–22	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Peru International Series	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macias Dánica Nishimura	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	Jamaica International	Paula la Torre	Jamie Hsu Jamie Subandhi	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2018	Peru Future Series	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	Peru International	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	11–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Giraldilla International	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	9–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2020	Peru Future Series	Paula la Torre	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	19–21, 22–20, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Future Series	Paula la Torre	Fernanda Munar Solimano Rafaela Munar Solimano	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2024	Suriname International	Namie Miyahira	Chequeda de Boulet Priyanna Ramdhani	21–16, 21–12	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Carebaco International	Bruno Barrueto Deza	Daniel la Torre Regal Dánica Nishimura	16–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2019	Giraldilla International	José Guevara	Mario Cuba Daniela Macías	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Future Series	José Guevara	Diego Mini Paula la Torre Regal	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Lagos International	José Guevara	Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc	21–17, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Salazar.