Brazilian badminton player (born 1996)
Badminton player
Ygor Coelho Coelho in 2020
Birth name Ygor Coelho de Oliveira Country Brazil Born (1996-11-24 ) 24 November 1996 (age 27) Rio de Janeiro , BrazilHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Handedness Right Highest ranking 30 (15 March 2018) Current ranking 51 (27 August 2024) BWF profile
Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (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]
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]
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
2023
G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston , Jamaica
Brian Yang
21–16, 14–21, 19–21
Bronze
2024
Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Kevin Cordón
19–21, 19–21
Bronze
South American Games
Men's singles
Men's doubles
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 7 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
2023
Brazil International
Kevin Cordón
20–22, 21–14, 16–21
Runner-up
2023
Guatemala International
Kevin Cordón
17–21, 21–11, 23–21
Winner
2023
El Salvador International
Kevin Cordón
17–21, 21–15, 19–21
Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
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