Ygor Coelho

Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈiɡɔɾ kuˈeʎu dʒi ɔliˈvejɾɐ]; born 24 November 1996) is a badminton player from Brazil.[1] He won the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships six times in the boys' singles and 4 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]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Coelho and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.
Ygor Coelho
Personal information
Birth nameYgor Coelho de Oliveira
CountryBrazil
Born (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking30 (15 March 2018)
Current ranking50 (26 April 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Men's singles
Pan American Championships
2017 Havana Men's singles
2018 Guatemala City Men's singles
2022 San Salvador Men's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
2016 Campinas Mixed team
2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Pan Am Male Cup
2022 Acapulco Men's team
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba Men's singles
2018 Cochabamba Men's doubles
2018 Cochabamba Mixed team
BWF profile

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Brian Yang 21–19, 21–10 Gold

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–16, 21–10 Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Jason Ho-shue 21–12, 21–15 Gold
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador		 Brian Yang 21–17, 10–21, 8–21 Bronze

South American Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia Artur Silva Pomoceno 19–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,
Cochabamba, Bolivia		 Artur Silva Pomoceno Bruno Barrueto Deza
Diego Mini		 23–21, 21–18 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Puerto Rico International Howard Shu 21–16, 21–19 Winner
2015 Guatemala International Kevin Cordón 20–22, 11–21 Runner-up
2015 Brazil International Kevin Cordón 21–18, 20–22, 21–19 Winner
2016 Peru International Martin Giuffre 21–11, 21–11 Winner
2017 Brazil International Niluka Karunaratne 21–9, 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017 Polish Open Tan Jia Wei 13–21, 22–20, 10–21 Runner-up
2017 Peru International Rosario Maddaloni 21–12, 23–21 Winner
2018 Brazil International Sergey Sirant 21–18, 21–14 Winner
2019 Scottish Open Lakshya Sen 21–18, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2021 Peru International Brian Yang 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players Ygor Coelho de OLIVEIRA". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Ygor Coelho". Embratel (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. "Ygor Coelho – Jogo rápido". Esporte de Fato (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. "How a favela kid became Brazil's top badminton player". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. "Ygor Coelho está pronto para ser protagonista em Cochabamba 2018". Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. Magdy, Mai (2 August 2019). "Ygor Coelho gave Brazil gold in the Pan American badminton". News1. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. "Badminton COELHO Ygor - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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