Osleni Guerrero
Osleni Guerrero Velazco is a Cuban badminton player. He is the first Cuban badminton player to win a medal in the Pan American Games. Guerrero also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
Guerrero, born in Havana, started competing in badminton in 2000, and joined the national team in 2005. As a junior player he won the under-19 category at the 2007 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships held at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where he beat first seed Howard Shu of the USA, 21–13, 21–10 in the final.Guerrero won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2015 Pan Am Games, losing the semi-final to Canadian Andrew D'Souza. In the 2011 Pan American Games he made history, reaching the final and a silver Pan Am Games medal for Cuba at badminton for the first time. He eventually lost that final to first seeded Kevin Cordón of Guatemala with 13–21, 19–21.
Guerrero competed in 2014 and 2015 BWF World Championships. He is a member of the Cuban national badminton team since 2005. He twice won the continental Pan American Badminton Championship. First in 2013 at Santo Domingo, beating first seeded American Sattawat Pongnairat 17-21, 21-6, 21-16 in a close 51 minutes final. In 2014 at the Markham venue he successfully defended his Pan American badminton title, this time beating another American Bjorn Seguin in another close fought final of 58 minutes with 19-21, 21-14, and 21-13. Osleni Guerrero won many events in the Pan American Badminton circuit.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Guerrero played the men's singles event in Group J with Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, and Howard Shu of United States. He placed second in the group standing after won a match to Shu, but lost to Sugiarto. He won the silver medal at the 2017 Pan Am Championships defeated by the Brazilian Ygor Coelho de Oliveira in the final.
In 2018, he won four medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games, a gold medal in the mixed doubles, also three silver medals in the men's singles, doubles, and team events.
In 2019, he reached the finals at the Pan Am Championships in two different events, won a gold medal in the men's singles event.
Achievements
Pan American Games
Men's singlesYear | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
2015 | Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada | ![]() | 21–13, 14–21, 13–21 | Bronze |
2011 | Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico | ![]() | 21–23, 19–21 | Silver |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–23, 15–21 | Bronze |
Pan Am Championships
Men's singlesYear | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | ![]() | 21–11, 22–20 | Gold |
2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | ![]() | 17–21, 7–21 | Bronze |
2017 | Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba | ![]() | 21–12, 16–21, 10–21 | Silver |
2014 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada | ![]() | 19–21, 21–14, 21–13 | Gold |
2013 | Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ![]() | 17–21, 21–6, 21–16 | Gold |
2012 | Coliseo Manuel Bonilla, Lima, Peru | ![]() | 20–22, 10–21 | Silver |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–21, 22–20, 10–21 | Silver |
Central American and Caribbean Games
Men's singlesYear | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
2018 | Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia | ![]() | 16–21, 21–14, 23–25 | Silver |
2014 | Omega Complex, Veracruz, Mexico | ![]() | 22–20, 13–21, 22–24 | Silver |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2018 | Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 12–21, 21–11, 19–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2018 | Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 18–21, 21–17, 21–19 | Gold |
2014 | Omega Complex, Veracruz, Mexico | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 16–21, 21–14, 21–13 | Gold |
Pan Am Junior Championships
Boys' singlesYear | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
2007 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | ![]() | 21–13, 21–10 | Gold |
BWF International Challenge/Series (33 titles, 16 runners-up)
Men's singlesYear | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Mexico Future Series | ![]() | 20–22, 21–18, 21–15 | Winner |
2018 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | 21–13, 19–21, 21–18 | Winner |
2018 | Peru International | ![]() | 20–22, 21–14, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Suriname International | ![]() | 21–12, 17–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | 12–21, 21–16, 21–12 | Winner |
2017 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 21–15, 21–15 | Winner |
2016 | Chile International | ![]() | 14–21, 21–8, 21–14 | Winner |
2016 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 21–16, 21–17 | Winner |
2016 | Guatemala International | ![]() | Walkover | Winner |
2015 | Suriname International | ![]() | 21–11, 21–16 | Winner |
2015 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() | 13–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
2015 | Chile International | ![]() | 21–9, 21–15 | Winner |
2015 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
2014 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | 16–21, 21–16, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2015 | Suriname International | ![]() | 21–7 Retired | Winner |
2014 | Brazil International | ![]() | 6–11, 7–11, 6–11 | Runner-up |
2014 | Venezuela International | ![]() | 21–13, 21–8 | Winner |
2014 | Peru International | ![]() | 21–17, 21–13 | Winner |
2013 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() | 21–16, 21–17 | Winner |
2013 | Suriname International | ![]() | 21–11, 21–18 | Winner |
2013 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | 21–16, 21–6 | Winner |
2013 | Brazil International | ![]() | 21–8, 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Guatemala International | ![]() | 10–21, 23–25 | Runner-up |
2013 | Venezuela International | ![]() | 21–14, 21–16 | Winner |
2013 | Peru International | ![]() | 17–21, 21–13, 21–11 | Winner |
2013 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 21–19, 21–3 | Winner |
2012 | Suriname International | ![]() | 21–16, 18–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Venezuela International | ![]() | 21–17, 17–21, 21–15 | Winner |
2012 | Peru International | ![]() | 15–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 21–17, 21–19 | Winner |
2011 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 19–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() | 17–21, 21–19, 21–17 | Winner |
2010 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | 21–13, 21–17 | Winner |
2009 | Peru International | ![]() | 16–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2019 | Mexico Future Series | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–13, 21–19 | Winner |
2019 | Peru Future Series | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
2018 | Guatemala International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 12–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–10, 21–16 | Winner |
2017 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–12, 21–14 | Winner |
2017 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–11, 22–24, 21–8 | Winner |
2012 | Venezuela International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 18–21, 21–8, 21–8 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Mexico Future Series | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 22–20, 15–21, 21–16 | Winner |
2019 | Peru Future Series | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 20–22, 9–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–13, 13–21, 21–19 | Winner |
2018 | Jamaica International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 22–20, 21–15 | Runner-up |
2017 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–21, 21–13, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2014 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–16, 21–15 | Winner |
2009 | Giraldilla International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |