Pan Am Medals at Irish Para Badminton International 2019

Giuliana Poveda (PER), Katherine Valli (USA) and Vitor Tavares (BRA) won medals at FZ FORZA Irish Para badminton International 2019, held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 19 to 23.

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Peru’s Giuliana Poveda, BWF Ranking number 1 in SS6, and Katherine Valli (USA) won 2 gold medals each.

In Singles, Giuliana defeated Katherine Valli in the final and reached gold, improving the silver medal obtained in the previous edition after falling to Rebecca Bedford (ENG) whom Giuliana won this time in semifinals by 21-11 and 21 -14.

Poveda and Valli won together the gold medal in Doubles after beating athletes from Poland, Ukraine, England and Egypt, without losing a single game.

Katherine Valli added her second gold medal in Mixed Doubles where, along with Nagar Krishna (IND), won in Group B and managed to outperform seeded one duo Laing (SCO) / Bedford (ENG) in the final (21-19, 21-18).

Brazil’s Vitor Tavares also took the podium in Mixed Doubles. Vitor, accompanied by Oliwia Smigiel reached the semifinals but could not beat the seeded one duo and got the bronze medal.

The FZ FORZA Irish For badminton International 2019 had the participation of more than 200 athletes, among which, our region was represented by:

• Brazil: Vitor Tavares, Cintya Oliveira and Rogerio De Oliveira.
• Canada: Yuka Chokyu, Khen Duc Goi, Bernard Lapointe, Pascal Lapointe Wyatt Lightfoot, Olivia Meier, Yuns Oh and William Roussy
• Guatemala: Raul Anguiano
• Peru: Pedro Pablo De Vinatea, Roberth Fajardo, Pilar Jauregui, Giuliana Poveda and Jesus Salva
• United States: Katherine Valli

Our athletes continue to prepare for the next Parapan American Games 2019, but above all, they are already looking for qualification for the Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

Photo Credit: Badminton Ireland