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Ygor Coelho
Brazilian badminton player (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiɡoʁ kuˈeʎu dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ]; born 24 November 1996) is a Brazilian badminton player.[1] He won the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships six times in the boys' singles and four times in the mixed doubles event with Lohaynny Vicente. Oliveira placed 27th in the world junior ranking and went on to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Puerto Rico International in the men's singles event.[3] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became the first Brazil's male Olympic badminton player.[4] He clinched three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's singles, doubles, and team event.[5] Coelho won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.[6]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]
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Career
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Ygor achieved his greatest title, winning the gold medal. It was the country's first gold in the sport at the Pan American Games. [8]
Ygor obtained the silver medal in the Pan Am Male Cup in the Acapulco 2022 and São Paulo 2024 editions. [9][10]
At the Pan Am Mixed Team Championships, he won silver in Campinas 2016, in Santo Domingo 2017, and bronze in Guadalajara 2023.[11][12][13]
At the Pan American Badminton Championships, in singles, he was two-time champion in the Havana 2017 and Guatemala 2018 editions, and obtained bronze in the San Salvador 2022, Kingston 2023 and Guatemala 2024 editions. [14][15][16][17][18]
At the Badminton World Championships, Ygor's best result was obtained in Nanjing 2018, when he defeated Indian Prannoy H. S., 11th seed of the tournament and former top 10 in the world, thus reaching the Round of 16, the best result in Brazil's history.[19]
At the 2020 Olympic Games, Ygor managed to win one game in the group stage, but failed to qualify for the round of 16. He was, however, the first Brazilian to win a badminton match at the Olympic Games. [20]
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Pan American Games
Men's singles
Pan Am Championships
Men's singles
South American Games
Men's singles
Men's doubles
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 7 runners-up)
Men's singles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
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