Daniel Paiola

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 men's singles event at the 2011 Games, losing in the semi-finals to Guatemalan Kevin Cordón. 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. 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. 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.

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). 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).

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). 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.

Pan American Games

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

South American Games

Men's singles

Men's doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series

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 da Silva 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 B Pereira	Hugo Arthuso Fabiana Silva	13–21, 21–13, 21–19	Winner

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