Daniel Paiola

Daniel Paiola

Personal information
Born	(1989-05-04) May 4, 1989 Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	62 (June 11, 2015)
Current ranking	113 (May 10, 2012)
BWF profile
Medal record Men's Badminton Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Men's doubles 2011 Guadalajara Men's singles Pan American Championships 2016 Campinas Mixed team 2012 Lima Mixed doubles 2014 Markham Men's singles 2014 Markham Mixed team 2013 Santo Domingo Men's singles 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2012 Lima Men's singles 2012 Lima Mixed team South American Games 2010 Medellín Men's singles 2010 Medellín Men's doubles 2010 Medellín Mixed team

Daniel Vasconcellos Paiola (born May 4, 1989) 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 men's singles event at the 2011 Games, losing in the semi-finals to Guatemalan Kevin Cordón.¹² He has medaled ten at the Pan American Badminton Championships, and is a one-time national champion.

Paiola was born in Campinas, and his 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 boys' singles and mixed doubles events.

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 he 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 players ever) with scores of 14-21, 14-21.³

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Kevin Cordón	14–21, 8–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Hugo Arthuso	Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat	18–21, 16–21	Silver

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Bjorn Seguin	21–23, 15–21	Bronze
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Sattawat Pongnairat	19–21, 18–21	Bronze
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru	Osleni Guerrero	11–21, 16–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru	Alex Yuwan Tjong	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	9–21, 9–21	Silver
2010	Clube Curitibano, Curitiba, Brazil	Hugo Arthuso	Sameera Gunatileka Vincent Nguy	19–21, 21–19, 17–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Paula Pereira	Howard Shu Eva Lee	8–21, 12–21	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Medellín, Colombia	Hugo Arthuso	13–21, 21–18, 24–22	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Medellín, Colombia	Alex Yuwan Tjong	Antonio de Vinatea Rodrigo Pacheco	14–21, 19–21	Silver

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Colombia International	Bjorn Seguin	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Peru International Series	Kevin Cordón	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Venezuela International	Osleni Guerrero	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2014	Argentina International	Kevin Cordón	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Puerto Rico International	Brice Leverdez	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Internacional Mexicano	Osleni Guerrero	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	Suriname International	Virgil Soeroredjo	19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Colombia International	Mario Cuba	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	23–21, 18–21, 21–18	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Brazil International	Hugo Arthuso	Job Castillo Lino Munoz	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Colombia International	Alex Yuwan Tjong	Giovanni Greco Rosario Maddaloni	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2015	Internacional Mexicano	Hugo Arthuso	Job Castillo Lino Munoz	21–13, 12–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Peru International Series	Hugo Arthuso	Emre Vural Sİnan Zorlu	14–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Venezuela International	Hugo Arthuso	Fabio Soares Alex Yuwan Tjong	16–21, 21–18, 21–14	Winner
2014	Argentina International	Hugo Arthuso	Jonathan Solis Rodolfo Ramirez	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2011	Canadian International	Hugo Arthuso	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	7–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Miami International	Hugo Arthuso	Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat	21–16, 18–21, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Puerto Rico International	Fabiana Silva	Alex Yuwan Tjong Lohaynny Vicente	12–21, 21–18, 23–25	Runner-up
2013	Internacional Mexicano	Paula Pereira	Hugo Arthuso Fabiana Silva	13–21, 21–13, 21–19	Winner

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