Rogério de Oliveira

Rogério Junior Xavier de Oliveira (born 4 December 2000) is a Brazilian para-badminton player.^[1][2] He was the men's singles SL4 champion at the 2023 Parapan American Games.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

Rogério Oliveira
Personal information
Full name	Rogério Junior Xavier de Oliveira
Country	Brazil
Born	(2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 (age 24) Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil
Handedness	Right
Men's singles SL4 Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	6 (MS 18 July 2023) 6 (MD with Eduardo Oliveira 30 April 2019) 11 (XD with Edwarda Dias 21 February 2023)
Current ranking	14 (MS) 18 (XD with Edwarda Dias) (1 October 2024)
Medal record Men's para-badminton Representing  Brazil Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago Men's singles 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles 2019 Lima Men's singles Pan Am Championships 2018 Lima Men's doubles 2022 Cali Men's singles 2022 Cali Mixed doubles 2016 Medellín Men's singles 2018 Lima Men's singles South American Championships 2021 Joinville Men's singles 2021 Joinville Men's doubles 2021 Joinville Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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.^[6]

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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Edwarda Dias	Yuki Rodrigues Adriane Ávila	21–13, 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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Coliseo Alberto León Betancur, Cali, Colombia	Edwarda Dias	Renzo Bances Jenny Ventocilla	21–19, 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	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Brazil Para-Badminton International	Eduardo Oliveira	Gen Shogaki Tetsuo Ura	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up