Ygor COELHO

Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiɡoɾ kuˈeʎu dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ]; born 24 November 1996) is a badminton player from Brazil. 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. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Puerto Rico International in the men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and became the first Brazil's male Olympic badminton player. He clinched three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games in the men's singles, doubles, and team event. Coelho won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games. Text from Wikipedia (shared under CC-BY-SA)