Tania Luiz

Tania Ann Luiz (born 28 August 1983) is an Australian badminton player.^[1] At the age of nine, Luiz moved with her family to Melbourne, Australia. She started playing badminton three years later, and went on to represent Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coincidentally in her home city.^[2] She defeated South Africa's Michelle Edwards and Fiji's Karyn Whiteside in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her third match to New Zealand's Rachel Hindley, with a score of 7–21 and 12–21.^[3][4]

Tania Luiz
Personal information
Birth name	Tania Ann Luiz
Country	Australia
Born	(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 42) Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Ricky Yu (personal) Lasse Bundgaard (national)
Medal record Badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2008 Nouméa Women's doubles 2006 Auckland Women's singles 2004 Waitakere City Women's doubles 2004 Waitakere City Mixed doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2008 Nouméa Mixed team 2006 Auckland Mixed team 2004 Waitakere City Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships 2008 Nouméa Women's team 2006 Auckland Women's team
BWF profile

Luiz qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Luiz and her partner Eugenia Tanaka lost the preliminary round match to Japanese pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, with a score of 4–21 and 8–21.^[5][6]

Shortly after the Olympics, Luiz was selected as the member of the Badminton World Federation's Athletes Commission, along with five other athletes, including Guatemala's Pedro Yang.^[7][8]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Auckland, New Zealand	Rachel Hindley	17–21, 10–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Eugenia Tanaka	Michelle Chan Rachel Hindley	10–21, 10–21	Bronze
2004	Waitakere City, New Zealand	Kellie Lucas	Nicole Gordon Sara Runesten-Petersen	6–15, 5–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Waitakere City, New Zealand	Stuart Brehaut	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen	1–15, 1–15	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	New Caledonia International	Renee Flavell	11–6, 1–11, 0–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Miami Pan Am International	Eugenia Tanaka	Cristina Aicardi Claudia Rivero	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2008	Peru International	Eugenia Tanaka	Erin Carroll Leisha Cooper	21–23, 21–17, 21–13	Winner
2007	Samoa International	Susan Dobson	Renee Flavell Michelle Chan	21–17, 11–21, 21–16	Winner
2007	Fiji International	Susan Dobson	Renee Flavell Michelle Chan	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2004	Ballarat International	Kate Wilson-Smith	Renuga Veeran Susan Wang	7–15, 12–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	New Caledonia International	Glenn Warfe	Scott Menzies Renee Flavell	6–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	Australian International	Stuart Brehaut	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	9–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2004	Ballarat International	Stuart Brehaut	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	3–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2004	Western Australia International	Stuart Brehaut	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	1–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2003	New Caledonia International	Stuart Brehaut	Guy Gibson Kellie Lucas	3–15, 15–8, 15–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament