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Osleni Guerrero

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Osleni Guerrero
Osleni Guerrero at the 2015 BWF World Championships
Personal information
Birth nameOsleni Guerrero Velazco
CountryCuba
Born (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 35)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
HandednessRight[1]
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking43 (MS 5 March 2015)
65 (MD 13 August 2019)
93 (XD 22 October 2019)
Current ranking124 (MS), 139 (MD), 158 (XD) (26 April 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Men's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Santo Domingo Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Lima Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Havana Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Aguascalientes Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guatemala City Men's singles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Mixed team
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

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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

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Pan American Games

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–23, 19–21 Silver Silver
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada Canada Andrew D'Souza 21–13, 14–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
Cuba Leodannis Martínez Canada Jason Ho-shue
Canada Nyl Yakura
21–23, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

Pan Am Championships

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Guatemala Kevin Cordón 20–22, 10–21 Silver Silver
2013 Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic United States Sattawat Pongnairat 17–21, 21–6, 21–16 Gold Gold
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada United States Bjorn Seguin 19–21, 21–14, 21–13 Gold Gold
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Brazil Ygor Coelho 21–12, 16–21, 10–21 Silver Silver
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Brazil Ygor Coelho 17–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–11, 22–20 Gold Gold

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Cuba Leodannis Martínez Canada Jason Ho-shue
Canada Nyl Yakura
11–21, 22–20, 10–21 Silver Silver

Central American and Caribbean Games

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Omega Complex, Veracruz, Mexico Guatemala Kevin Cordón 22–20, 13–21, 22–24 Silver Silver
2018 Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia Guatemala Kevin Cordón 16–21, 21–14, 23–25 Silver Silver

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Coliseo Universidad del Norte,
Barranquilla, Colombia
Cuba Leodannis Martínez Jamaica Gareth Henry
Jamaica Samuel Ricketts
12–21, 21–11, 19–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Omega Complex,
Veracruz, Mexico
Cuba Taymara Oropesa Mexico Job Castillo
Mexico Sabrina Solis
16–21, 21–14, 21–13 Gold Gold
2018 Coliseo Universidad del Norte,
Barranquilla, Colombia
Cuba Adriana Artiz Cuba Leodannis Martínez
Cuba Taymara Oropesa
18–21, 21–17, 21–19 Gold Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2007 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico United States Howard Shu 21–13, 21–10 Gold Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (33 titles, 17 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2009 Peru International Japan Kimihiro Yamaguchi 16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Giraldilla International Cuba Alexander Hernández 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Internacional Mexicano New Zealand Bjorn Seguin 17–21, 21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Giraldilla International Indonesia Arief Gifar Ramadhan 19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Giraldilla International Jamaica Charles Pyne 21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Peru International Malaysia Tan Chun Seang 15–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Venezuela International United States Ilian Perez 21–17, 17–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Suriname International Israel Misha Zilberman 21–16, 18–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Giraldilla International Czech Republic Jan Fröhlich 21–19, 21–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Peru International Israel Misha Zilbermann 17–21, 21–13, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Venezuela International Guatemala Heymard Humblers 21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Guatemala International Guatemala Rodolfo Ramírez 10–21, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Brazil International Chinese Taipei Yang Chih-hsun 21–8, 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Santo Domingo Open United States Howard Shu 21–16, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Suriname International Czech Republic Jan Fröhlich 21–11, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Internacional Mexicano Brazil Daniel Paiola 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Peru International United States Hock Lai Lee 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Venezuela International Brazil Daniel Paiola 21–13, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Brazil International Sweden Henri Hurskainen 6–11, 7–11, 6–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Suriname International Czech Republic Jan Fröhlich 21–7 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Santo Domingo Open Austria David Obernosterer 16–21, 21–16, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Giraldilla International United States Howard Shu 21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Chile International Turkey Ramazan Öztürk 21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Internacional Mexicano Spain Ernesto Velázquez 13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Suriname International United States Howard Shu 21–11, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Guatemala International Guatemala Kevin Cordón Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Giraldilla International Austria Luka Wraber 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Chile International Czech Republic Jan Fröhlich 14–21, 21–8, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Giraldilla International Italy Rosario Maddaloni 21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Santo Domingo Open Mexico Luis Ramón Garrido 12–21, 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Suriname International Canada Brian Yang 21–12, 17–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Peru International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 20–22, 21–14, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Santo Domingo Open Italy Rosario Maddaloni 21–13, 19–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Mexico Future Series Mexico Lino Muñoz 20–22, 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Venezuela International Cuba Ronald Toledo Guatemala Rubén Castellanos
Guatemala Adams Rodríguez
18–21, 21–8, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Giraldilla International Cuba Leodannis Martínez Italy Lukas Osele
Italy Kevin Strobl
21–11, 22–24, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Santo Domingo Open Cuba Leodannis Martínez Dominican Republic Therry Aquino
Dominican Republic Reimi Starling Cabrera Rosario
21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Giraldilla International Cuba Leodannis Martínez Cuba Lazaro Yovani Madera Padrino
Cuba Ernesto Reyes
21–10, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Guatemala International Cuba Leodannis Martínez Guatemala Rubén Castellanos
Guatemala Aníbal Marroquín
12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Peru Future Series Cuba Leodannis Martínez Peru Mario Cuba
Peru Diego Mini
21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Mexico Future Series Cuba Leodannis Martínez Mexico Andrés López
Mexico Luis Montoya
21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Santo Domingo Open Cuba Leodannis Martínez Brazil Fabrício Farias
Brazil Francielton Farias
21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Santo Domingo Open Cuba Leodannis Martínez Japan Ayato Endo
Japan Yuta Takei
13–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Giraldilla International Cuba Solángel Guzmán Cuba Alexander Hernández
Cuba María L. Hernández
17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Giraldilla International Cuba Taymara Oropesa Peru Andrés Corpancho
Peru Luz María Zornoza
21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Santo Domingo Open Cuba Adriana Artiz Cuba Leodannis Martínez
Cuba Taymara Oropesa
11–21, 21–13, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Jamaica International Cuba Yeily Ortiz Cuba Leodannis Martínez
Cuba Taymara Oropesa
22–20, 21–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Giraldilla International Cuba Adriana Artiz Cuba Leodannis Martínez
Cuba Taymara Oropesa
21–13, 13–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Peru Future Series Cuba Taymara Oropesa United States Vinson Chiu
United States Breanna Chi
20–22, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Mexico Future Series Cuba Taymara Oropesa Mexico Luis Montoya
Mexico Vanessa Villalobos
22–20, 15–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  2. ^ "Cuba Climbs in Medal Standings of Pan American Games of Guadalajara". 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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