Lohaynny Vicente


Lohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente is a Brazilian badminton player who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in her home city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Personal life

Vicente was born on 2 May 1996 in Rio de Janeiro. Her older sister Luana Vicente is also an international badminton player. When Lohaynny was four years old and Luana was six, their father, a drug dealer, was killed in a shootout with police. Following her father's death her mother moved the family from the west of the city to Chacrinha, a favela in the north of Rio. She now lives with her sister in Campinas, São Paulo, in a house funded by the Brazilian Badminton Federation.

Career

Both Vicente and her sister began playing badminton through a programme set up by a coach to teach the sport to children in the community.
At the 2014 Brazil International tournament, Vicente won a silver medal, losing to American Iris Wang in the final.
Vicente won a silver medal in the women's doubles at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, playing alongside her sister Luana. The pair defeated Daigenis Saturria and Bermary Altagracia Polanco Muñoz of the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals then Alexander Bruce and Phyllis Chan of Canada in the semifinals. In the final they lost to the American pairing of Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obanana by a score of 14−21, 6−21, to finish as runners-up. In the women's singles Vicente defeated Cuban Melissa Azcuy Perez then Chilean Tingting Chou before losing to eventual gold medallist Michelle Li by a score of 7–21, 8–21, in the quarterfinals.
Vicente was selected to compete for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles as an automatic qualifier for the host nation.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		 Luana Vicente Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obanana		14–21, 6–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		 Alex Yuwan Tjong Toby Ng
Alexandra Bruce		17–21, 16–21 Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada		 Luana Vicente Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obanana		21–23, 14–21 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (25 titles, 10 runner-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Guatemala International Fabiana Silva21–16, 14–21, 21–16 Winner
2015Suriname International Telma SantosNo match Runner-up
2015Argentina International Elisabeth Baldauf17–21, 6–14 retired Runner-up
2015Chile International Laura Sarosi13–21, 21–9, 12–21 Runner-up
2015Mercosul International Rong Schafer21–17, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2014Brazil International Iris Wang5–11, 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up
2014Venezuela International Fabiana Silva22–20, 24–22 Winner
2013Puerto Rico International Aleksandra Walaszek19–21, 21–13, 21–18 Winner
2013Internacional Mexicano Fabiana Silva18–21, 21–17, 21–12 Winner
2013Santo Domingo Open Iris Wang18–21, 6–21 Runner-up
2013Brazil International Michelle Li21–16, 15–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2013Argentina International Cynthia González21–12, 21–4 Winner
2013Mercosul International Maja Tvrdy11–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011Carebaco International Luana Vicente21–15, 21–18 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Santo Domingo Open Luana Vicente Diana Corleto Soto
Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor		22–20, 21–17 Winner
2018International Mexicano Luana Vicente Daniela Macías
Dánica Nishimura		23–25, 21–16, 21–11 Winner
2015Chile International Challenge Luana Vicente Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obanana		17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015Internacional Mexicano Luana Vicente Cynthia González
Mariana Ugalde		21–8, 21–17 Winner
2015Chile International Luana Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva		21–18, 21–15 Winner
2015Peru International Series Luana Vicente Paula B Pereira
Fabiana Silva		21–9, 21–17 Winner
2014Venezuela International Luana Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva		21–13, 21–5 Winner
2014Argentina International Luana Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva		18–21, 21–11, 21–15 Winner
2014Mercosul International Luana Vicente Paula B. Pereira
Fabiana Silva		21–11, 21–13 Winner
2013Puerto Rico International Paula B. Pereira Ana Paula Campos
Yasmin Cury		21–10, 21–12 Winner
2013Internacional Mexicano Paula B. Pereira Cynthia González
Victoria Montero		21–18, 17–21, 21–11 Winner
2013USA International Paula B. Pereira Jing Yu Hong
Zhang Beiwen		7–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2013Santo Domingo Open Paula B. Pereira Ana Paula Campos
Yasmin Cury		21–14, 21–9 Winner
2013Argentina International Paula B. Pereira Daniela Macias
Luz Maria Zornoza		21–11, 21–11 Winner
2013Mercosul International Paula B. Pereira Tingting Chou
Camila Macaya		21–10, 21–12 Winner
2011Internacional Mexicano Luana Vicente Cynthia González
Victoria Montero		21–10, 21–19 Winner
2011Miami International Luana Vicente Dayanis Alvarez
Shannon Pohl		21–9, 21–16 Winner
2011Carebaco International Luana Vicente Mariama Eastmond
Shari Watson		21–16, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Jamaica International Artur Silva Pomoceno Vinson Chiu
Breanna Chi		21–17, 14–21, 21–19 Winner
2014Argentina International Alex Yuwan Tjong Hugo Arthuso
Fabiana Silva		21–19, 21–19 Winner
2013Santo Domingo Open Alex Yuwan Tjong Hugo Arthuso
Fabiana Silva		21–9, 21–13 Winner