Daniel Paiola
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Campinas, Brazil |
May 4, 1989 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 metres (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 62 (June 11, 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 113 (May 10, 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Daniel Vasconcellos Paiola (born May 4, 1989 in Campinas) is a Brazilian badminton player. He became the first Brazilian badminton player to win an individual medal in the Pan American Games when he won a bronze in the mens' singles event at the 2011 Games, losing in the semi-finals to Guatemalan Kevin Cordón.[1][2] He has medaled four times at the Pan American Badminton Championships, and is a one-time national champion.
Early life
Born in Campinas, Paiola's father died when he was one year old.[3] He started out playing tennis, but took up badminton at age 13 after a shoulder injury took him out for year. While still a teenager, his mother sent him to train in Portugal with Marco Vasconcelos, a fifteen-time Portuguese national champion, and his training also took him to Spain, Denmark and Malaysia.[4] His first international tournament was the 2007 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships, where he competed in the under-19 boy's single and mixed doubles events.
Professional career
Paiola made his professional international debut at the 2008 South Africa International in Cape Town, where he won a gold medal in the men's singles category.[5]
In August 2011, Paiola competed at the 2011 BWF World Championships in London. He lost his first match to Kazushi Yamada of Japan (13-21, 9-21).[6] He also competed in men's doubles with compatriot Hugo Arthuso. They lost in the first round to Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis (10-21, 11-21).[7]
He also competed at the 2014 BWF World Championships in Kuala Lumpur. In the men's singles tournament, he lost his first match against Austrian David Obernosterer (21-17, 11-21, 17-21).[8] He also participated in mixed doubles, where him and Paula Pereira lost in the first round to the Austrian pairing of Roman Zirnwald and Elisabeth Baldauf (15-21, 17-21). The following August at the 2015 event, though, he avenged his loss to Obernosterer by beating him by the scores of 21-14, 11-21, 24-22. He subsequently lost his second-round match with Lin Dan (widely considered one of the greatest badminton player ever) with scores of 14-21, 14-21.[3]
Achievements
- 2008 South Africa International: - Men's singles
- 2010 Peru International: - Men's singles
- 2011 Brazil International: - Men's doubles (with Hugo Arthuso)
- 2011 Canadian International: - - Men's doubles (with Hugo Arthuso)
- 2012 Brazil International: - Men's doubles (with Alex Tjong)
- 2013 American International: - Mixed doubles (with Paula Periera)
- 2013 Argentina International: - Mixed doubles (with Paula Pereira)
- 2013 Brazil International: - Men's singles, - Mixed doubles (with Paula Pereira)
- 2013 Puerto Rico International: - Men's singles, - Mixed doubles (with Paula Pereira)
- 2014 Brazil International: - Men's doubles (with Hugo Arthuso)
- 2015 Brazil International: - Men's doubles (with Hugo Arthuso)
- 2015 Colombia International: - Men's doubles (with Alex Tjong), - Men's singles
- 2015 Peru International: - Men's singles, - Men's doubles (with Hugo Arthuso)
- 2015 Puerto Rico International: - Mixed doubles (with Fabiana da Silva), - Men's doubles (with Alex Tjong)
- 2015 Mexico International: - Men's doubles (with Hugo Arthuso)
References
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