Ygor Coelho

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]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Coelho and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.
Ygor Coelho
Coelho in 2020
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 ranking43 (15 September 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Men's singles
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 San Salvador Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kingston Men's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Male Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Acapulco Men's team
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 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 Canada Brian Yang 21–19, 21–10 Gold Gold

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Cuba Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–16, 21–10 Gold Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Canada Jason Ho-shue 21–12, 21–15 Gold Gold
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador		 Canada Brian Yang 21–17, 10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica Canada Brian Yang 21–16, 14–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

South American Games

Men's singles

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

Men's doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Puerto Rico International United States Howard Shu 21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Guatemala International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 20–22, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Brazil International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–18, 20–22, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Peru International Canada Martin Giuffre 21–11, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Brazil International Sri Lanka Niluka Karunaratne 21–9, 14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Polish Open Malaysia Tan Jia Wei 13–21, 22–20, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Peru International Italy Rosario Maddaloni 21–12, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Brazil International Russia Sergey Sirant 21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Scottish Open India Lakshya Sen 21–18, 18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Peru International Canada Brian Yang 16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Brazil International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 20–22, 21–14, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Guatemala International Challenge Guatemala Kevin Cordón 17–21, 21–11, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  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. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.


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