Ygor Coelho

Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (; born 24 November 1996) is a Brazilian badminton player. 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. 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.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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.

Ygor obtained the silver medal in the Pan Am Male Cup in the Acapulco 2022 and São Paulo 2024 editions.

At the Pan Am Mixed Team Championships, he won silver in Campinas 2016, in Santo Domingo 2017, and bronze in Guadalajara 2023.

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.

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.

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.

Achievements

Pan American Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru 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 Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–16, 21–10 Gold Gold 2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Jason Ho-Shue 21–12, 21–15 Gold Gold 2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,San Salvador, El Salvador Brian Yang 21–17, 10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze 2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica Brian Yang 21–16, 14–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze 2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Kevin Cordón 19–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

South American Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2018 Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia Artur Pomoceno 19–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold Gold

Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Evo Morales Coliseum,Cochabamba, Bolivia Artur Pomoceno Bruno Barrueto Diego Mini 23–21, 21–18 Gold Gold

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