Osleni Guerrero
Cuban badminton player (born 1989)
Badminton player
Osleni Guerrero Birth name Osleni Guerrero Velazco Country Cuba Born (1989-10-18 ) 18 October 1989 (age 34) Havana , CubaHeight 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[ 1] Handedness Right[ 1] Highest ranking 43 (MS 5 March 2015) 65 (MD 13 August 2019) 93 (XD 22 October 2019) Current ranking 124 (MS), 139 (MD), 158 (XD) (26 April 2022) BWF profile
Osleni Guerrero Velazco (born 18 October 1989) is a Cuban badminton player. He is the first Cuban badminton player to win a medal in the Pan American Games .[ 2] Guerrero also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics .[ 3]
Career
Guerrero, born in Havana , started competing in badminton in 2000, and joined the national team in 2005.[ 1] 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 US, 21–13, 21–10 in the final.[ 1]
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 .[ 4] In the 2011 Pan American Games he made history, reaching the final and a silver [an 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[ 5] at Santo Domingo,[ 6] beating first seeded American Sattawat Pongnairat 17–21, 21–6, 21–16 in a close 51 minutes final. In 2014 at Markham[ 7] 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.[ 8] Guerrero won many events in the Pan American Badminton circuit.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
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.[ 3] He won the silver medal at the 2017 Pan Am Championships defeated by the Brazilian Ygor Coelho de Oliveira in the final.[ 14]
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 singles
Men's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Men's singles
Year
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
2012
Manuel Bonilla Stadium , Lima , Peru
Kevin Cordón
20–22, 10–21
Silver
2013
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
Sattawat Pongnairat
17–21, 21–6, 21–16
Gold
2014
Markham Pan Am Centre , Markham , Canada
Bjorn Seguin
19–21, 21–14, 21–13
Gold
2017
Sports City Coliseum , Havana , Cuba
Ygor Coelho
21–12, 16–21, 10–21
Silver
2018
Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City , Guatemala
Ygor Coelho
17–21, 7–21
Bronze
2019
Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes , Mexico
Kevin Cordón
21–11, 22–20
Gold
Men's doubles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Men's singles
Year
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
2014
Omega Complex, Veracruz , Mexico
Kevin Cordón
22–20, 13–21, 22–24
Silver
2018
Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla , Colombia
Kevin Cordón
16–21, 21–14, 23–25
Silver
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Pan Am Junior Championships
Boys' singles
BWF International Challenge/Series (33 titles, 17 runners-up)
Men's singles
Year
Tournament
Opponent
Score
Result
2009
Peru International
Kimihiro Yamaguchi
16–21, 13–21
Runner-up
2010
Giraldilla International
Alexander Hernández
21–13, 21–17
Winner
2010
Internacional Mexicano
Bjorn Seguin
17–21, 21–19, 21–17
Winner
2011
Giraldilla International
Arief Gifar Ramadhan
19–21, 17–21
Runner-up
2012
Giraldilla International
Charles Pyne
21–17, 21–19
Winner
2012
Peru International
Tan Chun Seang
15–21, 11–21
Runner-up
2012
Venezuela International
Ilian Perez
21–17, 17–21, 21–15
Winner
2012
Suriname International
Misha Zilberman
21–16, 18–21, 11–21
Runner-up
2013
Giraldilla International
Jan Fröhlich
21–19, 21–3
Winner
2013
Peru International
Misha Zilbermann
17–21, 21–13, 21–11
Winner
2013
Venezuela International
Heymard Humblers
21–14, 21–16
Winner
2013
Guatemala International
Rodolfo Ramírez
10–21, 23–25
Runner-up
2013
Brazil International
Yang Chih-hsun
21–8, 18–21, 18–21
Runner-up
2013
Santo Domingo Open
Howard Shu
21–16, 21–6
Winner
2013
Suriname International
Jan Fröhlich
21–11, 21–18
Winner
2013
Internacional Mexicano
Daniel Paiola
21–16, 21–17
Winner
2014
Peru International
Hock Lai Lee
21–17, 21–13
Winner
2014
Venezuela International
Daniel Paiola
21–13, 21–8
Winner
2014
Brazil International
Henri Hurskainen
6–11, 7–11, 6–11
Runner-up
2015
Suriname International
Jan Fröhlich
21–7 retired
Winner
2014
Santo Domingo Open
David Obernosterer
16–21, 21–16, 17–21
Runner-up
2015
Giraldilla International
Howard Shu
21–16, 21–16
Winner
2015
Chile International
Ramazan Öztürk
21–9, 21–15
Winner
2015
Internacional Mexicano
Ernesto Velázquez
13–21, 14–21
Runner-up
2015
Suriname International
Howard Shu
21–11, 21–16
Winner
2016
Guatemala International
Kevin Cordón
Walkover
Winner
2016
Giraldilla International
Luka Wraber
21–16, 21–17
Winner
2016
Chile International
Jan Fröhlich
14–21, 21–8, 21–14
Winner
2017
Giraldilla International
Rosario Maddaloni
21–15, 21–15
Winner
2017
Santo Domingo Open
Luis Ramón Garrido
12–21, 21–16, 21–12
Winner
2017
Suriname International
Brian Yang
21–12, 17–21, 14–21
Runner-up
2018
Peru International
Kevin Cordón
20–22, 21–14, 15–21
Runner-up
2018
Santo Domingo Open
Rosario Maddaloni
21–13, 19–21, 21–18
Winner
2019
Mexico Future Series
Lino Muñoz
20–22, 21–18, 21–15
Winner
Men's doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2012
Venezuela International
Ronald Toledo
Rubén Castellanos Adams Rodríguez
18–21, 21–8, 21–8
Winner
2017
Giraldilla International
Leodannis Martínez
Lukas Osele Kevin Strobl
21–11, 22–24, 21–8
Winner
2017
Santo Domingo Open
Leodannis Martínez
Therry Aquino Reimi Starling Cabrera Rosario
21–12, 21–14
Winner
2018
Giraldilla International
Leodannis Martínez
Lazaro Yovani Madera Padrino Ernesto Reyes
21–10, 21–16
Winner
2018
Guatemala International
Leodannis Martínez
Rubén Castellanos Aníbal Marroquín
12–21, 17–21
Runner-up
2019
Peru Future Series
Leodannis Martínez
Mario Cuba Diego Mini
21–14, 21–17
Winner
2019
Mexico Future Series
Leodannis Martínez
Andrés López Luis Montoya
21–13, 21–19
Winner
2019
Santo Domingo Open
Leodannis Martínez
Fabrício Farias Francielton Farias
21–19, 21–16
Winner
2022
Santo Domingo Open
Leodannis Martínez
Ayato Endo Yuta Takei
13–21, 9–21
Runner-up
Mixed doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2009
Giraldilla International
Solángel Guzmán
Alexander Hernández María L. Hernández
17–21, 12–21
Runner-up
2014
Giraldilla International
Taymara Oropesa
Andrés Corpancho Luz María Zornoza
21–16, 21–15
Winner
2017
Santo Domingo Open
Adriana Artiz
Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa
11–21, 21–13, 15–21
Runner-up
2018
Jamaica International
Yeily Ortiz
Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa
22–20, 21–15
Runner-up
2018
Giraldilla International
Adriana Artiz
Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa
21–13, 13–21, 21–19
Winner
2019
Peru Future Series
Taymara Oropesa
Vinson Chiu Breanna Chi
20–22, 9–21
Runner-up
2019
Mexico Future Series
Taymara Oropesa
Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos
22–20, 15–21, 21–16
Winner
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
References
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